Enumerated from the source rather than from recollection: CadFeatureType and
add_* in CadDocument.hpp, Tool in DesignPanel.hpp, Mode in
DesignSketchTool.hpp, SketchConstraintType + SketchEntity::Type in
SketchEngine.hpp, and the JSON-RPC dispatch in McpControl.cpp.
Findings worth stating up front:
- The 2D sketcher is at or near Onshape parity -- 19 constraints, every entity
type including B-splines and elliptical arcs, trim/extend/offset/mirror and
both array kinds. Very little is missing there.
- The gaps are all breadth beyond sketching: assemblies/mates, surface
modelling, sheet metal, drawings, and variables/configurations.
- The most defensible criticism is the absence of variables and expressions.
Every dimension is a literal double, so the feature tree is parametric in
structure but not in value -- "change one number and the model updates" is
only half delivered. It is also the cheapest Tier 1 item to close.
The doc separates platform capabilities (version control, FeatureScript, FEA,
rendering, cloud PDM) into their own tier rather than counting them as missing
tools: that is Onshape-the-platform, not Onshape-the-modeller, and holding a
slicer tab to it would not be a fair comparison.
One entry is a correctness gap rather than a missing feature: move/rotate body
(m_body_xform) is display-only and never enters the B-rep, so a moved body
exports and booleans at its original position while the viewport shows it
moved.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BVzKmX6Y1aEteit1HTXG4Q
