CadQuery/CQ-editor
CadQuery/CQ-editor has 1,265 GitHub stars and 213 forks. GitHot measured +1 in 7 days. Last checked 2026-11-09 07:29 UTC. Last push 2026-10-12.
CadQuery GUI editor based on PyQT
What you can do
- Automatic code reloading - you can use your favourite editor
- Always shows the current camera orientation
- Click faces, edges or corners for one-click animated reorientation
- Step through script and watch how your model changes
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README.md
OriginalCQ-editor
CadQuery GUI editor based on PyQT that supports Linux, Windows and Mac.
Additional screenshots are available in the wiki.
Notable features
- Automatic code reloading - you can use your favourite editor
- OCCT based
- Navigation cube with rotation arrows
- Always shows the current camera orientation
- Click faces, edges or corners for one-click animated reorientation
- Graphical debugger for CadQuery scripts
- Step through script and watch how your model changes
- CadQuery object stack inspector
- Visual inspection of current workplane and selected items
- Insight into evolution of the model
- Export to various formats
- STL
- STEP
Documentation
Documentation is available in the wiki. Topics covered are the following.
Getting Help
For general questions and discussion about CQ-editor, please create a GitHub Discussion.
Reporting a Bug
If you believe that you have found a bug in CQ-editor, please ensure the following.
- You are not running a CQ-editor fork, as these are not always synchronized with the latest updates in this project.
- You have searched the issue tracker to make sure that the bug is not already known.
If you have already checked those things, please file a new issue with the following information.
- Operating System (type, version, etc) - If running Linux, please include the distribution and the version.
- How CQ-editor was installed.
- Python version of your environment (unless you are running a pre-built package).
- Steps to reproduce the bug.
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