Engineering posts
Everything filed under Engineering. 11 posts.
kapycode: your model as text
In KapyCAD 2 every document will have a readable text form, kapycode, and you'll be able to go from the text to the editor and back without losing anything.
Which of your constraints is redundant?
From "your sketch is wrong" to "these two dimensions contradict each other". KapyCAD 2 will flag redundant or clashing constraints, and only after checking.
Dragging without the sketch jumping
You drag a point and the sketch rearranges itself or flips over. In KapyCAD 2, dragging will follow four intent rules and nothing will jump when you let go.
Why we wrote our own constraint solver
Drags that take over a second and dimensions that flip a segment: why KapyCAD 2 will have a sketch solver of its own.
A Rust core for the whole document
In KapyCAD 2 the whole document will live in a core written in Rust, in a single worker next to the kernel. The interface will only ask and draw.
Our own OpenCascade
KapyCAD 2 will rebuild our OpenCascade 8.0 without emulated exceptions and, in our measurements, regenerate with less than half the CPU.
Update without fear: your files open exactly as you left them
KapyCAD's file format has changed some fifty times over these months of development, and a chain of pure steps keeps your parts opening unchanged.
How do you test CAD software?
In CAD software, the worst bug is one that moves a face 0.2 mm without throwing an error. These are the layers of tests that hunt for it.
Naming faces is hard: stable topological references
Why a fillet on a boolean can break a reference, and how KapyCAD keeps it alive across a regen.
How we solve your sketches: the 2D constraint solver
What a constraint solver is, and how it turns "these sides are equal" into geometry that adjusts itself.
A B-Rep CAD in the browser: OpenCascade, WASM and two WebWorkers
How KapyCAD runs a real CAD kernel inside a tab, without freezing the interface.