HeeksCAD is a

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computer-aided design Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

program written in C++. It uses

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internally for the modelling and

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as its

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. HeeksCAD supports cuboids, spheres, cylinders and cones as basic 3D solids. Further geometric objects may be created by sweeping or connecting 2D shapes. HeeksCAD makes extensive use of local coordinate systems. For example, these are used to define the drawing plane and the direction of an extrusion. The program can be extended with additional plugins. Plugins are available for Python scripting,

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and

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* {{CAD software Free computer-aided design software Free software programmed in C++ Computer-aided design software for Linux Software using the BSD license Software that uses wxWidgets

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