Text2CAD · private beta

Describe any mechanical part.
Get a 3D-printable file.

Type "a motor mount for NEMA 17" or "a hex nut blank M8." Claude writes OpenSCAD, renders a 3D preview, and gives you a printable STL. Then ask it to refine, tweak the code directly, or click Improve to have Claude look at the rendered part and fix issues.

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Flagship · private beta

Text2CAD — describe it.
get the part.

A natural-language CAD agent for mechanical parts. Dimensioned, printable, and reviewable by a human engineer in under a minute. Private beta, open waitlist.

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mount.stl
flange.stl
bracket.stl
housing.stl
§ How it works

Natural language in. Printable parts out.

01 · Describe

Plain English

Works with dimensions, features, and holes. "A 120×80mm mounting plate, 6mm thick, with 4 corner holes for M6 bolts."

02 · Generate

Claude writes OpenSCAD

Code appears in a real editor with syntax highlighting. Read it, tweak a dimension, or ask Claude to refine.

03 · Preview

See it in 3D

Live 3D preview that orbits and zooms. Click Improve and Claude self-critiques the render and iterates.

04 · Download

Print it

Binary STL, ready for your slicer. Print it, share it, remix it. All designs are yours to keep.

Open-source. Transparent. Cheap to run.

Text2CAD is a thin wrapper around three things that already work really well:

  • Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 — writes the OpenSCAD code and self-critiques the rendered views.
  • OpenSCAD — a 20-year-old open-source CAD compiler. Takes code, spits out an STL. Runs in a Docker container on our API.
  • Three.js + Monaco Editor — for the 3D preview and the OpenSCAD editor respectively.

The whole app is MIT-licensed on GitHub. If you want to self-host, clone it, add your own Anthropic key, and run docker compose up. No telemetry, no lock-in.

Why private beta.

Every generation hits the Anthropic API — about 1¢ per simple prompt, up to ~10¢ per Improve cycle (visual self-critique + up to 3 iterations). We're absorbing the cost during the beta, so we're keeping invites to people who are genuinely curious and will give honest feedback.

Subscribe to Obed Industries and we'll send your personal access link to the email you provide, usually within 24 hours. You can use it as long as the beta runs.

Ready to try it?

Subscribe free. We'll email your Text2CAD access link within 24 hours, plus occasional updates on what we're building next.

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