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CAD Compare for Zed

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Compare STEP CAD files locally: identical, moved, or different, and what changed.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install CAD Compare in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "cad-compare": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cad-compare-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAD_COMPARE_LICENSE": "<CAD_COMPARE_LICENSE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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