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OpenSCAD Graph Editor

47 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 46 comments · first 2022-07-14 · latest 2026-10-10

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  1. A similar tool which directly makes OpenSCAD code is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor (though you'd want to import BOSL2 to do fillets and so forth)
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-10-10 · in OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
  2. …keeping: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ in mind, or for folks who like to draw connections: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor Eventually, someone will note that its programming model limits variables and so forth ---…
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-10-10 · in OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
  3. …As a person who uses: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ and https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor a fair bit, and needs to get Ryven up-and-running again (or to fix the OpenSCAD layer in his current project
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-05-01 · in A Letter from Dijkstra on APL (1982)
  4. …more successful w/ OpenSCAD (usually by way of BlockSCAD: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ or https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor ) and the available printed books help a lot, though I've been using the new Python…
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-02-20 · in FreeCAD
  5. Is there anything in this which will make it easier/better to make GUI applications? https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor kind of has me considering using Godot for creating a drawing program....
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-01-30 · in Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow
  6. …a book which greatly inspired me in my youth (arguably, it's why I use programming tools such as: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor ) --- read it?
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-01-27 · in Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
  7. …Hopefully I can restore the OpenSCAD interface layer and get it working with OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor again. Having trouble finding FCG examples which do more than move in straight lines…
    comment by WillAdams · 2026-01-11 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
  8. It's one of my favourite tools. If/when your kids outgrow it, there's also: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-12-22 · in OpenSCAD is kinda neat
  9. …If you want a graphical front-end using nodes and wires (to reduce syntax errors) there is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor You might want to consider a traditional vector drawing program such as Inkscape or Cenon. Early…
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-07-28 · in Drafting Software Recommendation
  10. …this style when I can, often using: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ to rough out a design, or: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor for more complex projects --- though that latter usually with a special-purpose library…
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-05-16 · in Show HN: Visual flow-based programming for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED
  11. One of my favourites is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor though I usually use: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-01-06 · in Spline Distance Fields
  12. Three of my favourites: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor http://nodezator.com/ Also worth noting is: https://ryven.org/
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-01-03 · in PWCT2: Programming Without Coding Technology
  13. …https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview which I hope to then wrap up in a nice front-end using: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor (or maybe some other tool --- is there a stand-alone, desktop version of Blockly which is…
    comment by WillAdams · 2025-01-03 · in Ask HN: What are you going to build and ship in 2025?
  14. …Or perhaps a node programming system such as: https://nodezator.com/ https://ryven.org/ or https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-12-17 · in Principles of Educational Programming Language Design
  15. …all of OpenSCAD (and has some annoying bugs in what it does try to implement) and also funded: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor but it has problems with a stylus (I have to leave the Windows Settings app open to toggle…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-11-30 · in Nodezator is a generalist Python node editor
  16. Quite a different problemspace, but there is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor which allows programmatic 3D modeling using nodes/wires. It exposes _all_ of OpenSCAD (last I checked) and is quite extensible (I use it to…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-11-10 · in Shaderblocks: Block-based image editing
  17. …valid --- unfortunately https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ doesn't support all of OpenSCAD and https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor has problems with a stylus (I have to leave the Windows Settings app open to toggle stylus…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-11-08 · in Λ-2D: An Exploration of Drawing as Programming Language
  18. …valid --- unfortunately https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ doesn't support all of OpenSCAD and https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor has problems with a stylus (I have to leave the Windows Settings app open to toggle stylus…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-11-05 · in Diagram as Code
  19. …- BlockSCAD: Make 3D things w/o typing: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ (though to be fair, https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor also allows that) - PythonSCAD: variables and file I/O for OpenSCAD (though to be fair, RapCAD…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-11-03 · in Programming languages that blew my mind (2023)
  20. …up snippets of code using either Blockly or BlockSCAD3D: https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ or https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview/mai...
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-09-27 · in It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans
  21. …to reflect my reading the entire page) A tool which I didn't find and thought wasn't included is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor (which I was expecting would fall under "GUI", but is instead near the end under "Wrappers")
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-09-15 · in OpenSCAD: The Programmer's Solid 3D CAD Modeller
  22. …use Grasshopper, or Moment of Inspiration and use its Node Editor, but for now, I've been using: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-09-15 · in OpenSCAD: The Programmer's Solid 3D CAD Modeller
  23. …in "normal" OpenSCAD so that it is then possible to use them in a supporting tool such as: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor see: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview/mai... and the matching:…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-09-15 · in OpenSCAD: The Programmer's Solid 3D CAD Modeller
  24. …(a Blockly version (think Scratch) of the 3D programming system OpenSCAD) or - https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor and have been funding the guy behind http://nodezator.com/ for a while now. I suppose I should try https://ry
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-08-22 · in Code as Art
  25. …ibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Customize... Currently plugging away with OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor but hoping that: http://nodezator.com/ will become a viable option (still a bit bummed…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-07-15 · in We need visual programming. No, not like that
  26. …and https://scriptsofanotherdimension.tumblr.com/ I've been trying to use OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor in my own work: https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview and the screen grab from there sums…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-07-08 · in Unit is a general purpose visual programming system
  27. …esp. now that there's a Python-enabled version: https://pythonscad.org/ though I often use: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor - TikzEdt/IPE --- I really wish there was a nice graphical front-end for METAPOST/METAFONT (or…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-05-21 · in Enlightenmentware
  28. …https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ which I've used a fair bit. Moving on from there, there is: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor which has the advantage of encompassing the entirety of OpenSCAD. It's also possible to wrap…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-05-02 · in Ask HN: Modern day equivalent to HyperCard?
