zapim
Enclosure generator that turns a board preset plus options into parametric KCL built by the Zoo Design API, with floor-plan wiring routing and an AI edit bar.
Summary rewritten from the vendor site because the catalog version did not match it.
What it does and how it connects
zapim is an open-source enclosure generator. It takes a board preset plus options and builds parametric KCL with the Zoo Design API, so a PCB gets a fitted enclosure without hand-modeling the shell. It ships 21 board presets, a floor-plan wiring router, and an AI edit bar that iterates through the Zoo API.
The generator exports STL, STEP, OBJ, GLB, and KCL, and it includes a fit-test coupon for checking the enclosure against the board before printing. It was built for the Zoo.dev API Makeathon, where it took 2nd place, and its homepage is a zoo.dev event page.
Generation, downloads, and AI edits need a ZOO_API_TOKEN and the zoo CLI. The README lists honest limitations: board port positions come from published mechanical drawings and should be verified against the actual board before printing.
Alternatives
Compare side by side- Zoo MCP (KittyCAD/mcp)
The official Zoo MCP server that executes KCL in persistent modeling sessions, rather than a parametric enclosure generator built on the Zoo Design API.
- VibeCAD
An AI-native parametric CAD platform built as a FreeCAD fork for designing real 3D parts through conversation, rather than an enclosure generator from board presets.
- TextoCAD
A browser-native text-to-CAD engine that turns plain English into editable parametric CAD with dimension sliders, rather than an enclosure generator from presets.
- CadSmith
A self-correcting text-to-CAD agent that executes CadQuery code and measures the resulting geometry until it verifies, rather than an enclosure generator from board presets.
Sources
Not verified
- No GitHub releases exist, so latest release fields are null.
- Pricing: none stated on the repo; the Zoo Design API is required and its pricing is not stated here.
- No independent user voice found: no public issues were read for this page.
- Related Error Index entries: no matching entry verified for this enclosure generator.
- A named individual builder beyond the repository owner handle kai-kircher.
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.