bumo 0.0.1

BUild123d Mutables Objects

Bumo

BUild123d Mutables Objects

An experimental package used to manage Build123d objects by applying mutations on them.

It can be used:

• just out of curiosity, because it's just a new way to build things;
• as a debug tool, using colors and debug mode;
• as a higher-level interface for Build123d;
• as a more object-oriented approach to build CAD parts.

Installation

poetry install bumo

or using pip:

pip install bumo

Usage

Bumo is not a cad library on its own and does not aim to replace Build123d, you should take a look at the Build123d docs before using it.

Note: In the following examples we will use ocp vscode, but any other viewer should work.

Instantiating the builder

First things first, let's instanciate a Bumo builder and pass a Build123d part into it. Note that we must call the object (obj()) when passing it to the show function.

import build123d as _
from ocp_vscode import show_object
from bumo import Builder

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2))

show_object(obj())

Adding mutations

When applying an operation, instead of returning a copy of the modified object, the builder mutates the object:

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2))
obj.add(_.Box(8, 8, 4))
obj.sub(_.Cylinder(3, 4))

Adding colors

On each mutation you can pass a color, because coloring object faces is useful and funny:

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2), "orange")
obj.add(_.Box(8, 8, 4), "green")
obj.sub(_.Cylinder(3, 4), "violet")

Setting debug mode

You could also turn one or several mutations in debug mode, so all the other faces will be translucent:

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2), "orange")
obj.add(_.Box(8, 8, 4), "green")
obj.sub(_.Cylinder(3, 4), "violet", debug=True)

Moving objects

You can move objects with move(), all colors will be preserved. Note that you can still use the Build123d * operator before passing the object to the builder.

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2), "orange")
obj.add(_.Box(8, 8, 4), "green")
obj.move(_.Location([-5, 2, 0]))
obj.sub(_.Rotation(25, 25, 0) * _.Cylinder(2.5, 10), "violet")

Reusing mutations

Instead of returning a copy of the object, mutations return a Mutation object that can be used to retrieve the altered faces and edges. This is useful with fillets and chamfers:

obj = Builder(_.Box(12, 12, 2), "orange")
top_box = obj.add(_.Box(8, 8, 4), "green")
obj.fillet(top_box.edges_added(), 0.4, color="yellow")
hole = obj.sub(_.Cylinder(3, 4), "violet")
obj.chamfer(hole.edges_added()[0], 0.3, color="blue")

You may notice that the "top box" is not green anymore: this is because the yellow part produced by the fillet shares no edge with the top box, so the part is considered to be new and not just altered. In the other hand, the hole kept its pink color, because the bottom circular edge is still connected to the box.