  29. …mostly using visual tools (which arguably is limiting me) https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ and https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor and of course, had to throw: http://pythonscad.org/ into the mix. Still a bit miffed that…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-03-25 · in PSChess – A chess engine in PostScript
  30. …tools for this: - https://www.blockscad3d.com --- an adaptation of Google's Blockly to OpenSCAD - https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor --- wires and nodes, it has the advantage of exposing _all_ of OpenSCAD's commands (the…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-03-07 · in Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language
  31. …to use tools such as: - https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ --- Blockly variant for OpenSCAD - https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor and after a while, any moderately complex task gets broken down into modules and you end up…
    comment by WillAdams · 2024-02-05 · in Sapling: Experimental vi-inspired editor where you edit code, not text
  32. _That_ is a question I want an answer for. Currently I am using OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor to create programs: https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/programming#open... but the fundamental…
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-12-23 · in Was BASIC that horrible or better?
  33. …up: https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview which allows me to use: http://pythonscad.org/ and: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor to create joinery: https://forum.makerforums.info/t/openscad-and-python-looking... which…
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-11-24 · in FullControl: Unconstrained gcode design for 3D printers
  34. …you're a visually oriented person like myself who is trying to do the programming visually. I use: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor to try to design woodworking projects: https://forum.makerforums.info/t/openscad-and-python-…
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-10-30 · in How to draw software architecture diagrams (2022)
  35. …one is ostensibly trying to escape. I'd love to see someone succeed in this, and I've been using: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor quite a bit, and put a bit of money towards: http://nodezator.com/
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-09-29 · in Visual Node Graph with ImGui
  36. I have been very pleased w/ and impressed by: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor and really want to look deeper into it to see if it could be forked to create a version which creates Python code.
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-09-14 · in RPG in a Box: A grid-based, voxel-style game engine built on Godot
  37. Yes. OpenSCAD Graph Editor is done with an earlier version and runs on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-07-06 · in Godot 4.1
  38. …https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/users/67750#/?_k=7br97... and OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor I'd love to see a similar tool for making a GUI program.
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-04-22 · in In Defense of No-Code’s Potential
  39. …path and just connecting blocks in a straight line. I'm currently working in OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor which exposes _all_ of the OpenSCAD language, and allows me to loop in RapCAD and am…
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-04-15 · in Low Code Software Development Is a Lie
  40. …I'm trying to achieve a similar fluency using OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor hopefully a future version will be even more useful than BlockSCAD/Blockly.
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-03-17 · in Something Pretty Right: The History and Legacy of Visual Basic
  41. It was used for: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor which I've been using quite successfully.
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-03-01 · in Godot 4.0 Stable
  42. I am very grateful for Godot v3, since it is used to program: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor What other instances are there of non-game usage?
    comment by WillAdams · 2023-01-27 · in Godot 4.0 beta 16: Initial .NET 7 support
  43. …this will let me finally manage it. I've been using OpenSCAD Graph Editor (OSGE) as a front-end: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor which has been working well, though I'm trying not to be distracted by:…
    comment by WillAdams · 2022-11-14 · in On CAD
  44. OpenSCAD Graph Editor: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor I'm really fond of visual programming tools such as node editors and Blockly, so this really appeals to me. This was just announced on Reddit:…
    comment by WillAdams · 2022-08-04 · in Ask HN: What relatively new project/movement are you excited about?
  45. …old.reddit.com/r/openscad/comments/wf33tf/i_have_cre... w/ releases for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor/releases/ta... It's already been updated once since announcement, and the manual seems…
    comment by WillAdams · 2022-08-04 · in New visual programming environment: OpenSCAD Graph Editor
  46. …to screen DPI, not sure if that solves your problem or not. Their project is also open source: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor > - the in-editor console is horrible. it frequently tells me "output overflow, print less…
    comment by jolexxa · 2022-07-14 · in It’s time to make that indie C# game in Godot