three-iges-loader

IGES implementation roadmap

Status key: βœ… done Β· 🚧 in progress Β· ⬜ planned

Target spec: IGES 5.3 (PDF). IGES 6.0 extensions are tracked separately.

Test corpus: test/fixtures/ (including Wikipedia slot), test/models/, and future IGES X-files.


Phase A β€” Foundation βœ… (current)

Item Status
iges-core package, section parser, Hollerith, param tokenizer βœ…
DE / PD mapping, IGESModel, warnings βœ…
Type 124 transform resolution βœ…
Unit tests + slot / arc fixtures βœ…
Monorepo, docs, AGENTS.md βœ…

Phase B β€” Wireframe & curves (current focus)

Type Name Decode Three.js Tests
116 Point βœ… βœ… βœ…
110 Line βœ… βœ… βœ…
100 Circular arc βœ… βœ… βœ… arc.iges
106 Copious data / paths βœ… partial βœ… βœ… slot
126 NURBS curve βœ… evaluate βœ… sample ⬜ dedicated fixture
102 Composite curve ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
104 Conic arc ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
112 Parametric spline curve ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
123 Direction ⬜ meta β€” ⬜
124 Transform βœ… resolve β€” ⬜
402 Associativity ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
314 Color definition ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
408 Subfigure instance ⬜ ⬜ ⬜

Phase B exit criteria: slot + fmeparte wireframe renders correctly; composite curves follow DE pointers; colors from DE/314.


Phase C β€” Surfaces (deferred)

Type Name Notes
114 Parametric spline surface Polynomial patches
118 Ruled surface Sweep between curves
120 Surface of revolution Β 
122 Tabulated cylinder Β 
128 Rational B-spline surface Critical for most CAD
141–144 Boundary / trimmed surface Needs UV trimming
190–198 Analytic surfaces Plane, cylinder, sphere, torus

Tessellation: adaptive UV grid β†’ BufferGeometry meshes.


Phase D β€” Solids & B-rep (deferred)

Type Name Notes
186 Manifold solid B-rep Shell pointer
502–514 Vertex/edge/loop/face/shell Topology
150–168 Primitive solids Block, cone, sphere…
180 Boolean tree CSG

Consider opencascade.js adapter package for production-grade solids.


Phase E β€” Product polish