We regret to inform our community that the fundraising campaign to purchase the AutoCAD (*.dxf) format was not successful. Despite the announcement, only 15€ were received. As a result, we will not be acquiring the OpenCascade plugin at this time.
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We're thrilled to share the first prototype of our custom CAD binary format (GBKF1000), designed to reduce file sizes by up to 80% and improve loading times in our WebGL viewer.
Also, As part of our commitment to open source, we're also releasing parts of the project as free software:
GBKF Core specification: https://gbkf.rsm92.fr
C++ library: https://github.com/rsm-gh/gbkf-core-cpp
Python library: https://github.com/rsm-gh/gbkf-core-python
My talk at #FOSDEM was accepted for the Open Hardware & #CAD/CAM Devroom! "PostCAD: #OpenCASCADE in the #Database"
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6604-postcad-opencascade-in-the-database/
@ericbuijs Hey Eric, I made a quick visit to the FreeCAD forum, somebody posted about this new open source 3D CAD program. I thought you’d be interested.
It’s based on the Open Cascade kernel, uses the SolveSpace solver, can do fillets and chamfers, and import/export to STEP.
Still basic features, and no packaged build for Linux (yet?), must be compiled… No Mac version.
There’s a flatpak! https://flathub.org/apps/org.dune3d.dune3d
Fillets in #freecad (0.21.2) seem to have gotten some additional magic.
Almost 100% sure they used to fail if they encountered a line segment that couldn't have the specified fillet applied... Not any more.
Thanks to the #opencascade dev. that implemented this