Text to CAD: AI Agent Skills for Real CAD Files

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You want to make a real part for a robot arm, but drawing it by hand in CAD takes hours. You tried asking an AI coding tool for help, but it only gave you a mesh you cannot edit.

text to cad is an open source project that gives your coding agent skills for CAD work. You ask for a bracket or a gear in plain words, and it writes real part files you can open and change.

The agent does not guess the shape. It writes short Python code that builds the part step by step. The engine runs that code and saves a STEP file, so every face and hole stays editable.

You can watch the demo on the project page. A prompt becomes a gear, then a full robot arm, and the viewer shows each part turning in your browser. You can point at one face and ask for a change.

The reason to care is simple. It is free and open source, and it keeps your parts editable. Would you use this workflow to make your own parts?

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