Build multiple file types in one go

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#33 opened on Jul 19, 2024 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: cli

Research direction

Start by reading main.py and tracing how cq-cli parses --outfile and --codec after the CadQuery build result is produced. Verify the behavior with the issue's STEP, STL, and GLB examples; done means one invocation supports multiple outputs without repeating the CadQuery build.

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Description

Currently if we want to output an STL, a STEP and a GLB we have to run all cq-cli 3 times. However as main.py runs cadquery to get the build result and then passes it into the codec, it would be possible just to repeat the codec step which should add some speed.

I can imagine semicolon separating should work:

cq-cli --infile /input/path/script.py --outfile /output/path/newfile.step;/output/path/newfile.stl;/output/path/newfile.glb

If the user specifically wanted to set codecs it could be a list that needs to be the same length

cq-cli --codec step;stl;glb --infile /input/path/script.py --outfile /output/path/newfile.step;/output/path/newfile.stl;/output/path/newfile.glb

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