Scrawl3d manual

Scrawl3d is a web CAD for 3D printing: edit STL files, build parts from shapes, sketches and a parts library, and let the AI do the typing.

It runs in your browser, with nothing to install. Sign in at scrawl3d.com, or start a free trial.

Pages

  • Getting started: the screen, moving around, your first part
  • Parts and the scene: bodies, groups, history, moving things
  • Features: screw holes, counterbores, inserts, nut pockets, bearing seats, text
  • Editing parts: right-click menu, resize holes, round edges, stretch
  • Parts library: gears, bevel gears, frisbee, planetary and cycloidal drives, hinges, bill of materials
  • Sketch: drawing 2D shapes and turning them into parts
  • Files: auto-save, Save/Open, export
  • Printer: bed size, hole compensation and fits, the fit test
  • Views: standard views, section cut, X-ray
  • AI: the command bar: commands and design questions
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Account and sign-in: two-step sign-in, backup codes, forgotten password
  • Organization: members, roles, invitations, billing

Units

Everything is in millimetres. Z points up and the print bed is the XY plane at z = 0.