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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
Integrations
Bambu Studio
No
Claude
No
Claude Code
No
Claude Desktop
No
Cursor
No
DeepSeek
No
Gemini
No
Meshy
No
OpenAI
No
OpenRouter
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
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.
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