Guides

These guides walk you through specific tasks from start to finish. Each guide focuses on accomplishing a practical goal using CADit's features.

Drawing and tracing

Tracing images

Import a reference image and trace it to create 3D shapes. Covers automatic region tracing with tolerance adjustment and manual tracing with drawing tools.

Project tutorials

Creating cookie cutters

Design custom cookie cutters using two methods: outline shapes for wall-only cutters, and hole material for cutters with solid backing rims. Includes tips for adding imprint details.

Creating multi-color 3D prints

Design models with multiple colors and export them for multi-material 3D printing. Covers color region planning, working with Doodle Mode layers, and exporting 3MF files that preserve color data for your slicer.

Code Mode

Code Mode basics

Learn the fundamentals of creating 3D models with code. Covers project structure, primitives (cube, cylinder, sphere), transformations, boolean operations, and 2D extrusion.

Code Mode parameters

Define parameters to create customizable designs. Covers all parameter types (numbers, sliders, text, choices, images, shapes) and how to build parametric models with user-adjustable controls.

Choosing a guide

If you want to...	Start with
Turn a logo or drawing into a 3D model	Tracing images
Make a custom cookie cutter	Creating cookie cutters
Print with multiple filament colors	Creating multi-color 3D prints
Write code to generate 3D shapes	Code Mode basics
Add sliders and controls to code objects	Code Mode parameters