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What's wrong with gerbl?


Do you mean grbl? If so, HFD and grbl are totally different. HFD is meant a way to design things (usually for laser cutters, but ultimately it outputs SVG, so could be useful for other usecases).

HFD is meant to make it easier to create designs which are parameterized (i.e. one design where you could easily change the width, height, thickness, ect). And make it simpler to split and layout designs across multiple pieces of material.


>HFD is meant to make it easier to create designs which are parameterized (i.e. one design where you could easily change the width, height, thickness, ect). And make it simpler to split and layout designs across multiple pieces of material.

so sorta like OpenSCAD (the language, not the program), but specialized for 2d/planar work?


>so sorta like OpenSCAD (the language, not the program), but specialized for 2d/planar work?

yes :)




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