Vcad: Free BRep CAD in the Browser

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Post by ecto » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC

Vcad: Free BRep CAD in the Browser
vcad.io

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Post by witherk » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

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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Post by RobotToaster » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC

This seems to have the same weakness as OpenSCAD, no relative positioning.

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Post by fainpul » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

Vibe coded? Nothing works.

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#5

Post by ikeough1 » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

And now you know why CAD is hard.

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Post by lambda » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC

fainpul wrote: post #4

Vibe coded? Nothing works.

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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Post by phcreery » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

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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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC

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Post by fsloth » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC

ikeough1 wrote: post #5

And now you know why CAD is hard.

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.