CAD In Blender Is HERE! | CAD Sketcher Intro | Constraint Driven Design

Keep Making
2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2022–2026
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Keep Making introduces CAD Sketcher, a Blender add-on that adds constraint-driven 2D sketching and parametric CAD-style modeling. The video walks through the basics of the tool.

HN people share it as the introductory tutorial for the CAD Sketcher add-on whenever Blender and parametric design come up.

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3 comments from Hacker News

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@deng2022 · in “Constraint-based geometry (CAD) sketcher for Blender”
Homepage: link This is pretty cool and looks already very usable for basic things. So far I've usually worked with MeasureIt and lots of patience, but I'll definitely try this. If you're wondering how this works, here are some basic tutorials: ▶ this video link
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@danboarder2022 · in “CAD in Blender Is Here - CAD Sketcher Constraint Driven Design [video]”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@tjoff2026 · in “Blender 5.2 LTS”
CAD Sketcher add-on adds parametric design to blender. Haven't used it but probably not ready for real use.. ▶ this video link Though people are so eager to be locked into Fusion 360 I will never understand. Especially when Freecad is so much better than it used to be.
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