From 7e95e76392d4f5ee6b025b333c57820e8d1726b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Budden Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:11:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added links to README.md. --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 218daed0..e4760c35 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ CadQuery is an intuitive, easy-to-use Python module for building parametric 3D C CadQuery is often compared to [OpenSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/). Like OpenSCAD, CadQuery is an open-source, script based, parametric model generator. However, CadQuery stands out in many ways and has several key advantages: 1. The scripts use a standard programming language, Python, and thus can benefit from the associated infrastructure. This includes many standard libraries and IDEs. -2. CadQuery's CAD kernel Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) is much more powerful than CGAL. Features supported natively by OCCT include NURBS, splines, surface sewing, STL repair, STEP import/export, and other complex operations, in addition to the standard CSG operations supported by CGAL -3. Ability to import/export STEP and the ability to begin with a STEP model, created in a CAD package, and then add parametric features. This is possible in OpenSCAD using STL, but STL is a lossy format. +2. CadQuery's CAD kernel Open CASCADE Technology ([OCCT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Cascade_Technology)) is much more powerful than the [CGAL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGAL) used by OpenSCAD. Features supported natively by OCCT include NURBS, splines, surface sewing, STL repair, STEP import/export, and other complex operations, in addition to the standard CSG operations supported by CGAL +3. Ability to import/export [STEP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10303) and the ability to begin with a STEP model, created in a CAD package, and then add parametric features. This is possible in OpenSCAD using STL, but STL is a lossy format. 4. CadQuery scripts require less code to create most objects, because it is possible to locate features based on the position of other features, workplanes, vertices, etc. 5. CadQuery scripts can build STL, STEP, and AMF faster than OpenSCAD.