New Browser-based CAD System is Best Friends With Triangle Meshes
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alt=""/>Who’s interested in a brand new, from-scratch boundary representation (BREP) kernel? How about one that has no topological naming problem, a web-native parametric CAD front end to play with, and 
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New Browser-based CAD System Is Best Friends With Triangle Meshes
Who’s interested in a brand new, from-scratch boundary representation (BREP) kernel? How about one that has no topological naming problem, a ...
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New Browser-based CAD System Is Best Friends With Triangle Meshes
Who’s interested in a brand new, from-scratch boundary representation (BREP) kernel? How about one that has no topological naming problem, a ...
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