Camfer – An AI CAD Copilot
Hi, my name’s Arya! I’m a software engineer who loves to CAD and design cool things. Keaton, Roth, Clark, and myself have been building https://camfer.dev for the last year. We’re excited to show v0 of camfer - a tool that lets you use AI with your favorite CAD platforms. The camfer desktop app connects to Solidworks as a smart sidebar. Like Cursor for CAD. The tool takes in your CAD environment (open part + selections) and either answers questions or follows your instructions to create/edit designs natively in Solidworks. Download link:…
Camfer – An AI CAD Copilot launched on October 6, 2025 with 5 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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camfer is currently only available on Windows to use with SolidWorks. To download camfer, please fill out the form. If you're on Windows, we'll auto-start the download otherwise we'll send you an email with a download link to use on your Windows machine. If you have any feedback, please reach out to us at [email protected] Camfer now can change materials. In ideation talk to models like GPT about what the best material for a part should be. Once you’ve decided just ask and we’ll take care of it. No need to fiddle and serach through the Solidworks material selection. Simple quality of life improvement. Before images could only be passed in by clicking the icon and using file explorer. Now…from camfer.dev
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Hi, my name’s Arya! I’m a software engineer who loves to CAD and design cool things. Keaton, Roth, Clark, and myself have been building https://camfer.dev for the last year. We’re excited to show v0 of camfer - a tool that lets you use AI with your favorite CAD platforms. The camfer desktop app connects to…
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