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Open Source CAD In The Browser (hackaday.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The project’s GitHub repository shows an impressive slate of features, but also notes that things are changing as this is alpha software. The CAD kernel is a common one brought in via WebAssembly, so there shouldn’t be many simple bugs involving geometry.

We’ve seen a number of browser-based tools that do some kind of CAD. CADmium is a recent entry into the list. Or, stick with OpenSCAD. We sometimes go low-tech for schematics.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

When will there be a Tor version of CAD?

TorCAD

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    • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    related xkcd

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Why put CAD software in the browser?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    One codebase across all OSes and OS versions, no dependency issues, easy to push updates.

    I'd prefer a native app myself, though.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Looks cool, wishing them the best of luck. Would be awesome to have a properly functional open source CAD software to compete with the likes of Fusion.

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Looks very nice. Another browser based CAD not mentioned in the article is jscad.

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hmm I'm not sure if this is solid parametric CAD. It let me draw a rectangle and then extrude that giving a zero-width tube... There doesn't seem to be any way to add dimensions either.

    Definitely loads quickly though and feels snappy. But for actually getting stuff done FreeCAD is definitely the best FOSS option at the moment.

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