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Graphical scripting : FreeCAD/PureData connection

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Hi,
PureData is a well known "visual programming language" for multimedia. It's natively able to process text message and communicates throw TCP/IP.

As Grasshopper for Rhino3D, PureData could be a procedural modeling processor for FreeCAD and an animation controller.

Here is a set of PureData "patches" and a FC macro as a first attempt to use one to control the other : https://github.com/FlachyJoe/FCPD
EDIT 11-03-21 :
FCPD is now a workbench and it no longer needs python skills to be used.

Sample/test.pd
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NB :
  • fc_client is puredata-documented (right-click,help)
  • I use Purr-data version of pure-data
Todo List :
  • Writing a wiki
  • Writing pd-embedded help patches *-help.pd
  • Create more samples
  • More stress-tests
  • Add linkage to Sketcher workbench (Part and Draft are done)
EDIT 09-13-21 :
Install and first steps

EDIT 02-06-22 :
As it's a legitimate question, I'd like to explain my choice for Pure-Data.
I choose Pure-Data for it's community and experience (it's a 30 years old project). Available libraries are awesome with 2500+ abstarctions (= nodes). Even if computer music is its origin Arduino, µ-controllers, computer vision, etc… are covered topics.
If you find its GUI a little creepy be aware that some projects claim to improve it. See Purr-Data Spaghettis or PlugData for example.
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Re: FreeCAD/PureData connection

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Excellent. The GitHub read me is pretty sparse. Is there a way to record some screencasts showing some of these capabilities in realtime?
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Hi,
I just push a big update, no record yet but the readme is better…
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Very cool... but I was hoping to hear some sounds as well :mrgreen:
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cool!!
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Kunda1 wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:40 pm Very cool... but I was hoping to hear some sounds as well :mrgreen:
Jee-Bee wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:24 pmcool!!
Thank you !

I'm now working on an animation recorder with keyframes and linear interpolation between them.
It's a little bit tricky to animate different objects in same time. It needs "dynamic patching" i.e. create and connect pd object in run time. I'll show you soon.

Kunda1 : give me a model of piano keyboard (single octave to start) with all keys named according to note and I'll try something... ;)
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flachyjoe wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:51 pm I'll show you soon.
Et voila ! https://github.com/FlachyJoe/fcpd-animator https://github.com/FlachyJoe/FCPDWorkbe ... n/animator
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It's quite simple to use… and certainly needs improvements :lol:

Dynamic patching occurs in multi-player.pd, play with it gently or you'll get a big knot :? Add/remove and even move boxes and you'll need to adjust the identifiers with DEBUG help.

Have fun !
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Hi !
I'm proud to show you the
Ugly Vase Generator :lol:
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Get it at https://github.com/FlachyJoe/FCPD/tree/main/Sample https://github.com/FlachyJoe/FCPDWorkbe ... -generator
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Hi,
Here is a workbench for more usability : https://github.com/FlachyJoe/FCPDWorkbench
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