Angelcad

User documentation

Relevant user documentation and other useful resources are found here. Pre-built binaries of AngelCAD are found here.

Building AngelCAD

AngelCAD build system is based on Code::Blocks and CPDE as described in cpde_utils. To build AngelCAD it is required to install Code::Blocks and configure it as documented. On Linux, the g++ compiler is used. On Windows, MSVC2013 or newer is required (the free 'express' versions of MSVC are ok).

Furthermore, CPDE requires building and configuring the following 3rd party libraries

| Library | Description/Comments | | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- | | wxWidgets | Static library build, see instructions | | boost | boost_system, boost_filesystem, boost_thread | | msgpack | C/C++ version. Not strictly required for AngelCAD build, but recommended |

Since AngelCAD 1.5-06, FreeType is also required.

The best way to build the 3rd party libraries is to run the build scripts found in the cpde_3rdparty repository.

libraries required

Before building AngelCAD, you must build the following workspaces, containing libraries used

| Workspace | Libraries required by AngelCAD | | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- | | cpde_syslibs | cf_syslib, ce_angelscript, ce_angelscript_ex | | spacelibs | spacemath, spaceio, polyhealer, dxfdom |

Applications included

The following applications are included in the build

| Application | Description | | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- | | as_csg | AngelCAD script compiler | | AngelCAD | AngelCAD GUI editor/IDE | | AngelView | AngelCAD 3d file viewer | | polyfix | command line 3d file repair utility | | dxfread | command line DXF file reader | | csgfix | command line preprocessor of OpenSCAD .csg files |

xcsg

AngelCAD uses the xcsg application as the boolean engine. Build it or install a prebuilt binary of xcsg