OpenAFPM CAD Desktop App

A desktop application for quickly testing the integration between openafpm-cad-core and openafpm-cad-visualization.

Prerequisites

1. Install Node.js.

2. Install Yarn.

   npm install yarn -g
   

3. Install dependencies.

   yarn install
   

4. Install FreeCAD, openafpm-cad-core module (plus dependencies), and create .env file.

   ./install.sh
   

   Currently the install.sh script only supports Linux and Windows (via Git for Windows). A contribution to support MacOS is welcomed.

How to Run

npm start

Packaging & Distributing

electron-builder is used to package and distribute the application.

1. To generate the package directory (dist), run:

   npm run pack
   

2. Then package the application for distribution, run:

   npm run dist
   

Configuration for electron-builder is found under the build key in package.json.

asar is set to false to spawn Python child processes from Node.js via a bundled Python interpreter.

Related Repositories

• openafpm-cad-core
• openafpm-cad-visualization