Brett Lawson
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Ports smlib PR #27 (merge f64ff8b6) into core/offset.rs::draft: a picked face on a cylinder (end radii equal, the #27 test) gets the cone `drafted_cone` gives, through the same LocalOperation as a tilted plane. As in the capi, the outward normal at the face's internal point (`outward_normal`: STEP inversion, NURBS uv, the surface normal turned with the outer faceuse) says pin or hole (s = +1 or -1). The hinge circle is the axis on the neutral plane, at the cylinder's height v0. The radius changes by -s tan(angle) per unit along the pull. The pull must run along the axis (to 1e-9), and the axis must cross the neutral plane; otherwise, or when the cone would close within the face, the draft is Error::Unsupported. The capi's control-point edit and CopyAndAddAnalytics are solidcore's Cone::lean_cylinder (solidcore#1545), with slope -s tan(angle) (z . pull) about height v0. A cone that is not a cylinder (smlib#53's turned generators) stays Unsupported: lean_cylinder takes cylinders only. draft_a_curved_face (R 5, h 10, 0.1 rad: V = pi h (R^2 + R r + r^2) / 3 = 638.3350153968712, r = R - h tan 0.1) stays ignored on solidcore. lean_cylinder keeps the clone's cylinder flag. Under the cylinder_rebuild_mean_radius fix SolidCraft runs with, rebuild_step_from_nurb_parameters then refuses the leaned NURB (SM_ERR 1001). With that fix off, the port meets the closed form, but the face is still flagged a cylinder ({cylinder: 1, plane: 2} vs C++'s {cone: 1, plane: 2}). This is a solidcore bug, to be filed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MNXLXkZLQ6T7TSi4wswcmk
SolidCraft
An open-source parametric 3D CAD application built in pure Rust.
Sketch, constrain, and build solids with a parametric feature timeline. Change a dimension
and watch your model rebuild. Run it on your desktop, in your browser, or let AI agents
model through the built-in MCP server.
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A Raspberry Pi 4 case from an empty design: a sketch dimensioned with the board's parameters, extrude, fillet, shell, the rim rounded in one pick, an M2.5 standoff patterned on the 58 × 49 mm hole rectangle, port cut-outs, vent slots, "Pi 4" engraved in DejaVu Sans Bold and a PETG material defined in the design, with its mass in Properties, then height 24 → 32 mm in Parameters and it all rebuilds. 6× playback with the idle pauses cut. Full video, recorded with the demo script.
Download
- Windows: the installer.
- macOS: the disk image (Apple silicon and Intel).
- Linux: the AppImage, or
sudo snap install solidcraft(Snap Store). - Web: try it in your browser, no install.
ARM64 and 32-bit builds, portable zip, .deb, .rpm, Flatpak and the other packages are on the downloads page. The downloads aren't signed yet: on Windows choose More info, then Run anyway in SmartScreen; on macOS right-click SolidCraft and choose Open the first time. On SolidCraft 0.11 to 0.14, download once by hand; see updating.
What works
Early but usable for simple parts: 75 of 76 public reference parts match their analytic or FreeCAD-computed volume, area, centre of mass and bounding box (oracle); the other is a tracked bug.
- Sketches and constraints: lines, arcs, splines, text and more, solved by our own constraint solver, with parameter-driven dimensions.
- Features: extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, fillet, chamfer, shell, draft, holes, threads, patterns, mirror, split and combine on an editable parametric timeline.
- Parameters and configurations with unit-aware expressions.
- Assemblies with joints, motion studies, contact sets, interference and mass properties.
- Sheet metal with flanges, hems, fold/unfold and flat patterns, and plastic enclosure features.
- Files: STEP, IGES, 3MF, STL, OBJ and glTF in and out where supported, URDF export,
.solidcraftdesigns. - Desktop app, browser app, headless CLI and MCP server, all running the same commands.
The full list is in docs/capabilities.md and docs/features.md; status and plans are in ROADMAP.md. See also what people built, 3D mouse support and the architecture.
Build from source
cargo run --release -p solidcraft -- --sample # desktop app with a sample part
cargo run --release -p solidcraft-cli -- commands # the command registry
cargo run --release -p solidcraft-cli -- run examples/bracket.json --out bracket.step
cargo xtask ci # fmt, clippy, tests, icons, assets, layers, wasm
More commands, the Windows cross-build and the browser build are in docs/building.md.
AI agents (MCP)
solidcraft-cli mcp is a Model Context Protocol server. Headless it
runs its own design session, or with --connect it drives the running app so you can watch.
Claude Code: claude mcp add solidcraft -- solidcraft-cli mcp. If a terminal doesn't find
solidcraft-cli (older Windows installers don't put it on PATH), give its full path (by default
"C:\Program Files\SolidCraft\solidcraft-cli.exe"). Tools, access rules and an example session:
docs/mcp.md.
Scripts
A script is a JSON list of the same commands the UI runs, executed with solidcraft-cli run.
Format and example: docs/scripts.md. Pages can also be driven through the
browser command API.
Contributing
Help is welcome. CONTRIBUTING.md covers how to build and test, the code map, the clean-room and licence rules, and where help is wanted most. Open work is in GitHub issues; chat is on Discord.
Sponsors
SolidCraft's continuous integration runs on Blacksmith, which sponsors its CI minutes.
Licence
MIT OR Apache-2.0, at your option. Developed under the clean-room contribution rules; third-party code and assets retain their documented licences and attribution.
SolidCraft is independent. Behaviour is designed from public documentation, general CAD conventions and user feedback. Reference tests use analytic values and open-source tools. SolidCraft is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, PTC, Siemens or any other CAD vendor. Fusion, AutoCAD, Inventor, SolidWorks, Onshape, Creo, Blender and Tinkercad are trademarks of their respective owners, named only to describe compatibility (see NOTICE).