ricosjp/truck
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Truck is a Rust CAD Kernel.
17 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 2 stories, 15 comments · first 2022-03-09 · latest 2026-10-13
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Looks like this uses the Truck modeling kernel: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck Interestingly, ttouch created browser-based CAD tool CADmium a few years ago based on Truck. Then, a few months ago, they created another one (CADara) based…
comment by bruckie · 2026-10-13 · in Show HN: SolidCraft – Open-Source Parametric CAD in Rust (With MCP Support) -
There is Truck - "Rust CAD Kernel" ( https://github.com/ricosjp/truck ) being developed by a Japanese CAE company, but not sure how full featured it is currently.
comment by bauta-steen · 2026-10-07 · in ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust -
Truck (Rust CAD Kernel) - https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
comment by bauta-steen · 2026-03-24 · in Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application -
Also Truck https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
comment by mountainriver · 2026-01-27 · in Parametric CAD in Rust -
…an open-source CAD program with their CAD-kernel? That also looks like a promising project. [1] https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
comment by tapia · 2025-06-10 · in Show HN: Chili3d – A open-source, browser-based 3D CAD application -
…seemed to have halted. There was discussion and hype about this here a couple months ago [3]. [1]: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck [2]: https://github.com/CADmium-Co/CADmium [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40428827
comment by jdevy · 2024-09-15 · in OpenSCAD: The Programmer's Solid 3D CAD Modeller -
…Rust and WGPU is due to "Trendy Tools" being a core principle. I'm super excited about this. [1] https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
comment by porphyra · 2024-05-21 · in CADmium: A local-first CAD program built for the browser -
…possible. And everything must be node-based, like e.g. Houdini. Completely non-destructive. [1] https://github.com/ricosjp/truck [2] https://github.com/hannobraun/fornjot
comment by virtualritz · 2023-10-20 · in Text-to-CAD: Risks and Opportunities -
…the examples in the resp. crates) is what you want to check out to see the kernel being used. E.g. https://github.com/ricosjp/truck/blob/master/truck-modeling/... The main README has links to all the documentation of the crates.
comment by virtualritz · 2023-03-08 · in Truck: CAD Kernel in Rust -
As a small example of the complexity see this issue: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck/issues/5 The last comment in that thread is me pointing to a related discussion about a bug in solvespace. Someone tried to cut a cone shape out of a…
comment by phkahler · 2023-03-08 · in Truck: CAD Kernel in Rust -
…their own kernel is Ayam [4], the oldest OSS 3D NURBS modeler that is still being developed. [1] https://github.com/ricosjp/truck [2] https://twitter.com/RICOS_ltd/status/1550390552482693120 [3] https://crates.io/crates/fj-kernel [4]…
comment by virtualritz · 2023-02-20 · in CAD Sketcher, free and open-source project bringing CAD like tools to Blender3d -
…developments are made in that sector in the form of https://github.com/hannobraun/Fornjot and https://github.com/ricosjp/truck . Let's see whether one of those will actually get anywhere near a usable level. Fornjot in particular is…
comment by Svenstaro · 2023-02-19 · in CAD Sketcher, free and open-source project bringing CAD like tools to Blender3d -
…work out, at least I'll be in a much better decision to decide what other option would be best. [1] https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
comment by hannobraun · 2022-03-29 · in Fornjot – The world needs another CAD program -
This one seems furthest along: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck And it has a long way to go. They are tackling some hard problems like dealing with STEP format already. There is also a geometric constraint solver written in Rust. He's…
comment by phkahler · 2022-03-28 · in Fornjot – The world needs another CAD program -
…CAD kernel in Rust: https://github.com/ervanalb/arcade Another one in Rust that can also read STEP: https://github.com/ricosjp/truck That one reads STEP by using: https://github.com/ricosjp/ruststep There is a geometric constraint solver…
comment by phkahler · 2022-03-09 · in Fornjot: A next-generation Code-CAD application