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Turn an STL, 3MF, OBJ, PLY, glTF or FBX model into an engineering drawing: pick orthographic and isometric views, cut sections, add dimensions, centerlines and notes with snapping, and export a vector PDF, SVG or DXF.

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Samples:
Drop an STL, 3MF, OBJ, PLY, glTF/GLB or FBX model here, or click to choose
1122334455667788AABBCCDDEEFFTITLEUNTITLEDUNITSmmPROJ. ANGLETHIRDSIZEA3SCALE1:1DATE2026-10-05SHEET1/1drawn with: https://yepher.com/tools/drawing
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Notes

  • New here? There is a short video tutorial that walks through loading a model, placing views and adding dimensions.
  • Views are hidden-line projections. Click a thumbnail to add it. New views land in their third-angle (or first-angle) slot when it is free and never move the views you have already placed; Arrange re-lays everything out, picking a fitting standard scale when Auto scale is on. Drag a view to move it, or give one its own scale.
  • Section cut: pick two points on a view for the cutting line, then click the side to keep. The cut face is drawn with a heavy outline and hatching, and the source view gets the A-A cutting-plane marker.
  • Orientation: a model can sit in its file any way at all. Orientation for new views in the Views panel sets how it is held for the views you add next: a 3MF offers Design (the CAD orientation, undoing the slicer’s bed placement — the default) or As printed; any file can be oriented by picking its bottom face and then its front face in the 3D render, by Auto (largest flat face down, largest face at right angles to it forward), or by 90° turns about X, Y and Z. Views already on the sheet keep the orientation they were made with, so one sheet can mix orientations; sections and details of a view use its own.
  • Hidden lines: every projection also keeps the edges that are occluded from that direction. They are off by default; right-click a view (or tick Show hidden lines in the Selection panel) to draw them dashed. When shown they are snappable and export on their own HIDDEN layer.
  • Detail views: with the Detail tool (E) click the centre of the area to enlarge on a view, then click again to set the circle. The circle and its letter go on the source view and the enlarged copy lands on the sheet as DETAIL A at the next standard scale up (at least 2×), ready to dimension like any other view. Removing the source view removes its details.
  • Dimensions snap to vertices (square), midpoints (triangle), points on edges (circle) and the centres of detected circles. Radius, diameter, circular centerlines and center marks are found from three points on the curve — or from one click when the edge is part of a tessellated arc or hole, which the sheet recognises automatically. ⊕ all holes in the toolbar puts a center mark on every circle it finds. Values are true model sizes regardless of sheet scale.
  • Notes: the Text and Note tools work anywhere on the sheet, not just on a view, and Add notes in the Sheet panel drops a general-notes block at the bottom left. Edit the wording and text height in the Selection panel; drag a note to move it.
  • Units: STL and 3MF are taken as millimetres. OBJ and PLY have no unit, so a model under a couple of units across is assumed to be in metres (Blender’s default); glTF is metres by specification; FBX carries its own unit setting, which is honoured. If a model comes in the wrong size, switch the File units control at the top and it is rescaled.
  • Rendered picture: Render picture in the Views panel opens a shaded 3D view of the model (with hidden parts hidden). Orbit it to the angle you want and press Place on sheet: the render is captured as a PNG, cropped to the part with a transparent background, and dropped on the sheet where you can drag it and set its width. It is embedded in the PDF and SVG exports.
  • Working faster: tools have hotkeys (hover a tool for its letter; V select, D/H/K distances, R radius, O diameter, A angle, C centerline, M center mark, T text, N note, S section, E detail; F fits the sheet, Z zooms to the selection, ⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z undo and redo). While placing, a live readout shows the distance and Δx/Δy from the last pick to the cursor. Horizontal and vertical dimensions snap in line with existing ones so a column of dimensions lines up. Right-click a view for its scale, 90° rotation, hidden lines, zoom and removal; the minimap in the corner shows where you are and can be dragged to pan.
  • Exports are vector: PDF at the chosen sheet size, SVG, and DXF with one layer per element type; PNG gives a 300 dpi picture for quick sharing. Everything runs in your browser.