text-to-cad/Studio

AI CAD app for mechanical engineers.

Describe a part and the AI builds a real CAD model. Change it by hand, test it, and send it to be made.

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Free and open source. Uses your own Claude or ChatGPT account. What you need

Studio's full window: in the chat on the left, the AI answers whether a motor mount plate will machine on a 3-axis mill; the plate in CAD mode with a ribbon of Features commands above, its FeatureManager tree and PMI beside it, and the Toolbox's manufacturing jobs on the right
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  1. 1ChatAsk for a part or a change. Attach a sketch, a spec or old CAD.
  2. 2Feature treeEvery step that built the part. Click one to change it.
  3. 3ToolbarThe CAD tools you know: sketch, extrude, fillet, hole.
  4. 4ModelThe real 3D part. Turn it, measure it, cut through it.
  5. 5ToolboxOne click to test it, check it can be made, or draw it.

Most AI apps are built for code. Studio is built for parts.

The same AI, on your own Claude or ChatGPT account. But instead of code, it works on parts: features, sizes, tests and drawings. Ask it, or change it yourself.

From a brief to a modelA of 12

Recorded in Studio. Long waits are sped up.

One click for each job

Pick a job in the Toolbox and the AI does it, asking for anything it needs, like the load or the machine.

  • Design

    Parts and assemblies, each with its feature history. Drop in off-the-shelf parts.

  • Test

    Strength under load, fit between parts, and range of motion.

  • Make

    Check it for CNC, 3D printing, molding or sheet metal. Get G-code or send it to print.

  • Document

    Engineering drawings, tolerances on the model, and step-by-step build guides.

  • Circuit boards

    Design KiCad boards, check them, and export the files a board maker needs.

  • Robots

    Robot descriptions, URDF and SDF, ready for simulation.

Each job is an open skill from text-to-cad you can read on GitHub: cad, engineering-drawing, fea, pcb, print3d, robot-simulation and sendcutsend.

Download Studio

Free and open source. Studio's AI runs on your own account, so there's no extra AI bill.

Mac

Apple silicon, M1 or newer.

The first time you open it, macOS says it came from the internet and that Apple checked it. Click Open.

Download for Mac

Windows

Windows 10 or 11, with Git for Windows.

If Windows says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

Download for Windows

About 5 GB free. The CAD tools and strength solver come with the app.

An AI account. A Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or an invite code.

Does it replace SolidWorks or Fusion?
You don't have to choose. Studio exports STEP, STL and 3MF, so your parts open in the CAD you already use. Import brings existing models in, though their feature history doesn't come along.
Where do my files live?
On your computer. Each project is an ordinary folder. Every change is saved as a version, so you can compare any two and go back.
Someone sent me an invite code. Where does it go?
On Studio's first screen, click Use an invite code and paste it. You won't need a subscription.
What can't it do yet?
Strength tests are simple linear checks, and a drawing needs your review before it goes to a shop.