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View CAD, 3D, and PCB files right in your browser

Upload a STEP, STL, IGES, OBJ, 3MF, or GLTF file and spin it in 3D — no plugins, no desktop CAD seat, no waiting on the one person who has SolidWorks. Gerber and PCB layers, KiCad boards, PDFs, and images preview the same way, all inside your project's Files section.

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Click a CAD file, see the part — orbit, zoom, and pan

Open a model straight from the Files section and it renders in a viewer right there in the browser. Orbit around it, zoom into a feature, and pan across the part — then download the original if you need it in your CAD tool.

The model renders from the browser — no CAD seat, no plugin, no desktop app. Need the native file? One click downloads the original.

Boards, layers, and documents preview too

It isn't just mechanical CAD. Gerber and Excellon drill files render as PCB layers, KiCad boards and schematics open inline, and PDFs and images preview without leaving the project.

controller.gtl
Gerber · top copper
board.kicad_pcb
KiCad · multi-layer
drawing-rev-c.pdf
PDF · inline preview

One viewer for the formats a shop actually receives

Mechanical CAD, meshes, web 3D, PCB layers, board files, and documents — opened inline, rendered in the browser, with the original always one download away.

STEP & IGES CAD exchange

The neutral formats every CAD package can export. Open a .step, .stp, .iges, or .igs from a customer or vendor and see the solid model immediately — no SolidWorks, Fusion, or Inventor required.

STL, OBJ & 3MF meshes

The mesh and 3D-printing formats. Drop in an .stl, .obj, or .3mf — check a print before it goes on the bed, or eyeball a scanned part — right in the project.

GLTF & GLB web 3D

The native format of the web. .gltf and .glb models render with materials and color exactly as authored — the smoothest, fastest 3D preview Axis offers.

Orbit, zoom & pan

Full camera controls on every 3D model — drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, and pan across large parts. Inspect a fillet, a bolt pattern, or a wall thickness without opening a CAD seat.

Gerber & Excellon PCB layers

Render PCB fabrication data as layers — .gbr, .gtl, .gbl copper, mask, and silkscreen, plus .drl Excellon drill files — so you can sanity-check a board package before it ships to fab.

KiCad boards & schematics

Open KiCad files inline — .kicad_pcb boards render a top view with pads, tracks, and outline; .kicad_sch schematics show wires, symbols, and labels — plus component, net, and dimension stats at a glance.

PDF & image preview

Drawings, spec sheets, and photos preview inline too — PDFs paginate in the viewer and images render full-size, so the whole package opens without a download.

Renders from the browser

No plugin to install, no desktop CAD seat to license, no file to email to the one person who can open it. Anyone on the team — or a customer you share with — sees the part on any device.

Every engineering format handled

Native files from SolidWorks, Altium, Inventor, Creo, CATIA, Blender, and SketchUp get a typed file card — format, app to open it with, size, uploader — with one-click download. Eagle boards and schematics render inline, FreeCAD documents show their stored thumbnail, and OpenSCAD source opens highlighted. Nothing ever gets stuck.

CAD & 3D STEPSTPIGESIGS STLOBJ3MFFBX GLTFGLBDAEPLY PCB .gbr.gtl.gbl.drl .kicad_pcb.kicad_sch .brd (Eagle).sch (Eagle) More .FCStd.scad Docs PDFPNGJPGSVG
Connected

The model lives next to the job it builds

Because the viewer is part of the Files section, a part's CAD model, its Gerber package, its drawing PDF, and its build plan all sit in the same project. No file servers, no “which folder was that in,” no emailing a 40 MB STEP file — the part is one click from the work order that makes it.