text-to-cad
text-to-cad is a plugin that lets an AI agent design physical products as 3D CAD models from text descriptions for makers and engineers.
What it is good for
- Generating 3D models for physical parts from a text description
- Checking designs for manufacturing problems before printing or cutting
- Creating engineering drawings for a physical product
- Sending models to 3D printing and CNC fabrication services
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Grok Build
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #79, week 42, 2026)
- Best rank
- #36 week 41, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 24,896
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is text-to-cad free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use text-to-cad?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does text-to-cad work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, and Grok Build.
- What is text-to-cad good for?
- Generating 3D models for physical parts from a text description, checking designs for manufacturing problems before printing or cutting, creating engineering drawings for a physical product, and sending models to 3D printing and CNC fabrication services.
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