Hackaday – CadQuery Comes Of Age

Feb 052022
 

Now, we know what some of you are going to say — “Oh man, not another programmatic CAD tool, what’s wrong with OpenSCAD?” — and you may be right, but maybe hold on a bit and take a look at this one, because we think that it’s now pretty awesome! OpenSCAD is great, we use it all the time round these parts, but it is a bit, you know, weird in places. Then along comes CadQuery, and blows it out of the water ease-of-use and functionality wise. Now, we’ve seen a few mentions of CadQuery over the years, and finally it’s become a full-blown toolset in its own right, complete with a graphical frontend/editor, CQ-editor. No…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://hackaday.com/2022/02/04/cadquery-comes-of-age/

 2022-02-05  Comments Off on Hackaday – CadQuery Comes Of Age

Ballot Access News – North Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down New U.S. House and Legislative Districts

Feb 052022
 

On February 4, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the new U.S. House and legislative district boundaries. The vote was 4-3. The majority said the districts are an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, which the State Constitution does not permit. The majority depended on the clause in the State Constitution that says elections must be “free and equal.” Because the decision is based on the State Constitution, the case cannot be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is the opinion in Harper v Hall, 413PA21.
The decision affirms that the 2022 primary will be on May 17. That is also the independent petition deadline. The court says the legislature must draw new districts by February 23.
Independent candidates…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://ballot-access.org/2022/02/04/north-carolina-strikes-down-new-u-s-house-and-legislative-districts/

 2022-02-05  Comments Off on Ballot Access News – North Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down New U.S. House and Legislative Districts