Generative Design & Engineering
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SKY-001 from Skyfall AI
A world model that turns an image, text prompt, or spatial constraints into a hierarchy of CAD assemblies and parts, with the sketches and operations that build each part. It also generates BIM floor plans from a building outline.
Website: https://skyfall.ai/sky-001
Announcement: https://skyfall.ai/blog/introducing-sky-001
X: https://x.com/skyfallaiOutputs: Part hierarchies, 2D sketches, 3D construction steps, BIM floor plans
Announced: October 2026
Availability: WaitlistSkyfall AI is founded by Sam Pasupalak, Kaheer Suleman, and Sumit Pasupalak. Sam and Kaheer co-founded Maluuba, which Microsoft acquired.
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Zoo Design Studio from Jessie Frazelle, Jordan Noone, and Jenna Bryant
An AI-native CAD app whose Zookeeper agent builds and edits parametric models as KCL code from text, images, and sketches.
Website: https://zoo.dev/design-studio
GitHub: https://github.com/KittyCAD/modeling-app
X: https://x.com/zoodotdevFormats: KCL, STEP, STL, GLB, OBJ, PLY
Kernel: Zoo geometry engine (proprietary, GPU-based, cloud-hosted)Jessie, Jordan, and Jenna are the co-founders of Zoo, formerly KittyCAD.
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Adam from Zach Dive and Aaron Li
AI CAD tools for hardware teams. CADAM is an open source text-to-CAD web app that generates parametric OpenSCAD, and Adam Copilot edits native features inside Onshape, Fusion, and SolidWorks.
Website: https://adam.new
GitHub: https://github.com/Adam-CAD/CADAM
X: https://x.com/adamdotnewFormats: SCAD, STL, DXF (CADAM)
Kernel: OpenSCAD in WebAssembly (CADAM), host CAD kernel (Copilot)Zach and Aaron are the co-founders of Adam.
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Backflip from Backflip AI
A foundation model for CAD that rebuilds 3D scans, photos, and 2D engineering drawings as parametric 3D models with full feature trees.
Website: https://www.backflip.ai
Input: 3D scans and meshes, photos, 2D engineering drawings
Output: Parametric 3D models with sketches, constraints, and feature trees
Availability: Autodesk Fusion add-in and web app, Onshape plug-in coming soonBackflip was founded by the team behind Markforged.
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MecAgent
An AI copilot that generates parts, assemblies, and drawings inside SolidWorks from text, a spec sheet, a drawing, or a STEP file.
Website: https://mecagent.com
Formats: Native SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and drawings, STEP input
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Cartesian from Yiping Goh and Carlos Bañón
An AI 3D modeling tool for architecture and product design that turns text, photos, plans, and sketches into editable solids and assemblies.
Website: https://www.formas.ai/cartesian
X: https://x.com/FormasAIFormats: 3DM, SKP, STL
Kernel: Proprietary CAD kernel layer built for AI agents
Availability: Preview waitlistYiping is the co-founder and CEO of Formas.AI, and Carlos is a co-founder.
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SimpleCADAPI from PhySpace
An agent-native Python CAD SDK where a coding agent writes parametric models as marimo notebooks, with solved assemblies and a hand-off to FEM.
Website: https://physpace.dev/
GitHub: https://github.com/PhySpace/SimpleCADAPIFormats: STEP (AP242), FCStd, STL, MJCF
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FutureCAD from Jiahao Li, Qingwang Zhang, Qiuyu Chen, Guozhan Qiu, Yunzhong Lou, and Xiangdong Zhou
An open-weight 7B model that writes CadQuery programs from text, paired with a second model that resolves fillet and chamfer edge selections on the resulting B-rep.
Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/jhlee11/FutureCAD-7B
GitHub: https://github.com/JohanStackk/FutureCAD
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11831Formats: CadQuery, STEP, STL
Kernel: CadQuery, OpenCASCADE
License: Apache-2.0 weights, MIT code
