Open Source CAD Solution Specification

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OSE CAD Solution Specification

For the purposes of OSE, we are interested in a platform with these properties:

  • Equivalent in ease of drawing things as Sketchup - simple model drawing, starting with cubes, spheres, cylinders, etc.
  • Not a parametric modeler like Shapesmith - need to draw objects that are not definable easily with parameters.
  • Allows for drawing in 2D and extruding for ease of drawing objects.
  • Allows measurements to be made and to be set for a given part like in Sketchup
  • Generally, an interface like Sketchup is sufficient, as it allows any shape to be drawn easily.
  • Smooth surfaces should be possible for round objects.
  • Ease of drawing things like the CEB Press, Tractor, and Power Cube
  • Allows for drawing of assemblies - multiple parts.
  • Allows rotation of objects for easy viewing
  • Generation of 2D fab drawings is critical, with dimension arrows. This could be at the minimum the ability to take a part and place dimension arrows on it
  • It would be good to do have ability to make annotations on 2D fab drawings