https://cadabrai.com/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/home.jpg Your personalized AI CAD Copilot. CADABRA is the AI CAD Copilot for SOLIDWORKS. Edit parts from plain-English prompts, generate production drawings and BOMs, and rebuild legacy drawings as models. Backed by NVIDIA Inception. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2-poster.jpg Editing a SOLIDWORKS part from a plain-English prompt A written instruction in the CADABRA panel resolves into a real SOLIDWORKS feature operation: the sketch is edited, dimensions refit, and the part rebuilt. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1-poster.jpg Generating production drawings from a SOLIDWORKS assembly CADABRA lays out views, applies dimensions and hole callouts, inserts the title block, and produces drawings for the parts in an assembly. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-3-poster.jpg Inserting a fastener from Toolbox by prompt A fastener sized to the hole and inserted from SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, then mated concentric to the bore and coincident to the hole mouth. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-3.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/pricing/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/pricing.jpg Built for every engineer. CADABRA pricing. Start free with no card. Student is $15/month with a .edu address, Professional is $99/month for commercial use, and Enterprise is custom with Drawings Mode, SSO, and zero-retention handling. https://cadabrai.com/download/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/download.jpg Download CADABRA. Download and install the CADABRA add-in for SOLIDWORKS. Close SOLIDWORKS, run the installer, enable the add-in, and CADABRA appears in the right-side task pane. https://cadabrai.com/contact/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/contact.jpg Talk to us. Reach the CADABRA team for sales, demos, enterprise pricing, security questionnaires, or deployment questions. We reply within one business day. https://cadabrai.com/demo/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/demo.jpg Book a demo. Book a 20-minute live demo of CADABRA. Bring a SOLIDWORKS file and watch it edited by prompt, then pick a time on the calendar right after you tell us about your team. https://cadabrai.com/blog/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog.jpg The CADABRA blog. Deep dives into AI CAD automation: natural-language SOLIDWORKS edits, automated drawings, Ask Mode, DFM at design time, and AI error troubleshooting. https://cadabrai.com/cadabra-vs-aura/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/cadabra-vs-aura.jpg CADABRA vs SOLIDWORKS Aura. CADABRA vs SOLIDWORKS Aura, side by side: what each actually does inside SOLIDWORKS, prompt-driven CAD operations against conversational assistance, and which fits an engineering team. https://cadabrai.com/solutions-professionals/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/solutions-professionals.jpg Spend your time designing, not detailing. CADABRA takes over repetitive SOLIDWORKS work for engineers and small teams: batch drawings, natural-language edits, and component lookups, on the license you already have. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2-poster.jpg Agent Mode editing a part inside SOLIDWORKS Adding holes, fillets, and patterns by describing the change, performed as real SOLIDWORKS operations. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1-poster.jpg Batch drawing generation from an assembly Drawings for every part in an assembly, laid out, dimensioned, title-blocked, and exported. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-1.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/solutions-students/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/solutions-students.jpg Learn the workflow, not just the buttons. CADABRA works inside SOLIDWORKS so students can ask how a model is built, make real edits, and generate dimensioned drawings, learning the workflow while finishing coursework faster. $15/month with a .edu address. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2-poster.jpg Editing a student SOLIDWORKS part by prompt A described change performed as a real SOLIDWORKS feature operation, with the result visible in the feature tree. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-2.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/solutions-enterprise/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/solutions-enterprise.jpg Standards, enforced by default. Give every engineer a SOLIDWORKS copilot that enforces your drawing standards, scales repetitive work across the team, and keeps CAD data isolated, with SSO, SOC 2 aligned controls, and on-premise deployment. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-enterprise-drawings-poster.jpg Standardized drawing output across a team Drawings generated to one configured company standard, so every engineer produces the same sheet. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-enterprise-drawings.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-3-poster.jpg Inserting a fastener from Toolbox A fastener sized to the hole, inserted from SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, and mated to it automatically. https://cadabrai.com/assets/demo-3.mp4 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes no https://cadabrai.com/privacy/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/privacy.jpg Privacy policy. How CADABRA collects, uses, and protects your data. We do not sell your information, we do not allow ad tracking, and you can opt out of AI training and data retention. https://cadabrai.com/terms/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/terms.jpg Terms and conditions. Terms governing use of cadabrai.com and CADABRA: subscriptions, acceptable use, intellectual property rights, and service availability. https://cadabrai.com/trademarks/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/trademarks.jpg Trademarks and notices. Trademark attributions and third-party notices for CADABRA. CADABRA is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dassault Systèmes or SolidWorks Corp. https://cadabrai.com/eula/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/eula.jpg End user license agreement. The CADABRA end user license agreement. Governs use of the CADABRA add-in for SOLIDWORKS, including license grant, restrictions, data handling, and subscription term. https://cadabrai.com/blog/edit-solidworks-in-plain-english.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog-plain-english.jpg Edit your SOLIDWORKS model in plain English. How CADABRA turns prompts like "make the wall 3 mm thicker" into real SOLIDWORKS feature operations: sketches edited, dimensions refit, parts rebuilt. https://cadabrai.com/blog/auto-generate-engineering-drawings.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog-drawings.jpg Auto-generate engineering drawings and BOMs. CADABRA generates production-ready SOLIDWORKS drawings, standard views, BOMs, dimensions, and your title block, in seconds instead of hours. https://cadabrai.com/blog/ask-mode-solidworks-expert.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog-ask-mode.jpg Ask Mode: a SOLIDWORKS expert that knows your model. Ask Mode is CADABRA’s read-only assistant for SOLIDWORKS. It answers questions about the open model and pulls live data, materials, and standards from the web. https://cadabrai.com/blog/troubleshoot-solidworks-errors.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog-troubleshoot.jpg Stop Googling SOLIDWORKS errors. Use CADABRA’s Ask Mode to resolve SOLIDWORKS rebuild errors, mate failures, missing references, and dangling sketches, in context, without leaving the model. https://cadabrai.com/blog/dfm-cost-estimates-at-design-time.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/blog-dfm.jpg DFM and cost estimates at design time. Catch expensive geometry, pull live material and machining rates, and get DFM suggestions while still inside SOLIDWORKS, before the part reaches a quote. https://cadabrai.com/blog/best-ai-tools-mechanical-engineers-2026.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/blog/best-ai-tools-mechanical-engineers.webp 5 Best AI Tools for Mechanical Engineers in 2026 Explore five of the best AI tools for mechanical engineers, including CADABRA, SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Fusion, PTC Creo, and Siemens NX. https://cadabrai.com/blog/cadabra-vs-traditional-cad-workflows.html 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/blog/cadabra-vs-traditional-cad.webp CADABRA vs. Traditional CAD Workflows: What Is the Difference? Compare CADABRA with traditional CAD workflows and learn how AI automation can reduce repetitive modeling, drawing, and documentation work. https://cadabrai.com/text-to-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/text-to-cad.jpg Text to CAD that lands in your feature tree. Text to CAD that produces native SOLIDWORKS features, not a frozen mesh. Describe the part or the change in plain English and CADABRA builds it in your feature tree, on your standards. https://cadabrai.com/cad-to-drawing/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/cad-to-drawing.jpg From model to released drawing, without the detailing. 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. https://cadabrai.com/drawing-to-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/drawing-to-cad.jpg Legacy 2D, rebuilt as a real part. Import a DXF or DWG as a sketch in a new part, then build the solid from it by instruction. What CADABRA does with legacy 2D, and what it does not: there is no PDF or scan reader. https://cadabrai.com/text-to-drawing/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/text-to-drawing.jpg One sentence. One finished drawing. Skip the drawing setup. Describe the sheet you want and CADABRA places the views, dimensions the geometry, applies your title block and balloons the BOM, all from a single instruction. https://cadabrai.com/ai-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-cad.jpg AI CAD, defined. A working definition of AI CAD, the four things it does well today, where it still fails, and how to judge a tool. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-solidworks/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-solidworks.jpg AI that works inside SOLIDWORKS, on your license. CADABRA is an AI add-in for SOLIDWORKS. It edits parts from plain-English prompts, generates production drawings and BOMs, rebuilds legacy drawings as models, and answers questions about the open file. https://cadabrai.com/solidworks-automation/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/solidworks-automation.jpg Automation that survives the next revision. Macros and API scripts automate a fixed sequence and break when the model changes. CADABRA resolves intent against the actual file at run time, so one instruction covers the cases you would otherwise script. https://cadabrai.com/ai-cad-generator/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-cad-generator.jpg An AI CAD generator that produces a part you can edit. Most tools ranking for "AI CAD generator" return a raster image or a frozen mesh. Here is the difference between an image, a mesh, and native CAD features, and how to tell which one you are being sold. https://cadabrai.com/natural-language-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/natural-language-cad.jpg Natural language CAD. What separates an instruction that resolves into a real SOLIDWORKS feature from one that does not. Plus the prompt patterns that actually work. https://cadabrai.com/chatgpt-for-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/chatgpt-for-cad.jpg ChatGPT for CAD. ChatGPT cannot open your part file or run an operation in SOLIDWORKS. It can write macros and scripts that might. What it is good at, where it breaks, and what CAD-native means. https://cadabrai.com/text-to-cad-vs-text-to-3d/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/text-to-cad-vs-text-to-3d.jpg Text to CAD is not text to 3D. Text to 3D gives you a triangle mesh for rendering and printing. Text to CAD gives you dimensioned geometry you can machine, tolerance, and revise. Pick by what happens after you generate it. https://cadabrai.com/free-ai-cad/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/free-ai-cad.jpg Free AI CAD, and where it stops. Four different things get called free in AI CAD, and they are not equivalent. What CADABRA’s free plan includes, where it stops, and what free never covers regardless of vendor. https://cadabrai.com/bom-generator/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/bom-generator.jpg A BOM that comes from the model, not a spreadsheet. Generate a bill of materials straight from the SOLIDWORKS assembly structure, in your column format, ballooned to match the drawing. No retyping, no spreadsheet that drifts from the model. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-fusion-360/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-fusion-360.jpg AI for Fusion 360 CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. Fusion 360 support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for Autodesk users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-inventor/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-inventor.jpg AI for Inventor CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. Inventor support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for Autodesk users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-onshape/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-onshape.jpg AI for Onshape CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. Onshape support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for PTC users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-creo/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-creo.jpg AI for Creo CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. Creo support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for PTC users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-nx/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-nx.jpg AI for NX CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. NX support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for Siemens users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/ai-for-catia/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/ai-for-catia.jpg AI for CATIA CADABRA is an AI CAD copilot that runs today as a SOLIDWORKS add-in. CATIA support is in development. Here is exactly what it does, what it would mean for Dassault Systèmes users, and how to get it first. https://cadabrai.com/faq/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/faq.jpg Everything, answered. Every question we get asked about CADABRA, answered in one place: what it does inside SOLIDWORKS, how text to CAD and drawing generation work, what happens to your CAD data, and what it costs. https://cadabrai.com/glossary/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/glossary.jpg The vocabulary, defined. Text to CAD, drawing to CAD, DFM, GD&T, PDM, feature tree, parametric model, generative design. The vocabulary of AI CAD and mechanical design, each defined in one paragraph. https://cadabrai.com/security/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/security.jpg What happens to your CAD data. What CADABRA does with your CAD data: training is on by default on self-serve plans with a one-setting opt-out, and Enterprise can run zero-retention. https://cadabrai.com/about/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/about.jpg Built by people who did the detailing. CADABRA AI Inc. builds an AI CAD copilot for SOLIDWORKS. Founded by mechanical engineers with more than twelve years inside SOLIDWORKS, based in San Diego, backed by NVIDIA Inception and Berkeley SkyDeck. https://cadabrai.com/integrations/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/integrations.jpg What CADABRA connects to. CADABRA runs inside SOLIDWORKS and uses what your seat already has: Toolbox for fasteners, your drawing standards, your file properties. Support for Fusion, Inventor, Onshape, Creo, NX, and CATIA is in development. https://cadabrai.com/compare/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/compare.jpg How CADABRA compares. How CADABRA differs from SOLIDWORKS Aura, from generic text-to-3D tools, from macros and API scripting, and from doing the detailing by hand. https://cadabrai.com/sitemap/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/sitemap.jpg Every page, in one list. A complete index of every published page on cadabrai.com, grouped by section, for humans and for crawlers. https://cadabrai.com/docs/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Documentation How CADABRA works inside SOLIDWORKS: installing the add-in, Agent Mode, Ask Mode, Drawings Mode, writing prompts that resolve, configuring your drawing standards, plans and usage limits, and troubleshooting. https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Getting started Install the CADABRA add-in for SOLIDWORKS, run your first prompt, and understand how the copilot works before you point it at real work. https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/install/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Install CADABRA Download the installer, run it with SOLIDWORKS closed, enable CADABRA under Tools then Add-Ins, and open it from the task pane on the right. https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/first-prompt/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Your first prompt Open a part you know, ask a read-only question first, then make one small reversible edit and check it in the feature tree before trusting anything larger. https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/how-it-works/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg