To Do

build123d To Do List

Direct API layer

• build custom Direct API layer with monkey-patched base class methods
• Add position and rotation properties with setters to Shape
• Hide all legacy Location changing methods
• add colour property to Shape
• add material property to Solid

Joints

• add a new Joint class (?) with:
  • Rigid. A rigid joint fixes two components to one another. ...
  • Revolute. A revolute joint has a single rotational degree of freedom, much like a hinge. ...
  • Slider. A slider joint has a single translational degree of freedom. ...
  • Cylindrical. ...
  • Pin Slot. ...
  • Planar. ...
  • Ball.
• add a list of joints to Shape

Group

• create an alternative to Assembly class called Group
• sub-class of Compound
• use anytree (https://anytree.readthedocs.io/en/2.8.0/index.html) to implement the tree structure
• the add() method looks to see if an instance of the object is already in the Group and if so creates a new HShape with a link to the original object to save on storage
• change (how?) cq-editor to accept AIS_ColoredShape or TDocStd_Document directly enable display of coloured objects
• add a new Group "solver" that converts joints into constraints then calls the existing solver

Documentation

• get live 3d documentation going
• add new user documentation
• add cheatsheet

Misc Features

• add logging
• add try blocks to intercept OpenCascade exceptions
• add BuildSurface
• verify that extrude linear works with non-planar faces
• add a function/operator that creates "hull" points - i.e. points of interest when two or more objects are hulled together (2D only). These points are able to be used for line building
• add an extrude to face function that extrudes one face at a time (there seems to be a bug in OCCT with multiple simultaneous faces)