Audience

Makers, hobbyists and prosumers who 3D print functional parts (brackets, enclosures, adapters, printer upgrades, storage) and have outgrown beginner modeling tools. Small product design and prototyping teams that need print-ready parts without professional CAD licenses. K-12 schools and educators: classroom mode is free, with pseudonymous student accounts and teacher-only AI.

About OwlCAD

OwlCAD is parametric 3D CAD that runs in your browser, built for designing parts to 3D print. It sits between beginner tools people outgrow and professional CAD that needs an install and a learning curve.

Every dimension stays editable: change a value and the model rebuilds. Booleans are manifold by construction, clearance presets size press, slip and loose fits for FDM, and a printability check flags overhangs, thin walls and leaks before export.

Includes constrained sketches, per-edge fillets and chamfers, patterns, sweep and loft, assemblies with mates and a bill of materials, and 30+ generators for gears, threads, enclosures, Gridfinity bins and hinges. Imports STL, 3MF, OBJ, STEP and OpenSCAD; exports STL, 3MF, OBJ, GLB, STEP, DXF and SVG.

AI generation turns a prompt into an editable model or a sculpted mesh. Also available as a desktop app and an MCP server for AI agents.

Nothing to install, no account needed to start.

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Pricing

Starting Price:
$12.00/month
Pricing Details:
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.
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Company Information

Spare Matter Corp
Founded: 2026
Canada
owlcad.com

Videos and Screen Captures

A planetary gearbox from the built-in generator, with the 3D Print panel ready to check it or send a 3MF to Printables or MakerWorld.

A planetary gearbox from the built-in generator, with the 3D Print panel ready to check it or send a 3MF to Printables or MakerWorld.

A planetary gearbox from the built-in generator, with the 3D Print panel ready to check it or send a 3MF to Printables or MakerWorld. Every dimension is an exact value in millimeters. Parts combine with union and difference, and each one stays editable in the scene tree. Gridfinity generator: bins, baseplates and lids sized in grid units, with compartments and optional magnet or screw holes. Print check tints overhangs on the model and reports watertightness, thin walls, volume, surface area and center of mass. Browse community models and a parts library by category, then open any one to remix or import it.
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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Cloud
Chromebook
Training
Documentation
Videos
Support
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OwlCAD Product Features

CAD

3D Modeling
Collaboration
Design Analysis
Design Export
Document Management
Mechanical
2 1/2-Axis Milling
2D Drawing
3-Axis Milling
4-Axis Milling
5-Axis Milling
Civil
Database Connectivity
Electrical
Hole Making
Mechatronics
Presentation Tools
Simulate Cycles
Spiral Output
Structural Engineering
Toolpath Simulation
User Defined Cycles
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