How CADABRA works CADABRA reads the open SOLIDWORKS document, makes the change as a native feature, rebuilds, and tells you what changed. https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Modes Ask, Plan, Agent, Drawings and Debug. What each one does, which can modify the open document, and what unlocks them. https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/all-modes/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg The five modes Ask, Plan, Agent, Drawings and Debug. Which modes can modify the open document, which are read-only, and what unlocks each one. https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/agent-mode/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Agent Mode Agent Mode performs real SOLIDWORKS feature operations from a natural-language instruction: holes, fillets, patterns, dimensions, materials, and the same edit repeated across a family. https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ask-mode/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Ask Mode Ask Mode is read-only. It answers questions about geometry, features, materials, and mass properties in the open document, and can search the web for material and process data. https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/drawings-mode/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Drawings Mode Drawings Mode lays out views, imports the dimensions marked in the model, applies hole callouts, inserts and balloons the BOM, and applies your title block, in batch across an assembly. https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Prompts How to write CADABRA prompts that resolve into a single unambiguous operation, with worked examples for editing, drawings, BOMs, and analysis. https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/writing-prompts/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Writing a prompt that resolves Every workable CADABRA instruction carries an operation, a reference, and a number. Drop any one and it cannot resolve. Worked before-and-after examples of vague prompts rewritten. https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/prompt-library/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Prompt library Copyable CADABRA prompts for model edits, drawings, BOMs, component lookup, DFM and troubleshooting, each with what it produces. https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Standards Configure the title blocks, sheet formats, dimension styles, tolerance defaults, and naming conventions CADABRA applies to everything it generates. https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/drawing-standards/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Drawing standards Upload drawings you have already released and CADABRA extracts your title block fields, projection angle, units, text height and standing notes from them, then applies that to every drawing it generates. https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/libraries-and-plm/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Components and libraries Where a component comes from when CADABRA inserts one: a part you name, your local SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, or a parametric screw it generates. There is no PLM, PDM, or catalog connector. https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Account and plans Plan limits, how usage is measured and when it resets, extra usage, every preference in the dashboard, and how billing works. https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/plans-and-limits/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Plans, usage, and limits What Free, Student, Professional, and Enterprise include, how monthly usage is measured, when it resets, and what happens when you reach the limit. https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/preferences/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Preferences Every setting on the dashboard Preferences page: notifications, auto-apply, unit system, decimal places, default model, early access builds, and zero data retention. https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/billing/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Billing How CADABRA billing works: monthly subscriptions through Stripe, changing or cancelling a plan, buying extra usage for the current period, and what happens to your data if you stop. https://cadabrai.com/docs/security/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Security and data How CADABRA handles CAD data: training defaults by plan, the setting that turns training and retention off, per-organization isolation, and Enterprise deployment options. https://cadabrai.com/docs/security/data-handling/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Data handling Training defaults by plan, the one setting that turns training and retention off, isolation, encryption, and Enterprise zero-retention. https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg Troubleshooting Fixes for CADABRA not appearing in SOLIDWORKS, prompts that did not do what you expected, SOLIDWORKS rebuild and mate errors, and sign-in or usage problems. https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/cadabra-issues/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg CADABRA itself is not working What to check when the CADABRA icon is missing from SOLIDWORKS, the panel cannot reach the service, sign-in fails, or requests are being declined. https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/solidworks-errors/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/docs.jpg SOLIDWORKS errors Using Ask Mode to diagnose rebuild failures, dangling relations, over-defined sketches, mate errors, and missing references in the context of your own model. https://cadabrai.com/help/ 2026-08-15 https://cadabrai.com/assets/og/help.jpg Help centre Get help with CADABRA: installation, prompts that did not work, SOLIDWORKS errors, usage limits, billing, and how to reach a human.