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What got built, what broke, and what the fix actually was.
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Sep 13, 2026
ERP
Wicket — an open source ERP, because the software is pricing shops out
A small US manufacturer pays $20,000 to $55,000 a year for the software that tracks its own parts. Wicket is an attempt to make that number zero. It is early, it is public, and it needs people who actually run shops.
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Sep 12, 2026
TOOLS
dxf-DR — click a flat face, get a DXF
The second Web Tool — open a STEP file in a browser tab, click the flat face you want, and export it as a DXF. Nothing is uploaded.
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Sep 7, 2026
TOOLS
SolidOut now runs in the browser
The STL-to-STEP converter no longer needs a download — drop a mesh on the page and the conversion happens on your own machine.
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