bherbruckandClaude Opus 5.5
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Release assets are now the programs themselves: SolveCraft and solvecraft-cli .exe for Windows,
plain Linux binaries plus the AppImage, a macOS .dmg (SolveCraft.app with an Applications link) and
the universal CLI binary; only the web app stays a zip. The notes template takes {tag}, says to
chmod +x on Linux and macOS, and GitHub adds the change list.
Since no LICENSE or NOTICE file rides along any more, the programs carry them:
THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt (written by `cargo xtask licences` from cargo metadata and each shipped
crate's own licence files, 419 crates; `cargo xtask ci` checks it is current) is embedded with
LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE and NOTICE in solvecraft_engine::licences, shown in Help ▸ About ▸
Licences (third-party text laid out by visible rows) and printed by `solvecraft-cli licences`.
Scenario s44_about_licences.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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SolveCraft is an open-source parametric 3D CAD application in pure Rust: sketch on a plane, constrain and dimension the sketch, turn profiles into solids on a feature timeline, and change a parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. It is early, and we'd like your bug reports.
Links
- Documentation: https://bherbruck.github.io/solvecraft/
- Try it in the browser: https://bherbruck.github.io/solvecraft/app/ (
?sampleopens a sample part) - Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Bugs and ideas: issues
What works
- Sketches with SolveCraft's own constraint solver: lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, polygons, slots, splines, text; constraints and parameter-driven dimensions; automatic profiles.
- Solid features on a parametric timeline that rebuilds incrementally: extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, fillet and chamfer, shell, draft, holes and threads, patterns, mirror, combine, split, primitives. Faces and edges are referenced by persistent names, so upstream edits don't scramble downstream features.
- Parameters with unit-aware expressions, and configurations.
- Components, joints, motion studies, sheet metal with flat patterns, and a plastic-enclosure subset (bosses, lips, snap fits).
- Files:
.solvecraftdesigns; STEP (AP203/214/242) and IGES import and export; 3MF, STL and OBJ; DXF. Atomic saves, autosave and crash recovery. - 76 of 76 reference parts built in Fusion rebuild in SolveCraft with the same volume, area and topology.
Built for AI agents
Everything the UI does is a command with JSON parameters, so an agent can do it too.
solvecraft-cli mcp is a Model Context Protocol server: headless, or bridged to the running app
(solvecraft --control 7878, then solvecraft-cli mcp --connect 127.0.0.1:7878) so you can
watch the agent model. In Claude Code: claude mcp add solvecraft -- solvecraft-cli mcp. The
demo at the top of the README shows an agent
building an enclosure through the UI and MCP.
Downloads
| File | What |
|---|---|
SolveCraft-{tag}-windows-x86_64.exe |
Windows 10/11: the app, ready to run |
solvecraft-cli-{tag}-windows-x86_64.exe |
Windows: the command-line tool and MCP server |
SolveCraft-{tag}-macos-universal.dmg |
macOS 11 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel: open it and drag SolveCraft onto Applications |
solvecraft-cli-{tag}-macos-universal |
macOS: the command-line tool and MCP server |
SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage |
Linux x86_64 (glibc 2.35 or newer): the app as one file |
solvecraft-{tag}-linux-x86_64 |
Linux: the app as a plain binary |
solvecraft-cli-{tag}-linux-x86_64 |
Linux: the command-line tool and MCP server |
solvecraft-{tag}-web.zip |
the web app, to host yourself (any static server; HTTPS or localhost for saving files) |
SHA256SUMS |
checksums: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS |
On Linux and macOS a downloaded program isn't executable yet: chmod +x it first
(chmod +x SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage && ./SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage). The licences
of SolveCraft and everything it is built from are inside each program: Help ▸ About ▸ Licences,
or solvecraft-cli licences.
The binaries are not signed
- macOS: the first time, right-click (or Control-click)
SolveCraft.appin Applications and choose Open, then Open again in the dialog. If macOS says the app is damaged, runxattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SolveCraft.app. For the CLI:xattr -d com.apple.quarantine solvecraft-cli-{tag}-macos-universal. - Windows: SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway.
Known limitations
SolveCraft is early. Some fillet, chamfer and boolean configurations still fail (with an error, never a crash); surfaces, drawings, CAM, mesh tools and simulation are out of scope for now; the model is Z-up only, so STEP files from Y-up tools open lying on their backs. The full list is in ROADMAP.md.
SolveCraft is MIT OR Apache-2.0. It is a clean-room implementation and is not affiliated with Autodesk; Fusion is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc.