This looks super exciting, particularly the idea of building a new Open-source B-Rep CAD Kernel. In fact that's (for me) by far the most exciting part! Open cascade is dated, somewhat difficult to work with and nowhere near as capable as commercial Kernels such as Parasolid.<p>Its going to be a mammoth undertaking to build a new kernel, the existing ones have taken tens of thousands of man years to get to where they are now. I do believe it's possible to start afresh though, by carefully selecting features to support and getting an MVP running it would then be possible to build something very impressive. Starting with a code first cad tool is a good idea, it purposely keeps things simple, and expectations lower.<p>I do believe there is a commercial market for this to - a cheaper and easer to use kernal to build cad products on would be very welcome, I could see the potatial for commercial investment in a open source kernal. I have a Mechanical/Industrial Design background as well as Software and often get tempted to try and build various CAD tool ideas I have, having a good modern foundation to build upon would be brilliant.