TextoCAD
Browser native text to CAD engine by GadiDokan that turns a plain English part description into an editable parametric CAD model with dimension sliders and a feature tree, refinable with an AI assistant and exportable as STEP or STL.
What it does and how it connects
TextoCAD is a browser-native text-to-CAD engine. The user writes a plain-English part description and gets an editable parametric CAD package back: dimension sliders, a feature tree, and browser-side editing. The model is refined with an AI assistant, and the result exports as STEP or STL. There is nothing to download or install.
The workflow runs in four steps: describe the part, generate an editable parametric CAD package, edit dimensions with live sliders and the AI assistant, and download the model as a STEP or STL file. The homepage example is a standard metric involute spur gear with 23 teeth, module 2 mm, 10 mm bore, and 8 mm face width, shown with a precision-mode preview.
The first 2 generations are free after sign-in, and slider edits and exports never cost a generation. After that, the user keeps going free with their own AI API key, from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more, or connects TextoCAD to Claude or ChatGPT. The engine is public on GitHub under the PolyForm Noncommercial License, readable, changeable, and runnable on the user's own computer with their own AI key for personal, hobby, research, and education use, while commercial use needs a licence.
Repo stats are for the public engine repo, not the hosted web service.
Alternatives
Compare side by side- CadSmith
A self-correcting text-to-CAD agent that executes CadQuery code and measures the resulting geometry until it verifies, rather than a browser-native text-to-CAD engine.
- VibeCAD
An AI-native parametric CAD platform built as a FreeCAD fork for designing real 3D parts through conversation, rather than a browser-native text-to-CAD engine.
- Dimension AI
Rebuilds 2D drawings and STEP files into editable parametric CAD, rather than generating new CAD from a plain-English prompt.
- Zoo MCP (KittyCAD/mcp)
The official Zoo MCP server that executes KCL in persistent modeling sessions, including text-to-CAD tools, rather than a browser text-to-CAD engine.
Sources
Not verified
- Paid plan pricing: the site states the first 2 generations are free and further generations use the user's own AI API key, but no paid plan price is given.
- Real user voices: no real linked post read for this page.
- Related Error Index entries: no matching entry verified for this generic text-to-CAD tool.
- A named individual builder beyond the GadiDokan company.
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.