Show HN: Gram Drawing Language

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12 pointsapexedison3 comments

Hi everyone! Gram creator here.

I developed this after visiting makerspaces around the world and finding that parametric design was too inaccessible. I also wanted to provide people with a tool to learn about powerful ideas in programming while making stuff.

It draws lots of inspiration from the Logo language and I received a lot of feedback from some of Logo's creators. While drawing inspiration from Logo, Gram is actually quite different with tools like layers and lots of built-in functions for making things which can be fabricated.

Nicely implemented. The ability to play with parameters on-the-fly is great. Also, the generated svg imports into inkscape perfectly.

Thank you! It's amazing how much of a difference that simple ui mechanic makes. Also, glad to hear that it imports well for you. Inkscape is a very common target for laser cutting, so I've had the chance to test it out a bunch.

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