Vcad: Free BRep CAD in the Browser
36 points
by ecto
4 hours ago
| 6 comments
| vcad.io
| HN
jevndev
1 hour ago
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Neat example of the strengths and weaknesses of vibe coding… But if anyone here is looking for a solid browser-based parametric CAD solution, [onshape](https://www.onshape.com) is the best there is. It’s missing a few tools that more complex alternatives have but if all you need is something easy to learn so you can make things to 3d print it’s a good choice
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seemaze
1 hour ago
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Onshape is indeed fantastic for hobbyists and professionals alike.

Their licensing model is reminiscent of early Github days in that you can use all available modeling features free of charge, but must pay for a private repo. Otherwise, all user generated content is publicly available.

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jopsen
39 minutes ago
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> Their licensing model is reminiscent of early Github days

The licensing cost has a few more digits than GitHub ever did.

And you are locked in.

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fainpul
2 hours ago
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Vibe coded? Nothing works.
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lambda
1 hour ago
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Yes, vibe coded. The author has posted several other articles about this whole vibe coding project, like this one: https://campedersen.com/brep-kernel
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fainpul
36 minutes ago
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This guy is a machine! Like Terminator vs. HN and Autodesk :)
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delusional
17 minutes ago
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That website has literally caused my window manager (sway/wlroots/wayland) to bug out and consume 90% of a core.
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phcreery
1 hour ago
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Why is right/middle click both orbit and pan? Why is scroll wheel vertical orbit? This feels like it was vibecoded using a macbook touchpad
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witherk
2 hours ago
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Nice UI. Pretty cool to see a CAD program in the browser, without even an annoying login to try screen. On the other hands it seems to be pretty choppy and I was visual artifacts about 5 seconds into the tutorial. I got the same artifacts in Zen and Chrome.
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ikeough1
2 hours ago
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And now you know why CAD is hard.
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fsloth
1 hour ago
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That it is. I’ve been doing one for a sideproject for years. And I worked in CAD professionally for over a decade.

Vibecoding expedites the easy parts fantastically.

But the hard parts are hard. Really, damn hard.

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phkahler
1 hour ago
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>> I’ve been doing one for a sideproject for years. And I worked in CAD professionally for over a decade.

Can we see it?

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fsloth
35 minutes ago
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Sure! Here’s the most recent public alpha build https://github.com/AdaShape/adashape-open-testing/releases/t...
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RobotToaster
2 hours ago
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This seems to have the same weakness as OpenSCAD, no relative positioning.
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