Who this is for
Companies starting first-party CAD kernel programmes evaluating whether geometry ownership beats another year of royalties or brittle graphics.
The core thesis
Top Mistakes Companies Make When Developing a CAD Kernel from Scratch points at a recurring failure mode: teams under-invest in geometry cores and over-invest in UI chrome. A good brief funds the capability that changes product outcomes.
- 1Chasing feature parity before robustness and tests
- 2Ignoring numeric tolerances until customer data arrives
- 3Treating the kernel as a library with no product API discipline
Operating playbook
- Start with a thin vertical slice: import, edit, export, display
- Invest in tolerance strategy and golden models early
- Publish API/versioning rules before the team grows
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