I’m looking at a new AI-based CAD system called “Cadxstudio”.
AI has entered the creative arena in quite a number of ways. You can today easily generate text, images, sounds, video and more. But can you generate a 3D CAD file?
This has turned out to be very challenging. CAD files are precise, but AI generators tend to produce organic, fuzzy and incomplete output. This might be ok for, say a visual prop in a scene, but less so when you’re making a production part.
There are multiple parties working on a solution to this dilemma: how can you get AI technology to produce a true, editable CAD design from a prompt? I’ve seen a couple of ventures working on the problem, but so far none have surfaced with usable solutions. Clearly, this is quite a difficult problem.
Now we see a new venture called Cadxstudio, which seems to have formed about a year ago, and appears to be based in India.
Cadxstudio is not yet open for business, but their website describes the process of how it will work:
- Describe Your Vision: Tell us what you want to build in plain English, sketches, or reference images. No CAD training. No design degree. Just your idea, your way.
- Instant AI Model Generation: Our AI instantly transforms your description into a complete 3D model ready to customize. Not a rough sketch. Not a mesh. A real, parametric design you can adjust and refine.
- Refine and Collaborate: Move sliders to adjust any dimension. Add features. Change angles. No coding. No commands. Just intuitive controls that respond instantly to your tweaks. Design exactly what’s in your head.
- Export for Production: Download in STEP, STL, OBJ, or glTF. Send straight to your 3D printer, CNC machine, or CAD software. Or publish to our marketplace and earn from every download.
That seems to be quite ambitious, and one wonders how complex the models could be. A precision part design would clearly require precision prompts.
It’s unclear whether this venture will succeed any more than other attempts. I am a bit concerned with the gmail contact address, but perhaps they’re still setting things up.
The good news is that more people are working on the problem, and perhaps we’ll see a viable text to CAD solution appear in coming years.
Via Cadxstudio
