ForgeCAD 🔩

Lightweight STEP/IGES CAD Tool — KISS Edition

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One-Click Install

Platform	Command
Windows	Double-click install_windows.bat
Linux	chmod +x install_linux.sh && ./install_linux.sh

The installer will install all dependencies (cadquery, vtk, PyQt5) and launch the app.

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Manual Run (after install)

python3 forgecad.py        # Linux/macOS
python  forgecad.py        # Windows

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Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Internet connection (first install only)

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Features

Create Primitives

• Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Torus

Operations

• Extrude (pad on top face)
• Cut Extrude (hole through top face)
• Revolve (L-profile around Z)
• Shell (hollow)
• Fillet / Chamfer edges

Boolean

• Union, Intersect, Cut (with a box tool)

Transform

• Mirror X / Y / Z
• Rotate (arbitrary axis + angle)
• Scale (uniform)
• Translate

Analysis

• Volume measurement
• Bounding box

File I/O

• Open STEP / IGES
• Save STEP
• Export STL

Undo

• 20-step history

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Dependencies (auto-installed)

Package	Purpose
cadquery	CAD kernel (OpenCASCADE wrapper)
vtk	3D rendering
PyQt5	GUI framework

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Tips

• Orbit: Left-click drag in 3D view
• Pan: Middle-click drag
• Zoom: Scroll wheel
• View buttons (Front/Top/Right/Iso) in toolbar
• All operations show a parameter dialog first
• Undo goes back up to 20 steps