alt Hacker NewsGUI CAD is fine for freeform work. For parts that live in a repo and share dimensions with other parts, code wins because you can diff changes and change one number without replaying a pile of clicks six months later.
GUI CAD is fine for freeform work. For parts that live in a repo and share dimensions with other parts, code wins because you can diff changes and change one number without replaying a pile of clicks six months later.
Yeah that would be amazing, but sadly nobody has made that work for any CAD of reasonable complexity.
In reality, CAD version control is done just like assets in the artistic world (game design, animation, films, etc): with file locks.
I used to work for Dyson. There's no way you're designing a vacuum cleaner with code-based CAD. We used TeamCenter (which is probably the worst software I've ever used, but for unrelated reasons).