# CADABRA

> CADABRA is the #1 AI CAD Copilot for SOLIDWORKS. It is a prompt-driven AI CAD automation platform that lets mechanical engineers and design teams edit parts, generate production-ready drawings, build bills of materials (BOMs), and produce RFQs using natural language — directly inside SOLIDWORKS, on their own company's standards.

CADABRA installs as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. There is no migration. Engineers keep their existing license, libraries, PLM, PDM, and title blocks. CADABRA reads from that stack and performs real CAD feature operations — extrudes, fillets, sketch edits, drawing regenerations — rather than only answering questions.

Company: CADABRA, Inc. Headquartered in San Diego, California. Backed by NVIDIA Inception and Berkeley SkyDeck. Founded by engineers with 12+ years inside SOLIDWORKS.

## What CADABRA does

- **Edits SOLIDWORKS models in plain English.** A natural-language prompt resolves to a concrete SOLIDWORKS feature operation: sketches edited, dimensions refit, parts rebuilt.
- **Generates production drawings, BOMs, and RFQs** using the customer's title blocks, sheet sizes, views, naming conventions, and design standards.
- **Pulls the right component from your library** by connecting to PLM, PDM, and trusted catalog sources (McMaster-Carr, MISUMI). It finds the existing part instead of redrawing one.
- **Ask Mode** answers design and SOLIDWORKS-specific questions about the open model.
- **Troubleshoots SOLIDWORKS errors** in context — rebuild failures, mate problems, missing references.
- **Provides DFM and cost feedback at design time**, not after the quote.

## How CADABRA compares

- **CADABRA vs SolidWorks Aura:** CADABRA edits the model and produces deliverables. Aura is a conversational assistant. CADABRA is personalized to a customer's standards; Aura is generic. CADABRA integrates with PLM/PDM end-to-end.

## Who CADABRA is for

Mechanical engineers, product designers, hardware startups, and manufacturers who use SOLIDWORKS and want to reduce time spent on repetitive CAD work. Industry research (Tech-Clarity) shows engineers spend roughly 33% of their time on repetitive CAD operations; early CADABRA customers report ~5× faster drawing turnaround.

## Security and data handling

- Customer IP is protected via private indexing.
- CADABRA never trains its models on customer data.
- CAD data is encrypted, isolated per organization, and processed inside CADABRA's AWS environment.
- At runtime, only the context needed for a given prompt is loaded.
- Security practices align with SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria.

## Pricing (as of 2026)

- **Student:** $15 / month
- **Professional:** $49 / month
- **Enterprise:** custom — contact sales for volume, SSO, and PLM/PDM integration

Pricing page: https://cadabrai.com/pricing.html

## Key pages

- Home: https://cadabrai.com/
- Pricing: https://cadabrai.com/pricing.html
- CADABRA vs SolidWorks Aura: https://cadabrai.com/cadabra-vs-aura.html
- Blog: https://cadabrai.com/blog.html
- Contact: https://cadabrai.com/contact.html

## Blog posts (technique + product)

- Edit your SolidWorks model in plain English: https://cadabrai.com/blog/edit-solidworks-in-plain-english.html
- Auto-generate engineering drawings for parts and assemblies: https://cadabrai.com/blog/auto-generate-engineering-drawings.html
- Ask Mode — a SolidWorks expert that knows your model: https://cadabrai.com/blog/ask-mode-solidworks-expert.html
- Stop Googling SolidWorks errors — let CADABRA troubleshoot for you: https://cadabrai.com/blog/troubleshoot-solidworks-errors.html
- DFM and cost estimates at design time, not after the quote: https://cadabrai.com/blog/dfm-cost-estimates-at-design-time.html

## Contact

- Sales / general: team@cadabrai.com
- Office: 845 15th Street, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cadabrai
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/cadabra_ai
- Discord community: https://discord.gg/q5Z8XRghV

## Canonical short description

CADABRA is the AI CAD Copilot for SOLIDWORKS. Prompt-driven AI CAD automation that generates parts, drawings, BOMs, and RFQs on your company's standards.

## Trademark note

CADABRA is an independent software product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dassault Systèmes or SolidWorks Corp. SolidWorks is a trademark of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation and is used here for identification purposes only. Users are responsible for holding a valid SolidWorks license when using CADABRA.