With the ability to change one number and regenerate everything
That's exactly how I use Solidworks (and similar parametric CAD software) all the time. It takes some discipline, but the key is for all your geometry and relations to be driven from sketches and equations. Then you just change a value (sketch dimension or global constant), hit rebuild, and everything regenerates fairly reliably.
Don't get me wrong, this is a great project and I love seeing efforts like this, OpenSCAD, etc. add more options in the landscape of parametric CAD.
But I do find the graphical interface very natural for doing creative design work. In fact, sometimes I wish I could literally step into my design in VR and grab and move vertices around in 3 dimensions (eg. when fine tuning non-planar splines).
That's exactly how I use Solidworks (and similar parametric CAD software) all the time. It takes some discipline, but the key is for all your geometry and relations to be driven from sketches and equations. Then you just change a value (sketch dimension or global constant), hit rebuild, and everything regenerates fairly reliably.
Don't get me wrong, this is a great project and I love seeing efforts like this, OpenSCAD, etc. add more options in the landscape of parametric CAD.
But I do find the graphical interface very natural for doing creative design work. In fact, sometimes I wish I could literally step into my design in VR and grab and move vertices around in 3 dimensions (eg. when fine tuning non-planar splines).