microcad
This crate provides the command line interpreter of µcad.
Note: This project is in an early stage of development and is not yet feature complete!
Installation
First, install CMake and Ninja which are needed to compile the manifold geometry library.
Debian based Linux distributions
Use the following line to install Ninja and CMake:
MacOS
If you are on using MacOS, you have to install cmake and ninja using brew:
Install µcad via cargo
To install the latest release of µcad via cargo, type:
Command line usage
After installing, you can run a basic example by typing:
This will evaluate the input file and will output the model tree. The evaluate command will not export the output geometry.
To generate an STL model file use the export command with an additional output file name:
Run
Start the microcad CLI by typing microcad into your console.
This will give you an overview of the available functionality:
µcad Command Line Interface
Usage: microcad [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
parse Parse a µcad file
resolve Parse and resolve a µcad file
eval Parse and evaluate a µcad file
export Parse and evaluate and export a µcad file
create Create a new source file with µcad extension
watch Watch a µcad file
install Install µcad standard library
completions Print shell completions
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-T, --time Display processing time
-C, --config <CONFIG_PATH> Load config from file
-v... Verbosity level (use -v, -vv, or -vvv)
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
You're now ready to use µcad!
Resources
Documentation: https://docs.microcad.xyz/language/book/index.html
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