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[kigerpunk]

The tagline is currently “The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller”. I think that “The Programmer’s Solid 3D CAD Modeller” or “The Programmers’ Solid 3D CAD Modeller” would make more sense. (I prefer the first.)

Is there any particular reason for this? If not, I can make some changes and submit a PR.

(Also, the tagline seems a bit ungainly in general. Perhaps “Solid CAD for Programmers” or something else less redundant?)

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[fredbar]

Solid CAD for Programmers

+1
3D seems unnecessary and that version is informative enough, with no frills.

Le 22 mai 2015 à 20:21, Flynn Milligan notifications@github.com a écrit :

The tagline is currently “The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller”. I think that “The Programmer’s Solid 3D CAD Modeller” or “The Programmers’ Solid 3D CAD Modeller” would make more sense. (I prefer the first.)

Is there any particular reason for this? If not, I can make some changes and submit a PR.

(Also, the tagline seems a bit ungainly in general. Perhaps “Solid CAD for Programmers” or something else less redundant?)

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[kintel]

I would prefer rewriting the tagline to keep up with the times.
OpenSCAD started out as a way of helping programmers create 3D designs, but we're currently reaching a bit farther than that.

[kigerpunk]

@kintel At that point, it’s more an introductory sentence (suitable for the first paragraph on the site) than a tagline.

[fredbar]

Le 25 mai 2015 à 18:34, Marius Kintel notifications@github.com a écrit :

I would prefer rewriting the tagline to keep up with the times.
OpenSCAD started out as a way of helping programmers create 3D designs, but we're currently reaching a bit farther than that.

Then, maybe « programmable solid CAD » could fit?

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[kigerpunk]

@fredbar That could just imply that it’s open-source (which is true, but not what makes it unique).

[kintel]

I tend to refer to OpenSCAD as the "HTML of 3D modelling" - perhaps some ideas in that direction would make sense.

[kigerpunk]

It’s a declarative language, so maybe “a declarative SCAD (or “solid CAD”) language”? The problem is that I can’t imagine any other sort of modelling language. Wikipedia says that a (computer) program is a set of instructions written to perform a specified task on a computer, so whether “declarative” is redundant is debatable.

On an unrelated note, how much interest have you seen in 2D modelling using OpenSCAD? (Maybe it would be best to discuss this in a separate issue, but it’s not really an issue.)

[fredbar]

Didn’t you mean « modeling »? ;)

Le 26 mai 2015 à 17:50, Marius Kintel notifications@github.com a écrit :

I tend to refer to OpenSCAD as the "HTML of 3D modelling" - perhaps some ideas in that direction would make sense.

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[kintel]

Depends which flavour of English you're speaking :)

[kigerpunk]

Apparently “modelling” is the Commonwealth spelling and “modeling” is the American one, which is interesting considering that I’m from the US.

[fredbar]

Or the opposite. Anyway, that was a gentle pun at Marius, as the spelling is the reason that started this thread. No need to go anywhere with that. I would tend to totally ditch the word, if you ask me.

Le 26 mai 2015 à 19:54, Flynn Milligan notifications@github.com a écrit :

Apparently “modelling” is the Commonwealth spelling and “modeling” is the American one, which is interesting considering that I’m from the US.

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[kigerpunk]

@fredbar Looking at your account (and one commit), I get the joke. It’s interesting that we both use the opposite of our regionally expected spelling.

[kigerpunk]

Anyone interested in changing this? Should I submit a PR?

[kintel]

I'd still be more interested in ideas for new tag lines.

[kigerpunk]

I can't think of anything better than “Solid CAD for Programmers” (maybe “Coders” instead?), but it's probably at least better than the status quo.