# CAD to drawing: generate production SOLIDWORKS drawings automatically > Turn a SOLIDWORKS part or assembly into a dimensioned, title-blocked drawing without detailing it by hand. Views, sections, callouts, BOM, and PDF export in one pass, batched across the whole assembly. URL: https://cadabrai.com/cad-to-drawing/ Updated: 2026-08-15 --- # From model to released drawing, without the detailing. CADABRA lays out the views, dimensions the geometry, applies your title block, inserts the BOM and balloons the sheet. For one part, or for every part in the assembly. [Video: Drawings being generated from a SOLIDWORKS assembly](https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1.mp4) ## What CAD to drawing actually has to get right. The work that consumes the day is everything after: choosing the views that describe the part, sectioning where the geometry is hidden, dimensioning to datums that match how it will be inspected, adding hole callouts, ballooning the BOM, and putting it all on the right sheet with the right title block. It reads the model, applies **your** drawing rules, and produces a sheet an engineer can check and release, rather than a starting point you still have to detail. ## What comes out. [Video: Views and dimensions placed on a generated drawing sheet](https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1.mp4) ### The views the part needs. Named, projected, section, isometric and flat-pattern views, chosen from the geometry rather than stamped from a fixed template. - Section views cut where the principal views hide the geometry. - Flat patterns for sheet metal, isometrics where they help the reader. - Detail and auxiliary views are read from your reference drawings but are not generated yet. ### Dimensions and callouts, not a blank sheet. Features are dimensioned and holes carry callouts in your format. Tolerance defaults come from your standard. - Model dimensions imported, with hole callouts and cosmetic threads. - Dimension style, arrow style, and text height from your standard. - The general tolerance block filled rather than left blank. ### Assemblies get the BOM and the balloons. For an assembly, CADABRA inserts the bill of materials built from the actual assembly structure, balloons the components on the sheet, and keeps item numbers consistent between the two. - BOM derived from the model, not retyped. - Balloons matched to BOM item numbers. - Your column set, ordering, and naming conventions. ### Batch the whole assembly. Point CADABRA at a top-level assembly and it produces a sheet per part plus the assembly drawing, each on the correct format, then exports the set. - One pass over the full assembly, one sheet per unique component. - Multi-sheet output is supported and off by default. ## Prompts that produce drawings. **Make a drawing of this part on our B-size title block** Creates the sheet, places and scales the views, dimensions the features, and fills the title block from the model properties. **Add a section through the bore and dimension it** Cuts the section on the correct plane, places the view, and dimensions the internal geometry it reveals. **Drawings for every part in this assembly** Batches the assembly, one sheet per unique component plus the assembly drawing, each on the right format. **Insert the BOM and balloon the components** Builds the BOM from the assembly structure in your column format and balloons the sheet to match the item numbers. ## How drawing generation runs. 1. 01 Configure your standard once Upload drawings you have already released. CADABRA reads your title block fields, projection angle, units and standing notes out of them and applies that to what it generates. 2. 02 Open the part or assembly Open the document you need drawings for. For a batch, open the top-level assembly and let it walk the structure. 3. 03 Ask for the drawings Say what you need, for example "drawings for every part in this assembly on our B-size title block". 4. 04 Review and export CADABRA places views, dimensions and callouts, inserts the BOM and balloons for assemblies. Check the sheets and release them. ## What about SOLIDWORKS 2026 Auto-Generate Drawing? SOLIDWORKS 2026 introduced its own automatic drawing generation. If your seat has it, use it. What decides whether a sheet is releasable: whether it comes out on your title block with your dimension styles and tolerance defaults, whether it runs across an entire assembly in one pass rather than a document at a time, and whether it runs on the seats your team has today. ## Your drawing standards. CADABRA takes your title blocks, sheet formats, view conventions, dimension styles, tolerance defaults, and naming rules as configuration, then applies them to everything it produces. That configuration is done once, at the [organization level](https://cadabrai.com/solutions-enterprise/), and it is what makes the difference between output that looks like a drawing and output your team can release. Drawings Mode with custom standards is part of the [Enterprise plan](https://cadabrai.com/pricing/#enterprise). ## Drawing generation, answered. ### How does CADABRA turn a 3D model into a 2D drawing? Point CADABRA at a part or an assembly and ask for drawings. It places named, projected, section, isometric and flat-pattern views chosen from the geometry, imports model dimensions with hole callouts and cosmetic threads, fills the general tolerance block, writes your title block, and on assemblies inserts the BOM and balloons the sheet. Every output follows the drawing standard you configured. ### Can it generate drawings for every part in an assembly at once? Yes. Batch generation runs the whole assembly in a single pass, producing one sheet per unique component plus the assembly drawing, each on your title block with the scale chosen from the geometry. ### Will the drawings follow our company standards? Yes, once you have set a standard up. You upload drawings you have already released and CADABRA extracts your title block fields, projection angle, units, text height and standing notes from them. That standard is then applied to every drawing it generates. ### Can CADABRA generate a BOM from a SOLIDWORKS assembly? BOMs, yes. Drawings Mode builds the bill of materials from the assembly structure and balloons the sheet to match it, using the column set and naming conventions in your drawing standard. There is no RFQ packaging feature; that is something teams still assemble from the drawings and BOM themselves. ### Can I go straight from a prompt to a finished drawing? Yes. A single prompt such as “make a drawing of this part on our B-size title block with an isometric and a section through the bore” produces the drawing directly. Views, sheet, dimensions and your standard are handled in one pass rather than as separate manual steps. ### How much does CADABRA cost? CADABRA has a free plan with no card required. Student is $15/month with a valid .edu address, Professional is $99/month for commercial use by an individual engineer, and Enterprise is custom priced with Drawings Mode, custom standards, SSO, zero-retention handling, and a dedicated engineer. ## Bring an assembly. Watch it detail itself. A 20-minute call, your file, your title block. ## Keep reading - [Text to DrawingA single prompt that produces views, dimensions, title block, and PDF.](https://cadabrai.com/text-to-drawing/) - [Drawing to CADDXF and DWG in as a sketch, then built up by instruction as native features.](https://cadabrai.com/drawing-to-cad/) - [BOM GeneratorBuilt from assembly structure, ballooned to match the sheet.](https://cadabrai.com/bom-generator/) - [SOLIDWORKS AutomationIntent resolved at run time, instead of a macro per variation.](https://cadabrai.com/solidworks-automation/)