CAD program written in Lazarus / FPC

[What I can do]

OK, some just got to this, might as well be me.
https://github.com/zamtmn/zcad

brings me to a sight that show this.
github
cad_source
docs
environment
errors
utils/tests
.gitignore
.gitmodules
BUILD_FROM_SOURCES.md
COPYING.txt
GPL-3.0.txt
MPL-2.0.txt
Makefile
README.md
appveyor.yml

I feel like I'm walking into a land full of mines. I have Lazarus 3.2 on the splash screen on win 10 which one of these do I need to start with?

[ccrause]

OK, some just got to this, might as well be me.
https://github.com/zamtmn/zcad

brings me to a sight that show this.
github
cad_source
docs
environment
errors
utils/tests
.gitignore
.gitmodules
BUILD_FROM_SOURCES.md
COPYING.txt
GPL-3.0.txt
MPL-2.0.txt
Makefile
README.md
appveyor.yml

I feel like I'm walking into a land full of mines. I have Lazarus 3.2 on the splash screen on win 10 which one of these do I need to start with?

BUILD_FROM_SOURCES.md seems like a good starting point. Or download a release build if you just want to use the program (the executable is in the bin\x86_64-win64 folder).

[zamtmn]

New release
https://github.com/zamtmn/zcad/releases/tag/0.9.13.0

- Fast MMF based dxf loading
- Find text tool

[zamtmn]

New release
https://github.com/zamtmn/zcad/releases/tag/0.9.14.0

- Spell checking based on Hunspell

[g-gere]

Hi zamtmn,

This Zcad is the best open source cad that I have seen /checked out so far, excellent work!
I see there is a "plugins" folder inside the program directory with only one file "empty.txt".
So my question is : is there already a plugin system built into your application or it is just there for future extensibility?

Because if it was possible to develop some plugins for the core application I could/ would like to contribute to this project, or just simply add
a few algorithms / extras to it.

I couldalso help with testing / bug reporting If you still maintain this project and not just the electric version.

I really think there is a great potential in this program  to become the first really usable / powerful Opensource Cad suite.


Gabor

[zamtmn]

Hi! thanks for the good feedback!

Plugins is more of an outdated folder, at one time I wanted to but changed my mind. At the moment I hope to add scripting support.
The project is open source, you can contribute directly to the project code)))

I support the project and plan to develop it. But things are going much slower than I would like.
There is no electric version without the base version, the base is not going anywhere. The thing is that I use the electric version and it works better, I can ignore problems in the simple version for a long time, while in the electric version I can see everything at once.

I will be glad to any help in development

[zamtmn]

New release
https://github.com/zamtmn/zcad/releases/tag/0.9.15.0

- Fix ttf fonts rendering
- Bugfix