bherbruckandClaude Opus 5.5
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The Flatpak app id, desktop/metainfo/MIME file names, icon name and the window's Wayland app_id / X11 class are now ai.storyteller.solidcraft, the id the ArtCraft launcher expects. Existing Flatpak installs move over: the Pages repo marks app/ai.storyteller.solvecraft end-of-life with a rebase to the new id, so flatpak update offers the switch and Flatpak carries ~/.var/app along. A new install next to the old one copies settings and autosaves on first launch through a read-only grant on the old data folder. The metainfo declares <replaces>/<provides>, the desktop entry X-Flatpak-RenamedFrom, and AppImages drop the menu entry an older AppImage installed. deb/rpm upgrades remove the old-named files. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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SolidCraft is open-source parametric 3D CAD in Rust: sketch, constrain, extrude, and change a
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parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. [Documentation](https://bherbruck.github.io/solidcraft/)
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· [try it in the browser](https://bherbruck.github.io/solidcraft/app/) ·
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[contributing](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) ·
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[issues](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues). AI agents can model with it over MCP:
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`solidcraft-cli mcp` ([how](https://bherbruck.github.io/solidcraft/guide/mcp.html)).
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**Why 0.7:** this is a minor bump because the design file format moved to version 15 (sketches
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on cylinder caps and sheet metal panels need new references), and because it adds new features.
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**What's new**
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- **Sketching on stacked extrudes works again.** Creating a sketch on the top face of an extrude
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stacked on another failed with "operation failed" since 0.3
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([#489](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/489)). It's fixed, and every flat face
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of the test models is now checked for this on every change.
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- **Select Other:** hold or right-click to pick something hidden under something else; click
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again to cycle through what's underneath.
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- **Tabs are named after their file** instead of "Untitled".
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- **Modelling:** a flange angle and height per edge, Patch fills non-planar loops, sketches on
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cylinder caps and on sheet metal faces, and a feature rename updates everything that refers to
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it.
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- **Fixes:** revolve with edges on the axis, shell and fillet with small rounds, Join keeps face
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attachments, and STEP export writes each lump of a body as its own solid.
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- **Navigation and UI:** orbiting from empty space turns around the visible geometry, Ctrl+drag
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orbits in every preset, toolbar drops land across labels and gaps, Combine previews before OK,
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and sketch constraints accept the sketch's own x / y axes.
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- Opening a design reads its metadata and preview through a bounded, seekable reader; the docs
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and web app have link preview cards.
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**File format.** Designs are now format 15 (`solidcraft/15`). SolidCraft 0.6 and older can't
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open designs saved by 0.7, as a container or as JSON; keep a copy of a file you may still open
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in 0.6. Files from every earlier version still open in 0.7.
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**Known limitations**
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- Some faces still need the fixed-plane fallback for sketches: side faces Join merged from two
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extrudes ([#491](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/491)), faces split by a later
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feature ([#492](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/492)), Cut walls and chamfer
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faces ([#493](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/493)), faces after Revolve,
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Offset Face or Boss ([#494](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/494)) and sheet
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metal thickness faces ([#495](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/495)).
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- Cutting a coaxial cylinder from a thin disc can lose a little volume
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([#500](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/500)); an edge flange with different
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per-edge angles leaves gaps at the corners
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([#501](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/issues/501)).
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- More in [ROADMAP.md](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/blob/main/ROADMAP.md#known-limitations).
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**Upgrading from 0.5 or earlier.** 0.6 renamed SolveCraft to SolidCraft and made the zip
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container the default save format. `.solvecraft` designs, old settings folders and
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`SOLVECRAFT_*` variables are still picked up, and `solvecraft-cli` still forwards to
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`solidcraft-cli`. Want plain JSON? Use **File ▸ Save As JSON…** or `--save design.json`. On
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macOS, replace `SolveCraft.app` with `SolidCraft.app`. Details:
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[compatibility notes](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/blob/main/docs/compatibility.md).
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Documentation, the browser app and the Flatpak feed use the SolidCraft project Pages URLs.
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**Which file?**
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- **Windows:** `SolidCraft-{version}-windows-x64.exe` runs as is. Or install the `.msi`, or unzip the
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`-portable.zip` (x64, x86 and arm64).
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- **macOS 11+** (Apple silicon and Intel): open the `.dmg` and drag `SolidCraft.app` onto Applications.
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The CLI is in `solidcraft-cli-{version}-macos-universal.zip`.
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- **Linux** (x86_64 and aarch64, glibc 2.35+): the `.AppImage` (`chmod +x`, then run it), the
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`.deb` or `.rpm`, the `.flatpak` (`flatpak install --user <file>`), the `.snap`
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(`sudo snap install --dangerous <file>`, or `sudo snap install solidcraft` from the Snap Store), or the `.tar.gz`.
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- **FreeBSD:** `tar -xzf solidcraft-{version}-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local`.
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- **Web:** `solidcraft-web-{version}.zip` is a static site to host yourself.
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- `SHA256SUMS.txt`: `sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing`.
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- Files without a version in the name (`solidcraft-windows-x64.msi`, `solidcraft-linux-x86_64.AppImage`, …)
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are the same packages under fixed names, for download links that always fetch the latest release.
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For Flatpak feed installation and updates, add Flathub for the required runtime before
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installing SolidCraft; keep both remotes in the same user installation:
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```sh
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flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists solidcraft https://bherbruck.github.io/solidcraft/flatpak/solidcraft.flatpakrepo
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flatpak install --user solidcraft ai.storyteller.solidcraft
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flatpak run ai.storyteller.solidcraft
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```
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Flatpak installs from 0.7 or earlier use the old ID `ai.storyteller.solvecraft`: `flatpak update --user`
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offers to replace it with `ai.storyteller.solidcraft`, and settings move along.
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Single-file `.flatpak` bundles include the runtime repository address; missing runtimes
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still need an internet connection. [Linux installation details](https://bherbruck.github.io/solidcraft/guide/getting-started.html#linux-flatpak).
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The builds aren't signed yet. On macOS, right-click `SolidCraft.app` in Applications and choose
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**Open** the first time (or run `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SolidCraft.app`).
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On Windows, SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC": **More info**, then **Run anyway**.
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Licences are built in (Help ▸ About ▸ Licences, `solidcraft-cli licences`); the packages also
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install `THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt`.
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