SolveSpace in a web browser

Background

SolveSpace

SolveSpace is an open source, parametric 2d/3d CAD program.

Major features include:

constraint based sketcher
variety of solid modelling methods
parametric and associative assembly
various analyses of sketch and solid model
export to various raster, 2D and 3D formats

It is written in C++ and runs on multiple platforms which support OpenGl eg, Windows, OSX and Linux.

Web Edition

In mid-2018, an Experimental SolveSpace Web Edition was released here.

This repository is an archive of files at the the above location.

Prerequisites

browser which supports web assembly (Chrome + Firefox)
python3

Getting started

git clone https://github.com/TrevorDArcyEvans/solve-space-web.git
cd solve-space-web
./servewasm.py

open SolveSpace Web Edition

Building SolveSpace Web Edition

Based on instructions here

Install prerequisites

sudo apt install git build-essential cmake

Install emscripten

emscripten

Open emscripten window

# Get the emsdk repo
git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git

# Enter emscripten directory
cd emsdk

# Fetch the latest version of the emsdk (not needed the first time you clone)
git pull

# Download and install the latest SDK tools.
./emsdk install latest

# Make the "latest" SDK "active" for the current user. (writes .emscripten file)
./emsdk activate latest

# Activate PATH and other environment variables in the current terminal
source ./emsdk_env.sh

Build

In an emscripten window, from above step:

git clone https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace
cd solvespace

# 'Web Edition' code is on a branch
git checkout emscripten

git submodule update --init
mkdir build
cd build
emcmake cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
make

Issues

still experimental
file open/save/export/import causes a crash

Further work

how to build from source
fix/avoid crashes
implement open/save/export/import