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>>danboa+(OP)
The world doesn't need Text-to-CAD. The world needs a fully capable open source parametric 3D geometric CAD kernel.

Solidworks, Creo, AutoCAD, Fusion, etc., can all take their bug ridden unoptimized single threaded rent-seeking monstrosities and stick em where the sun don't shine.

Seriously - if anyone wants to create an absolutely world-changing piece of software, start working on a new CAD kernel that takes the last 50 years of computer science advances into account, because none of the entrenched industry standards have done so. Don't worry about having to provide customer service, because none of the entrenched industry standards worry about that either.

And no - while openCascade and solvespace are impressive, they aren't fully capable, nor do they start from a modern foundation.

>>digdug+eN
Our kernel isnt open source but we have an API, and we rebuilt our own CAD engine to fully utilize GPUs

https://kittycad.io/modeling-app https://kittycad.io/geometry-engine

While we are not fully capable yet, that's the end goal by next year. Years from now we cannot still be using these single-threaded nightmares from 30 years ago.

>>jessfr+0l2
Very interesting. Do you have information/documentation on the engine itself? I'm not seeing anything technical that explains what it is/isn't capable of, or how it relates to existing CAD kernels.

Super cool work either way! I'll be wishing you luck.