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Re:Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace) by ruevs on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @05:32PM (#47593737)
But does it run etirely locally in the browser after downloading a total of 2993991 bytes (less than 3 megabytes) of code? ;-)
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Re:Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace) by phkahler on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @06:18PM (#47594231)
Local storage too. We don't want your data.

That 3MB also includes gnu unifont, the builtin vector font, and the 3js viewer for when you export models to html (viewer gets bundled in the file)

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Re:Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace) by ruevs on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @11:06PM (#47596303)
GNU Unifont is 973KiB, and we also have the vector font unicode.lff.gz at 1.03MB.

So the web version of SolveSpace is literally one megabyte of WebAssembly.

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Re:Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace) by maxglute on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @01:43AM (#47597229)
Reminds me of installing Autocad from 1 x 5.25 floppy.
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