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Waterfall CAD Playground: Haskell-Powered Programmable CAD in Browser with WASM

Updated 2026-07-08 By Camden Burke · VendorCAD Markdown Trust

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Our take Full industry article syndicated from the Hacker News (CAD / CPQ / configurator) RSS feed: Waterfall CAD Playground: Haskell-Powered Programmable CAD in Browser with WASM. Source attributed below with a link to the original.

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Waterfall CAD Playground

Examples

Load URL Files Settings About Render

stdout

stderr

High(ish) Bandwidth Warning

This is a browser-based Haskell CAD environment.

To run it, your browser will need to fetch a ~100MB WASM blob.

Those using a metered or slow connection may wish to navigate away.

Continue

Load program from URL

Load Cancel

Settings

Auto-rotate

Resolution (mesh deflection)

Close

File Upload

Files are written into the in-memory filesystem at /<name>.

Add URL

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Waterfall CAD Playground

An in-browser playground for Waterfall CAD, a declarative Haskell CAD library built on OpenCASCADE. Code is compiled and run entirely in your browser in WASM.

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Why manufacturers might care

CAD and PLM changes matter when they shorten the redraw/email loop for custom sizes. Watch for live geometry, validation gates, and manufacturing file handoff — not slideware alone.

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