Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace)

51•phkahler•1h ago

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masonhensley•19m ago

I've been using FreeCad more and more, but solvespace has been a great, lightweight tool to design parts for laser cutting by SendCutSend/Oshcut.

Neat that they got it working in the browser.

bhouston•13m ago

FreeCAD is amazing these days. It has completely replaced my use of Autodesk Fusion 360 for woodworking projects. It is capable and the UI is understandable. Its feature depth is incredible.

FreeCAD is becoming like Blender and Inkspace - incredibly robust and capable and equivalent in most cases to the commercial alternatives.

I find the rendering side of things under developed though.

MrDOS•16m ago

SolveSpace is a wonderfully different take on parametric CAD, but development has really slowed, and it seems fundamentally incapable of some pretty rudimentary features (like chamfers[0]). Dune 3D[1] seems like a pretty effective spiritual successor.

0: https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/149

1: https://dune3d.org/

julbaxter•8m ago

Dune3D uses SolveSpace behind the scene.

TheJoeMan•10m ago

I scrolled with the mouse wheel and the origin drifts off screen.

Is there an open-source "cleanroom" re-implementation of the Parasolid kernel? I just like the way Solidworks does things vs. Autodesk.

gcr•7m ago

The mouse wheel zooms. The bounds of the axis stay fixed on the screen however. It will become more intuitive if you draw a circle to the screen first.

To pan around the space, use the right mouse button. To zoom, use the scroll wheel. To rotate, use Shift+Right mouse button.

Why not play with it a little bit before dismissing it so suddenly? I don't need to mention to a Solidworks/Autodesk user that CAD tools take some patience to understand properly :-)

phcreery•5m ago

This is expected behavior. The zoom action is into the cursor center. This is the same behavior of many other 2d/3d editors, such as Autodesk Autocad, Inventor, etc. If you place your cursor perfectly at the origin, it will not appear to drift.

ponyous•7m ago

Does this use its own backend/engine? I've been working on LLM to CAD tool[0] and have realised there are so many backends and options to choose from. Since the realisation I'm trying to find the best representation for an LLM. I think OpenSCAD is currently the best and most feature complete choice, but I definitely need to dig a bit deeper. If anyone has any pointers I welcome them!

[0]: https://GrandpaCAD.com

steveharing1•6m ago

Currently I'm comfortable using FreeCAD but i'll try this one for sure.

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