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How to create an engineering drawing from a CAD model with Text to Cad

Ask your agent to turn a generated 3D model into an engineering drawing.

Who it is forA mechanical engineer or technician who needs a drawing to go with a part for review, quoting or shop use.

The problemMaking a drawing by hand from a 3D model is slow and easy to get wrong.

The outcomeAn engineering drawing generated from the model, ready for review.

What you need first

  • uv installed (check with `uv --version`)
  • One supported agent app: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini or Grok
  • A network connection for the first start, which downloads CAD's runtime

Steps

  1. Install Text to Cad in your agent app, for example with codex plugin add text-to-cad@earthtojake in Codex.
  2. Ask the agent to build the part and save it as a STEP file.
  3. Ask the agent to generate an engineering drawing from that model.
  4. Open the drawing and compare it with the model dimensions before sharing it.

Prompt for your agent

Using the text-to-cad plugin from https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad, generate an engineering drawing from <model file path>. Return the drawing file path and list the dimensions it shows so I can compare them with the model.

Caveat. The README does not name the drawing file formats or drawing standards, so confirm the output meets your shop or client requirements.

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