<![CDATA[CAD Kernels]]>Megathread for existing and emerging CAD kernels.

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/topic/9/cad-kernelsRSS for NodeSun, 12 Jul 2026 21:22:52 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2026 21:19:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:51:26 GMT]]>libfive

Type: Implicit field based
Created: 2017
Website: https://libfive.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/libfive/libfive

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/61https://forum.objects.foundation/post/61Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:51:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:46:21 GMT]]>C3D

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 1995
Website: https://c3dlabs.com/

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/60https://forum.objects.foundation/post/60Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:46:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:45:28 GMT]]>Fornjot

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 2021
Website: https://www.fornjot.app/
GitHub: https://github.com/hannobraun/fornjot

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/59https://forum.objects.foundation/post/59Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:45:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:45:07 GMT]]>OpenCASCADE

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 1999
Website: https://dev.opencascade.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/Open-Cascade-SAS/OCCT
Docs: https://dev.opencascade.org/doc/overview/html/

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/58https://forum.objects.foundation/post/58Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:45:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:44:40 GMT]]>ACIS

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 1989
Website: https://www.spatial.com/products/3d-acis-modeling

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/57https://forum.objects.foundation/post/57Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:44:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:55:32 GMT]]>Sequioa

Type: Implicit field based
Created: 2015
Website: https://www.ntop.com

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/56https://forum.objects.foundation/post/56Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:57:00 GMT]]>KittyCAD Geometry Engine

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 2021
Website: https://zoo.dev/
GitHub: https://github.com/KittyCAD
Docs: https://zoo.dev/docs

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/55https://forum.objects.foundation/post/55Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:57:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:43:06 GMT]]>truck

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 2020
GitHub: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
Docs: https://docs.rs/truck-modeling/

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/54https://forum.objects.foundation/post/54Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:43:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:37:04 GMT]]>Parasolid

Type: b-Rep based
Created: 1986
Website: https://www.siemens.com/en-us/products/plm-components/parasolid/

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/53https://forum.objects.foundation/post/53Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:37:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to CAD Kernels on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:38:29 GMT]]>Manifold

Type: Mesh based
Created: 2022
Website: https://manifoldcad.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/elalish/manifold
Docs: https://manifoldcad.org/docs/jsapi/

]]>https://forum.objects.foundation/post/52https://forum.objects.foundation/post/52Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:38:29 GMT