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NekoCAD✨ Sparkle Edition ✨

The same parametric CAD in a bright pink look, with Glitterpaws the cat beside your work.

Already have NekoCAD? Settings → Theme → Sparkle. Or press ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA anywhere in the app.
NekoCAD with the Sparkle skin. Glitterpaws says: production ready AND fabulous, after a STEP export of a bracket with heart-shaped holes

See it turn on

The Konami code, the Sparkle names, and a STEP export, in 22 seconds.

The Sparkle names of the tools in NekoCAD: Make Thicc is Extrude, Smooshify is Fillet, Donut Hole is Hole

A click loads the video from YouTube.

Yes, it's real ✦

The skin changes the names and the colors. The kernel, the geometry, and the STEP export do not change.

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The bracket in NekoCAD with the Sparkle skin
Model the bracket. Make Thicc, Smooshify, Donut Hole.
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The Send It dialog with STEP selected: ready for production, also fabulous
Send It as STEP. "Ready for production. Also fabulous."
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The same bracket, gray, open in FreeCAD from the STEP file
Open the same file in FreeCAD. No glitter.

Same geometry. Same STEP file.

What it's called, and what it is

Every tool, menu, and undo step has a Sparkle name. Each tooltip starts with the real name, so a tutorial still makes sense.

DoodleSketch
Make ThiccExtrude
Break UpCut extrude
Spin 2 WinRevolve
Glow UpLoft
SmooshifyFillet
Snip SnipChamfer
Hollow HeartShell
Donut HoleHole
Copy PastaPattern
TwinsiesMirror
UnfriendSubtract
StiltsSupports
How Big?Measure
YeetDelete (there's an undo)
💖 SLAY 💖OK

Glitterpaws says

Glitterpaws is the NekoCAD cat in its Sparkle look. It talks about ur work. It can be muted, and so can its voice.

nyaa~ ur sketch is fully constrained?? ur literally so smart 💖
two relations r fighting over one line 🥊😿Line 3 already has a length. The new dimension is driven: (45.00).
STEP file served hot 💅 the machinist will cry

Get NekoCAD before the launch

Sparkle is in every copy. Two ways in.

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  1. Tell us what you make. A few short questions. Two minutes.
  2. Confirm your email. Your request joins the queue when you click the link.
  3. A person reads it. We pick testers who will use the builds and tell us what breaks.
  4. Get your invite. It opens your account, the builds, and the Early Access role on Discord.
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Questions

Short answers about the skin.

Is this a real CAD program?

Yes. It is NekoCAD with a different skin. The kernel, the geometry, and the STEP export do not change. Only the names and the colors do.

How do I turn it on?

Settings, Theme, Sparkle. Or press ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A anywhere in the app.

Can I turn it off?

Yes. Settings, Theme, Dark. Your files and your settings stay as they are.

Can I turn off the sound?

One speaker button stops every sound, and the app remembers it. The skin also makes no sound when it turns on, because a sound you didn't cause has no place in a CAD program.

Do the error messages still make sense?

Yes. Glitterpaws adds a line. The real cause of the error stays below it, word for word.

Are the holes really hearts?

The holes are round. The display is hearts. Measure one. It is round.

Will my files open with the skin off?

Yes. The skin does not change the file. A part you save in Sparkle opens in Dark with no glitter on it.

Does it cost extra?

No. It is in every copy of NekoCAD.

Supports

Under the pink, it is the full NekoCAD.

Tweak the part, and the resin or FDM supports move with it. No supporting it all again in the slicer. Sketches, features, assemblies, drawings, and STEP export, on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

✨ The glitter stays in Settings, if you change your mind.