bcad — a CAD application with an embedded SCL scripting language and a code editor built on ImGuiColorTextEdit.

The SCL scripting language is compatible to some extent with OpenSCAD language.

This is a community fork revived in June 2026. The project is under active development — see ROADMAP.md.

Documentation

• Build guide — venv setup, cmake, rebuilds
• Editor system — EditorWindow, docking, focus, lifecycle
• SCL interpreter — language features: color, boolean ops, for, let, rotate
• profile() — 2D contour drawing primitives: move, line, arc, spline, fillet, close
• export() module — plan (not yet implemented): exporting part of the object tree
• minkowski() — implementation, degeneracy at valency-4+ vertices, micro-sphere fix
• capture() and shape introspection — capture(), num_faces/volume/bbox/is_valid, assert(), testing library
• OCCT usage — how bcad uses OpenCASCADE
• OpenSCAD compatibility to-do — status vs OpenSCAD cheatsheet v2021.01
• Visualization extensions — planned: clipping planes, textures
• C++ patches — TextEditor.cpp modifications for scrolling and cursor visibility
• Color names — color name map reference
• macOS setup — building and running BCad on macOS
• Distribution size analysis — binary size tracking