I'm an assembly programmer, but I've always wanted a CAD tool that combines the workflow of OpenSCAD with the ability to export true, exact geometry to STEP files, rather than polygonal meshes.
I found an abandoned project called bcad, which tried to use OpenCASCADE (OCCT) with OpenSCAD syntax. I decided to revive it. Since I don't know Python or 3D graphics development, I let AI do almost 100% of the coding. I used the terminal version of opencode with the Big Pickle agent, and it worked surprisingly well.
The GUI is built on Dear ImGUI. The app is fully portable (no install, just unpack and run) for both Linux and Windows.
Hi HN!
I'm an assembly programmer, but I've always wanted a CAD tool that combines the workflow of OpenSCAD with the ability to export true, exact geometry to STEP files, rather than polygonal meshes.
I found an abandoned project called bcad, which tried to use OpenCASCADE (OCCT) with OpenSCAD syntax. I decided to revive it. Since I don't know Python or 3D graphics development, I let AI do almost 100% of the coding. I used the terminal version of opencode with the Big Pickle agent, and it worked surprisingly well.
The GUI is built on Dear ImGUI. The app is fully portable (no install, just unpack and run) for both Linux and Windows.
Source code (Fossil): https://asm32.info/fossil/bcad/