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Open Source CAD In The Browser (hackaday.com)
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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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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why put CAD software in the browser?

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Electron: Heyyyyyyy

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Because you can.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

I'd prefer a native app myself, though.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Worse performance & accessibility, more restricted UI-Features, needs work to port... and now you need to care for mobile too.

Better pack it in Flatpack instead.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

because that's the new hip OS