Zoo

Founded by Jessie Frazelle in 2021

Design editable mechanical hardware models using text prompts, code, or visual sketching

Pricing model

Pay as you go

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Zoo to design mechanical parts and hardware assemblies using a combination of point-and-click sketching, code, and text prompts. It creates native boundary representation (B-rep) geometry instead of meshes, ensuring precision for manufacturing. You can ask the built-in engineering assistant, Zookeeper, to generate parts, propose mechanical constraints, evaluate manufacturability, and refine models automatically. The environment supports parametric modeling through code in KCL and works across web browsers, Mac, Windows, and Linux to prepare parts for manufacturing and CNC toolpath generation.

What Zoo does

Generate 3D parts from text descriptionsSketch and extrude parametric mechanical geometryInspect CAD models for manufacturing constraintsWrite and execute parametric modeling scripts in KCLExport B-rep models for physical manufacturingSwitch between interactive mouse modeling and code definitionsDirect generation of true B-rep CAD geometry rather than polygonal meshesAutonomous engineering agent that reasons about geometry and mechanical constraintsIntegrated code editor using KittyCAD Design Language (KCL) for parametric modelingInstant browser-based 3D modeling alongside native desktop appsAutomated manufacturability checks directly during the design phaseITAR-compliant cloud infrastructure for regulated aerospace and defense designsAquarium public repository for exploring and copying real mechanical assemblies