Crate vcad 

vcad — Parametric CAD in Rust

CSG modeling with multi-format export (STL, glTF, USD, DXF).

Status

This crate is the legacy manifold-based CSG API. It is preserved as the ergonomic Rust-facing way to script models, but the implementation will be migrated to sit on top of the new BRep kernel (vcad-kernel) rather than its own mesh-CSG backend.

Tracked in issue #10.

Example

use vcad::{centered_cube, Part};

let cube = centered_cube("block", 20.0, 10.0, 5.0);
let hole = Part::cylinder("hole", 3.0, 10.0, 32).translate(0.0, 0.0, -2.5);
let result = cube.difference(&hole);
result.write_stl("block_with_hole.stl").unwrap();

Re-exports

pub use export::Material;

pub use export::Materials;

Modules

export

Export modules for multi-format CAD output.

step

STEP file import/export support.

Structs

Part

A named part with geometry.

PartMesh

A triangle mesh with vertices and indices.

Scene

A scene containing multiple parts with different materials

SceneNode

A scene node containing a part with its material assignment.

Enums

CadError

Errors returned by CAD operations.

Functions

bolt_pattern

Create a bolt pattern (circle of holes)

centered_cube

Helper to create a cube centered at the origin (Part::cube is corner-aligned).

centered_cylinder

Helper to create a cylinder centered at the origin (Part::cylinder has its base at z = 0).

counterbore_hole

Create a counterbore hole (through hole + larger shallow hole for bolt head)