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I made this all platform CAD

2026 30 min Brayden Nilsen en YouTube

I spent months developing PaliCAD (and years planning it), including building its underlying CAD geometry kernel from scratch. In this video, I explain why I started the project, the challenges I encountered and how it works. Buy PaliCAD on Patreon (Mac, Windows, Linux, Android): https://www.patreon.com/cw/BraydenNilsen PaliCAD on the Apple App Store (iPad only for now - other devices soon) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palicad/id6812409084 PaliCAD is my project to solve issues with the cost, size, bad UI, and platform limitations of existing CAD software. PaliCAD works fully offline and doesn't require a subscription. You can get it as a one-time purchase, or choose to support development along with access to other future software through a monthly Patreon membership. PaliCAD binaries and beta builds are available for purchase on Patreon or on the App Store for the iPad (Other IOS devices coming soon). (Android is currently supplied as an experimental side load APK included with Patreon, and is aimed at Tablet sized screens). PaliCAD website https://palicad.com Like what I’m doing? Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/braydennilsen My website https://braydennilsen.com PaliCAD and its open-source kernel, Pali Ijo are still actively improving, so expect new features and more robust kernel progress along the way. Development would not be possible without Cursor and Codex LLM coding agents. Whether you're enthusiastic about AI or completely opposed to it, the reality is that these tools are becoming a major part of software development. They are helping me make the software I have dreamed of for years and I think that's pretty remarkable. Pali Ijo CAD Kernel Github https://github.com/braydennilsen/PaliCAD/tree/main/packages/pali_ijo 0:00 Why CAD needed a different approach 2:00 Meet PaliCAD — Quick feature tour 3:11 Pricing and where to get it 3:50 Why I built PaliCAD 6:36 Tutorial — Making a nightstand storage container 8:52 Sketching and dimensions 12:37 Turning the sketch into a 3D object 17:52 How I built PaliCAD 19:04 Flutter, Dart and multithreading 19:51 Building my own CAD kernel 21:37 Pali Ijo and the meaning behind the names 22:48 B-rep, meshes and precision 24:39 Open source, licensing and supporting development 26:10 PocketCarve — CAM for hobby CNC 26:57 Future plans — Parametric modelling, joints and plugins 29:41 Closing and upcoming projects

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Why CAD needed a different approach
  2. 2:00 Meet PaliCAD — Quick feature tour
  3. 3:11 Pricing and where to get it
  4. 3:50 Why I built PaliCAD
  5. 6:36 Tutorial — Making a nightstand storage container
  6. 8:52 Sketching and dimensions
  7. 12:37 Turning the sketch into a 3D object
  8. 17:52 How I built PaliCAD
  9. 19:04 Flutter, Dart and multithreading
  10. 19:51 Building my own CAD kernel
  11. 21:37 Pali Ijo and the meaning behind the names
  12. 22:48 B-rep, meshes and precision
  13. 24:39 Open source, licensing and supporting development
  14. 26:10 PocketCarve — CAM for hobby CNC
  15. 26:57 Future plans — Parametric modelling, joints and plugins
  16. 29:41 Closing and upcoming projects
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