text-to-cad/Studio

Describe the part. Studio models it.

CAD for mechanical engineers. Get real solid models you can change by hand, test and send to your shop.

Free and open source

Apple silicon, M1 or newer.

Runs on your Claude or ChatGPT account, or an invite code.

Download for Mac
Studio's CAD mode: a motor plate with a ribbon of Features commands above and a FeatureManager tree beside it

Describe it

Type what you're making, or attach a PRD, a sketch or old CAD. Studio builds it, then asks about what it assumed.

Edit it by hand

A ribbon and a feature tree, with commands where NX and SolidWorks put them. Asking and editing change the same model.

Keep every version

Each change is saved as a version, so you can compare any two and go back.

Check it before you make it

Run a strength study, then check the part for printing, CNC, sheet metal or molding. Every number comes from a real run.

A stress study on a motor plate, coloured from 0 to 0.529 MPa under a 50 N load

Hand it to your shop

Get the engineering drawing, work instructions and parts list, plus G-code, DXF, STEP, STL and 3MF.

An engineering drawing of a NEMA 17 motor plate with views, dimensions, a hole table and a title block

Every job in one Toolbox

Pick a job and the agent does it, asking for the loads or the machine if it needs them.

Studio's Toolbox: square tiles for CAD, STEP Parts, Simulation and more, on New and Analysis shelves

Start from an example

Each one opens as a real project you can change.

Servo bracket

Motor mount plate

Phone stand

Desk lamp

Two ways to use the same tools

Studio includes text-to-cad, and its next update brings each new one.

StudioA desktop app, with a ribbon, a feature tree and the Toolbox beside the chat.
text-to-cadOpen-source skills and CAD tools, installed into the coding agent you already use.

Built in the open

Studio and text-to-cad are both open source. Tell us what broke.

Bugs and requestsOpen an issue, and say what you were making.
Questions and partsAsk on Discord, and show what you made.
ContributingCAD tools go to text-to-cad first, then Studio adds support.

What you need

MacApple silicon, M1 or newer. The first time you open it, macOS says it came from the internet and that Apple checked it. Click Open.
WindowsWindows 10 or 11, with Git for Windows. If Windows says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
SpaceAbout 5 GB free. The CAD tools and strength solver come with the app.
An AI accountA Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or an invite code. Studio's AI runs on your own account, so there's no extra AI bill.
Download Studio

Good to know

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 with its versions inside.
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 studies are linear stress on parts and bonded assemblies, and a drawing needs your review before it goes to a shop.