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by severak_cz 337 days ago
I am already working on something similar yet much smaller - simple, easy to use 2D CAD for hobbyists, maps and geometric art. I have working prototype implemented in lua (Love2D) [0] and barebones text based file format[1].

Curently I am experimenting with drawing things in DeltaCAD (another easy to use CAD - unfortunately abandonware now), converting it to my format (via DXF export) and displaying it with javascript. I want to reimplement second version in javascript to be able to run it in browser and use better GUI components than those which I tried to implement myself.

[0] - https://github.com/severak/graph-paper

[1] - https://github.com/severak/graph-paper/blob/main/doc/file-fo...
1 comments
WillAdams 337 days ago
An existing project in this space is perhaps:

https://www.godsvg.com/

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severak_cz 336 days ago
It looks interesting and I see use cases for this but my tool is (and will be something little different) - it's more visual drawing tool (with exact dimensions) and human readable file format is more byproduct than not.
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