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Description

User-friendly, dynamic design delivered via a browser. Instant access to estimates, parts lists, shopping carts and 3D-printer ready files. You can get the output you need. The software is built around your business rules. Your expertise is extracted and coded so that your team can focus on the most difficult parts of their jobs while the system does the rest. There is no learning curve. Visual design is as easy as drag-and-drop places control. This allows you to give control to your sales team, customer, or anyone else you choose. Your engineers should be used when they are needed, not when they are forced to. Cloud-based design for your team. LightningCAD systems are easy to use and don't require installation. This allows for collaboration within your organization as well as beyond. You can design, share, and create without any hiccups. Your custom system can produce everything you need, from construction blueprints to ready-to print 3D surgical toolkits. Your custom system works quickly, intuitively, as well as being automatically updated as you create.

Description

OwlCAD is a browser-based parametric CAD editor aimed squarely at 3D printing, giving hobbyists and makers real engineering tools without installing software or buying a professional license. Designs are driven by dimensions you can revisit at any time; edit a number and the part updates. Solids combine cleanly, fit presets (press, slip, loose) account for FDM tolerances, and a print check points out overhangs, walls too thin to print and open meshes before anything reaches your slicer. Hollowing, lay-flat orientation and print weight and cost estimates help you prepare the part itself. The toolset covers constrained 2D sketches, fillets and chamfers on individual edges, sweeps, lofts, patterns, datum planes, measurement, and assemblies with mates, an exploded view and a parts list. More than 30 generators build gears, threads, enclosures, hinges and Gridfinity storage. Bring in STEP, STL, 3MF, OBJ or OpenSCAD files; send out STEP, STL, 3MF, OBJ, GLB, DXF or SVG. Your work autosaves locally and syncs to cloud projects with version history and share links. You can also publish a customizable model that others adjust and download. Whatever you design is yours to sell, prints and files alike, on every plan. The editor is free. A Pro subscription adds AI that drafts either an editable parametric model or a sculpted mesh from a prompt, AI-assisted edits, and an MCP server so agents such as Claude Code or Cursor can model on your account. Pro users can bring their own provider key and skip credits. A desktop app is available too. Open it and start designing; signing up is optional.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Bambu Studio No 
Claude No 
Claude Code No 
Claude Desktop No 
Cursor No 
DeepSeek No 
Gemini No 
Meshy No 
OpenAI No 
OpenRouter No 
OpenRouter Model Fusion No 
PrusaSlicer No 
Tripo AI No 
Ultimaker Cura No 

Integrations

Bambu Studio Yes 
Claude Yes 
Claude Code Yes 
Claude Desktop Yes 
Cursor Yes 
DeepSeek Yes 
Gemini Yes 
Meshy Yes 
OpenAI Yes 
OpenRouter Yes 
OpenRouter Model Fusion Yes 
PrusaSlicer Yes 
Tripo AI Yes 
Ultimaker Cura Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

$12.00/month
OwlCAD is free to use. The Free plan has no time limit and includes the full parametric editor, import and export in every supported format, the customizer, cloud projects with version history and sharing, and the printability tools. You keep full commercial rights to anything you design, on every plan.

Pro is $12 per month, or $120 per year (two months free). It adds AI generation across several models, Modify-with-AI, AI-assisted customizing, and MCP access for AI agents. Pro includes 20 AI credits a month, which reset monthly. Light parametric generations cost one credit, and detailed mesh models cost a few. One-time credit top-up packs never expire. Pro users can also bring their own AI provider key and generate without spending credits. Payments are handled by Stripe, and you can cancel anytime with no contract.

Classroom features for K-12 schools are free. Districts can add a pooled AI credit budget for teachers; contact OwlCAD for details.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

RoleModel Software

Founded

1997

Country

United States

Website

lightningcad.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Spare Matter Corp

Founded

2026

Country

Canada

Website

owlcad.com

Product Features

CAD

2 1/2-Axis Milling No 
2D Drawing No 
3-Axis Milling No 
3D Modeling No 
4-Axis Milling No 
5-Axis Milling No 
Civil No 
Collaboration No 
Database Connectivity No 
Design Analysis No 
Design Export No 
Document Management No 
Electrical No 
Hole Making No 
Mechanical No 
Mechatronics No 
Presentation Tools No 
Simulate Cycles No 
Spiral Output No 
Structural Engineering No 
Toolpath Simulation No 
User Defined Cycles No 

CPQ

2D Drawing No 
3D Modeling No 
Approval Workflow No 
Guided Selling No 
Product Configurator No 
Proposal Generation No 
Quotes / Estimates No 
Renewal Management No 
Self Service Portal No 
eCommerce No 

Product Features

CAD

2 1/2-Axis Milling No 
2D Drawing No 
3-Axis Milling No 
3D Modeling Yes 
4-Axis Milling No 
5-Axis Milling No 
Civil No 
Collaboration Yes 
Database Connectivity No 
Design Analysis Yes 
Design Export Yes 
Document Management Yes 
Electrical No 
Hole Making No 
Mechanical Yes 
Mechatronics No 
Presentation Tools No 
Simulate Cycles No 
Spiral Output No 
Structural Engineering No 
Toolpath Simulation No 
User Defined Cycles No 

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