README: put a Download section with per-platform installers at the top (#411)

Badges and one-line instructions for Windows, macOS, Linux and the web app,
right after the tagline and demo. The links use releases/latest/download with
version-less file names, which release.yml now attaches (and checksums)
alongside the versioned installers. The Flatpak note and the name/compatibility
section move into the book's Getting started page.


Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RjGw4gA5ZvKrU8MQP6sBgT

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ working (see the [compatibility notes](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/b
## Desktop
Download the latest build from the
Download the installer for your system from the
[Download section of the README](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft#download) or the
[releases page](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/releases), or build it yourself with
stable Rust (1.95 or newer):
@@ -89,3 +90,15 @@ A script is a list of commands:
Units are millimetres and degrees unless an expression says otherwise (`"1 in"`, `"30 deg"`),
and Z is up.
## Name and compatibility
SolidCraft was renamed from an earlier working name. Since 0.5.0 everything uses the new
name: the `solidcraft` and `solidcraft-cli` programs, `.solidcraft` designs, `SOLIDCRAFT_*`
environment variables, settings folders and the `solidcraft` MCP server. Upgrading keeps
working: designs, settings, recovery files, environment variables and CLI/MCP setups from
earlier builds carry over. Every compatibility shim is listed in the
[compatibility notes](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/blob/main/docs/compatibility.md).
Use the SolidCraft documentation and web-app URLs. GitHub redirects links to the renamed
repository; old-name Pages and Flatpak URLs are not maintained as permanent aliases.