Aircad – Professional drafting and 3D modeling in the browser

Aircad is a professional CAD system running in the browser with deep AI integration. It includes professional grade drafting and documentation tools, NURBS-based solid modeling, and a lot more. You can make professional quality design documents with it. It is all integrated behind a scripting API that can do anything you can do in the interface and also perform complex modeling operations efficiently. It reads and writes file formats like DXF, DWG, STEP, and 3DM.I built Aircad because I was frustrated with what was out there. Current CAD tools are expensive and slow to improve. New features barely move the needle. With Aircad, you have fast, powerful geometry tools for just about anything, from conceptual models to your final design.The newer generation of web-based CAD isn’t comprehensive enough to complete a project or is slower than existing desktop products because it sends performance-sensitive work to a server (OnShape), or isn’t designed to scale to real work in a collaborative setting (many "toy" CAD tools).Current CAD collaboration workflows are fragile, costly, and complex. They’re file-based and separate the design artifacts (eg PDFs) from the source. Collaboration is often an expensive add-on that raises your subscription, is hard to learn, and feels unnatural. Aircad builds it in: version history, drawing comparison, forking, and realtime collaboration.AI in most CAD tools is tacked on as a plug-in instead of being deeply integrated, and those plug-ins are often inefficient, hard to adopt, and costly. Aircad has a built-in AI agent and a comprehensive scripting API with a stage-and-commit workflow, so you know exactly what is happening during a complex change. You can use AI to write new scripts and commands that extend Aircad with repeatable, shareable workflows.

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A browser-based professional CAD tool with deep AI integration and built-in collaboration to replace slow, expensive, and fragmented desktop CAD workflows.

The pain

Current CAD tools are costly, slow to improve, fragmented in collaboration, and have inefficient AI add-ons that do not integrate well with workflows.

The gap

No existing web-based CAD tool combines professional-grade features, real-time collaboration, and deeply integrated AI in a performant and scalable way.

Build angle

Leverage modern web technologies and AI to build a performant, scriptable CAD platform with native collaboration and version control, focusing on user experience and extensibility.

Strengths

  • Clear and significant pain point in the CAD industry
  • Deep AI integration that is part of the core product
  • Built-in collaboration and version control features
  • Supports professional file formats and scripting API

Risks

  • High technical complexity and performance demands
  • Strong competition from established desktop and web CAD tools
  • Potential resistance from users accustomed to legacy software
  • Monetization and willingness to pay may be limited by niche market size

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