Describe it. Photograph it. Machine it.
HelioCad is AI-powered CAD/CAM in your browser. Describe a part — or snap photos of one — and the AI models it, measures its own work, programs your machine, and simulates the whole job before you ever press cycle start.
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Phone Scan
Photos → parametric model
Laser Control
Ruida + GRBL over USB, live playback
AI Orchestrate
Stock, setup & tools from a sentence
The part in your hand, in CAD in minutes
Open HelioCad on your phone. A guided capture walks you around the part shot by shot, the AI rebuilds it as a clean parametric model — not a mesh — and one caliper measurement locks in true scale. Then check it against reality: view any model in AR, right on your bench.
- Guided multi-photo capture
- AI rebuild with caliper-seeded dimensions
- AR viewing + installable mobile app
Everything you need to design, analyze, and manufacture
From a text prompt to machine-ready G-code — design, simulate, and manufacture without ever switching tools.
Describe it. Watch it build. Watch it check itself.
Type or speak what you need — or drop in photos, drawings, and caliper measurements. HelioCad's AI writes real parametric CAD, renders it in seconds, then measures its own model and fixes any dimension that's off. It reads spec sheets, pulls dimensions from drawings, and researches real parts on the web when it needs facts.
Describe what you want to make.
Try: "Make a 2 inch box"
Or select geometry and describe changes
Paste or drop images & 3D files
Building an L-bracket — 160 × 180 mm base, 8 mm thick, with four 13 mm holes and 2 mm fillets.
Prove the whole job before you press start
Run your program on a full parametric machine — VMC, 4th-axis, trunnion, gantry, lathe, or mill-turn — with animated kinematics, live DRO, and material removal. Or upload your own machine.
G-code your machine will love
From 2.5D pockets to 5-axis simultaneous, with 11 proven controller posts. Stay-down linking, arc fitting, and chip-thinning-aware feeds cut real cycle time — and AI Orchestrate plans stock, setup, and tooling from one sentence.
(HelioCad CAM v1.0)(Stock 200x180x10 6061)(T1 6mm Flat End Mill)G21 G90 G94T1 M6S12000 M3G0 X0 Y0 Z5G1 Z-2 F300G1 X160 F800G1 Y10G1 X0G0 Z25M30
Run your laser straight from the browser
Jog, frame, hold-to-fire, and run over USB — GRBL and Ruida DSP alike — with live playback of the head on the bed, plus an overhead camera or a printable 1:1 placement jig for exact positioning.
Drawings that draft themselves
The AI turns your 3D model into an ISO or ANSI technical drawing — views, dimensions, GD&T — then revises it in conversation. Export DXF or PDF.
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Six more workspaces, same browser tab.
Describe it. Refine it. Cut it.
One pipeline from a sentence — or a photo — to a finished part: parametric model, real constraints, simulated and machine-ready output. No tool-switching, no file round-trips.
Describe
Type it, speak it, or snap photos of the part in your hand. HelioCad's AI writes real parametric CAD and renders an editable model — features and sketches, not a frozen mesh.
Refine
Lock it down with dimensions and constraints — the AI measures its own model and fixes deviations — then run FEA to confirm it holds.
Make
Generate optimized milling, turning, or laser toolpaths — or let AI Orchestrate plan the whole job — prove it in full machine simulation, then export G-code or run the laser job right from the browser.
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Simple, transparent pricing
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Maker
billed monthly
Free for 7 days, then $29.99/mo
For hobbyist CNC owners and weekend warriors.
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billed monthly
Free for 7 days, then $59/mo
For professional machinists and small job shops.
Start 7-day free trialTeam
billed monthly
Free for 7 days, then $99/user/mo
For production shops and multi-user teams.
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Try HelioCad free for 7 days. From a sentence — or a photo — to a finished part, all in your browser.
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