3 posts tagged with "STEP"

Until now, making geometry on Bitbybit meant writing it: wiring nodes in Rete, snapping blocks in Blockly or typing TypeScript. Those editors shine when a model is a program, a family of parts generated from a few numbers. But a lot of design isn't programming. You want to draw a profile, pull it into a solid, round an edge, drill four holes and see the result straight away.

The Designer is our answer: a parametric CAD modeller you use with the mouse, in your browser. Draw a sketch, extrude it, fillet it, drill it, then put parts together with joints and pose the assembly. Every step is kept, so changing a size later rebuilds everything that depends on it. The Bitbybit OCCT Kernel does the modelling on your own machine, so there is nothing to install. And because the Designer was built for AI agents as much as for people, an agent can work in the same document beside you, while you keep or undo each of its changes.

How do you let customers design their own precision-cut metal parts online - with exact dimensions, real manufacturing constraints, and instant visual feedback? That was the challenge facing The Shim Shack. Through our collaboration, we delivered a suite of parametric 3D configurators that run directly inside their existing WordPress store. You can try them yourself at buildyourparts.theshimshack.com.

If you've ever tried to load, edit or create a complex STEP assembly in a web browser, you know how tricky it can be. STEP is the standard format engineers use to share CAD models, but browsers don't understand it natively. You usually need desktop software or a server to convert it.

With Bitbybit v1.0.0, that changes. You can now load STEP assemblies directly in the browser, explore their structure, extract individual parts, and export to web-friendly formats. Everything runs locally using Bitbybit OCCT WebAssembly.