Modeling
Cadre is a parametric modeler: shapes stay editable, and every part is described by parameters you can change at any time.
Sketch
Draw 2D profiles on the standard planes or on a selected face of an existing solid. Tools include line, polyline, rectangle, circle, arc, polygon, and a 2D fillet, with snapping to faces, edges, and vertices. Closed loops are detected automatically as profiles ready to turn into solids.
Primitives
Eight parametric primitives — box, cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, wedge, pyramid, and tube. Each stays re-editable from the property panel: change a dimension and the shape updates.
Feature operations
- Extrude a profile — one side or mid-plane, to a distance, through all, or up to a chosen face or vertex.
- Revolve a profile from 0 to 360 degrees.
- Fillet & chamfer — a constant-radius round that follows tangent edges automatically, or a straight bevel, from the same edge selection.
Boolean operations
Union, subtract, and intersect combine solids. A boolean that would produce a non-watertight or non-manifold result is refused with an explanation rather than baked into a broken body, so a combined solid stays sound.
Feature tree
Every operation is a node in an editable feature tree. Click a feature to edit it; roll the build marker back to an earlier state; suppress and unsuppress features; the model recomputes down the tree. Changes are re-editable, not one-way.
Variables & expressions
Name your dimensions and drive parameters with expressions like width / 2 or
2 * thickness + 1. A circular reference is caught before any change is applied.
Transforms & patterns
Move, rotate, and scale with a gizmo and per-axis lock. Mirror a body, or repeat it as a linear or circular array.
Selection & history
Select by object, face, edge, or vertex, with multi-select. Identifiers stay stable through transforms and boolean operations, so a combined body remains filletable, snappable, and sketchable on its new faces. Every change is undoable through a deep, clickable history timeline.
Modeling in Cadre feeds AI review: the richer the parametric model, the more a suggested fix can be a single parameter change.