Review follow-ups to #390, which fixed PDF/print text for model space but left the layout-plot path — the one issue #385 was filed from — broken. viewport_content_wires rewrote points/snap_pts/key_vertices/aabb and then cloned text_verts through untouched, so paper-space viewport text stayed at model (UTM) coordinates: a dimension at model (25000, 12000) plotted its lines onto the sheet and its glyphs kilometres off the page. A text-only wire fared worse — TEXT/MTEXT carry no stroke points since text went SDF-only, so it was dropped outright by the empty-clip and AABB rejections. Project the glyphs through the same proj_abs the snap points use (via the existing map_text_verts helper), cull per glyph on the quad centroid, count them towards the paper AABB, and dim them like the wire colour. Also in emit_text, which diverged from the wire pass it mirrors: - divide the pen by `scale`, or a Fit/windowed plot prints text as near-invisible hairlines while its own lines stay correct; - apply the CTB plot style, or a monochrome.ctb plot renders the lines black and leaves the text on its screen colour; - reset the dash pattern, which is persistent PDF state the wire pass leaves set — a HIDDEN-linetype last wire printed glyph outlines dashed. export_table's doc claimed it honoured TEXTFILL and widened the bold pen itself; it did neither. Gate fill_tris on textfill() so hollow-on-screen text exports hollow, carry the bold flag and widen the pen by the 1.7x the bake uses, and resolve Face once per family instead of once per glyph (the atlas mutex is held for that whole walk). uv_key identifies a glyph by its tile's uv_min, but grow_height rescales every entry's V and reset rewinds the packer, leaving already-built quads addressing the wrong tile — garbage on screen and a silent miss in the export table, i.e. #385 again under #347's grow-the-atlas conditions. Bump an atlas generation on both and fold it into the tessellation memo guard so the text re-lays-out instead. Quads built earlier in the same pass that grows are still stale for that pass; the guard heals them on the next one. Tests: the integration test's "some wire has text_verts" assert passed on pre-fix code too (the exporter ignored them; the scene always carried them), and its dimension half was satisfied by the TEXT alone — assert per entity handle instead, and stop colliding on fixed names in the shared temp root. The unit test's bbox came from the same quads the mapping reads, so it held by construction; pin the run's own world box instead. That still cannot catch a mirrored corner assignment — verified by mirroring it — so say so rather than claim coverage the assert doesn't have. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
Open CAD Studio
OCS is a CAD application for 2D drafting and 3D modeling, built with Rust. Reads and writes DWG and DXF files natively. Also has a web version now!
OCS Web try it in the browser: https://hakanseven12.github.io/OpenCADStudio/
Features
File Formats
- DWG read/write (R13 through R2018)
- DXF read/write (R13 through R2018)
- STL export (
STLOUT/EXPORTSTL) - STEP AP203 export (
STEPOUT) - OBJ import (
IMPORTOBJ) - PDF export (plot layouts to PDF)
- WBLOCK — write selected entities or a block to an external file
- XREF — attach, reload, and auto-resolve external references
2D Drafting
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
LINE, PLINE, RECTANG, POLYGON |
Basic geometry |
CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, SPLINE |
Curves |
HATCH, HATCHEDIT |
Hatch fills with pattern, scale, angle editing |
OFFSET, TRIM, EXTEND, FILLET |
Modify geometry (supports lines, arcs, ellipses, polylines, splines) |
BREAK, STRETCH, LENGTHEN |
Shape editing |
ARRAY, MIRROR, MOVE, COPY, ROTATE, SCALE |
Transformations |
EXPLODE |
Explode blocks, dimensions, polylines, mlines |
DDEDIT |
Double-click text editing |
MASSPROP |
Area, perimeter, centroid of selected entities |
3D Modeling
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
BOX, SPHERE, CYLINDER |
Solid primitives |
EXTRUDE, REVOLVE |
Profile-based solids |
LOFT |
Ruled-surface loft through cross-sections |
SWEEP |
Sweep a profile along a path |
ARRAY3D |
3D array |
| ACIS tessellation | Renders 3DSOLID, REGION, and BODY entities |
Annotations & Dimensions
- Dimensions: Linear, Aligned, Angular, Radial, Diameter, Ordinate — with full
DIMSTYLEsupport (DIMASZ,DIMSCALE,DIMEXO,DIMEXE, and more) - Text:
MTEXT,TEXT,DTEXTwith font browser (STYLE DIALOG) - Leaders:
MLEADERwith straight and spline path types;MLEADERSTYLEmanager - Tolerances: GD&T feature control frames
- Tables:
TABLEentity render;TABLESTYLEmanager - MLine:
MLINEentity withMLSTYLEmanager andEXPLODEsupport
Paper Space & Layouts
- Multi-tab layout system with model space and unlimited paper space tabs
- Viewport projection: Model content correctly projected into paper-space viewport rectangles
- Camera persistence: View position and zoom saved per layout; restored on file open and tab switch
- Correct paper size: Physical paper dimensions read from embedded PlotSettings (not drawing limits)
- Inline MSPACE overlay — enter a viewport with double-click; edit model entities in place
VPORTS— preset viewport configurations (single, 2H, 2V, 4-way)LAYOUTMANAGER/LAYOUTPANEL— GUI layout managerPLOTSTYLEPANEL/STYLESMANAGER— plot style table editor (CTB/STB)PRINT— send layout to system printer
Blocks & References
INSERTwith attribute prompting (ATTREQ)ATTEDIT— edit block attribute values interactivelyREFEDIT/REFCLOSE— in-place block reference editingXREF— attach, reload, and resolve external DWG/DXF referencesDATAEXTRACTION— export entity property data to CSV
Snapping & Precision
- Object snaps: Endpoint, Midpoint, Center, Node, Quadrant, Intersection, Perpendicular, Tangent, Nearest, Insertion, and more
- Ellipse arc endpoints, LWPolyline arc midpoints, Hatch boundary points
- Object Snap Tracking (
OTRACK/F11) - Polar Tracking with configurable angle increment
- Dynamic Input overlay (
DYNMODE/F12) - Grid snap with adaptive spacing
- Command history navigation (↑ / ↓)
Rendering
- GPU-accelerated via WebGPU (wgpu)
- 4× MSAA anti-aliasing
- Orthographic and perspective camera
- ViewCube with face/edge/corner snapping
- Wide polylines: LWPolyline and Polyline2D filled strokes
- Raster images: GPU-textured quad pipeline (
IMAGEcommand) - Wipeout: Solid fill masking
- Complex linetypes: Text and shape elements rendered in linetype patterns
- White/black entity colors adapt to background luminance
- Per-viewport background color (
BACKGROUND) - Visual style selector (Wireframe, Shaded, etc.)
- X-ray ghost pass for selected wires occluded by geometry
UI
- Modular ribbon interface — Home, Insert, Annotate, View, Manage, Layout
- Command line with autocomplete and history
- Layer Manager with per-viewport freeze columns
- Properties panel
COLORSCHEME— runtime theme switchingSHORTCUTS— keyboard shortcuts panelSPLINEDIT— close, open, reverse spline control points- UCS icon with 3D foreshortening and axis labels
Installation
Linux (AppImage)
Download OpenCADStudio-*-linux-x86_64.AppImage from the latest release, then:
chmod +x OpenCADStudio-*-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./OpenCADStudio-*-linux-x86_64.AppImage
No installation required — runs directly on any modern Linux distribution.
Windows
Download OpenCADStudio-*-windows-x86_64.exe from the latest release and run it directly. Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC" because the binary is not yet code-signed — click More info → Run anyway.
macOS (Apple Silicon)
Apple Silicon (M-series) only; Intel macOS isn't built. The app is ad-hoc signed but not Apple-notarised (notarisation requires a paid Apple Developer ID), so macOS Gatekeeper guards the first launch. Pick whichever path is easiest:
Option A — Homebrew (recommended):
brew install --cask --no-quarantine \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio/main/packaging/homebrew/open-cad-studio.rb
--no-quarantine lets Gatekeeper skip the unsigned-app prompt. See packaging/homebrew/ for publishing this as a brew tap.
Option B — manual .dmg:
Download OpenCADStudio-*-macos-arm64.dmg from the latest release, open it, and drag OpenCADStudio.app to /Applications. If the first launch is blocked, clear the quarantine flag once:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OpenCADStudio.app
On older macOS you can instead right-click OpenCADStudio.app → Open and confirm; on macOS Ventura and later, approve it via System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Build from Source
Requirements: Rust 1.75+
git clone https://github.com/HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio.git
cd OpenCADStudio
cargo build --release --bin OpenCADStudio
./target/release/OpenCADStudio
Star History
License
GPL-3.0-only — see LICENSE