Few updates on this topic from Quaoar ... - Comparative study for OCC HLR: https://quaoar.su/blog/page/hidden-line-removal-comparative-study - Boxy HLR mode in Analysis Situs: https://quaoar.su/blog/page/black-box-hlr - Deep dive into HLR vs DHLR and making fast projections using OpenCascade threads...

Meet Analysis Situs 2024.1 On behalf of our small but dedicated crew, I'm pleased to announce that the new version of Analysis Situs has seen the light of day. This software is mainly driven by our belief in open-source Bushido and our will to stay away from walled commercial gardens. Analysis Situ...

The phenomena of a select few, sitting in the high chairs, tapping on each other shoulders, telling and encouraging each other how good they are while everything around them is falling apart is unfortunately much too common... Is that what you think is happening here?? I do have the concern yes tha...

For the record, repeating once again, sliptonic has the trust of the wide majority of the community. That's what put s him where he is The phenomena of a select few, sitting in the high chairs, tapping on each other shoulders, telling and encouraging each other how good they are while everything ar...

ACIS vs OpenCascade / Comparative Study by Quaoar https://quaoar.su/blog/page/acis-vs-opencascade-comparative-study The following text provides a concise summary of the geometric modeling capabilities found in ACIS and Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) geometric kernels. Essentially, both libraries are...

Are planes engineered by user opinions? Are large buildings designed and build by users? Are any of the complex systems designed by users? No, all complex systems are engineered by people who have the necessary technical know-how. I may add that those engineers developing special software systems o...

The UX/UI people make the decision, not the users. Yes, I understood it very well, and this is the argument that not just me but several people had in this and a few other topics, "UX/UI people" if they don't have the necessary knowledge about the existing system and the "domain"...

us trying around and hacking one into the other and/or vice-versa, just because of some "ideas" that we have is IMO an absolute waste of time... You can have a thing and then an idea what to do with it. Or you can have an idea and then make a new thing based on it. Neither approach is imh...

Talking to users does. Come and see for yourself what works and what confuses people. This is actually the exact reason why FreeCAD is in such a mess, users that have no understanding of what they are talking about get to make the decision... You can take the opinions of all of the 50000+ members o...

IMO what you are describing here is however mostly the ribbon style, and we have it as an addon... Yeah, it would be ribbon-style at the one extreme and a single row with just the most important icons ("Onshape-style") at the other extreme. With anything in between, as preferred. You have...