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this looks very nice. i think i like the ergonomics of your library... the "sketch on a plane then extrude" workflow feels nice and familiar.

could you compare and contrast replicad to JSCAD (https://openjscad.xyz)?

the examples in your docs are quite sluggish to load in Safari, but the workbench is very snappy!

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There are two main ways of representing 3D objects, BRep and mesh.

BRep is the equivalent of a vector image. It has the advantage of having the notions of faces and edges within the representation. This is what replicad uses.

Meshes is the equivalent of a raster image. This is how 3D art is usually made. It has some performance advantages. This is what JSCAD uses.

The reason the example took some time to load is that the code needed to get to the page a first time. After this it is snappy everywhere.

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