freecad_solidworks_plugin
FreeCAD addon: open and import SolidWorks parts (.SLDPRT), assemblies (.SLDASM) and Parasolid files
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GITHUB · launched Oct 20, 2026 · 16 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views
Niche: creative and developer tool plugins · 128 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Vertical SaaS
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Reading proprietary SolidWorks and Parasolid formats requires either licensed kernels or reverse-engineering binary formats, which is specialized CAD expertise that vibe coding cannot provide.
What it would actually take: The core task is parsing undocumented or license-restricted binary CAD formats and converting B-rep geometry into FreeCAD's OpenCASCADE model. This needs CAD kernel expertise, format reverse engineering, and extensive testing against many real files. Licensing the Parasolid kernel may also be required.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 83 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #68 of 84 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 283 days after the earliest competitor.
- CADder · github · 2026-09-18 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- freecad-openskp · github · 2026-09-12 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- CADder-SW-Bridge · github · 2026-09-18 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- SketchUP STEP Importer plugin · ph · 2026-10-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- I wanted OpenSCAD with fillets and a C-like language. So I made one · hn · 2026-11-04 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Open-source CAD in the browser (DXF-native, no install) · hn · 2026-04-19 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- SimpleCAD · github · 2026-10-20 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- We built a tool that generates 3D objects with editable, separate parts · hn · 2026-05-08 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.41
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