VSCode Docker config - interested?

rhempel commented 10 months ago

I have successfully installed build123d on a default python docker image fully automagically - just open the folder containing the .devcontainer folder and VSCode looks after:

Pulling the Docker image
Installing the required Linux libraries
Creating a default build123d user with sudo access
Pulling in build123d using a pip requirements file
Installing the required VSCode plugins

You still have to run the build123d quickstart whenever you create or rebuild the Docker instance, and it takes a minute or so to install additional libraries, but it's pretty painless.

Build123d is now my go-to parametric modelling application - I was on the seemingly abandoned OpenSCAD and skipped CADQuery for build123d.

Great job putting this out there!

gumyr commented 10 months ago

Happy to hear that you like using build123d.

Most build123d users are going to use https://github.com/bernhard-42/vscode-ocp-cad-viewer which can automatically install build123d. Would you compare your approach to ocp_vscode installation?

gregrafferty commented 8 months ago

I'd love to see anything that makes setting up easier, especially on an Apple Silicon Mac. I'm sure this wouldn't necessarily be completely plain sailing but a Docker image is my ideal. If I can mostly run a single command to get going that would be perfect. With build123d and CadQuery I keep getting tripped up on the install process.

gumyr / build123d

VSCode Docker config - interested? #317