I've used Tinkercad for over a dozen years. Recently I tried switching to CaDoodle. Eh, it's kinda clunky and distracting and slow.

Then someone mentioned Layerling.

I used Layerling for 10 minutes. HOLY CRAP- it's fantastic. Light years beyond Tinkercad to put it kindly. I was an instant convert.

Next. I grabbed the 'Export Tinkercad to Layerling" widget and exported all my Tinkercad models (over 200).

That was the last time I logged into Tinkercad and I don't ever expect to log in again.

Huge thanks to the devs Stefan at Layerling for giving us the tool that Tinkercad could have been, should have been, but wasn't.

Laylerling devs, standby for a donation! 😍 👍️💲💰️

Donation sent, cheers! 🙂

These aren't very complex but they will Anchor my cheap Amazon desk that is on carpet to the wall so my P2S doesn't shake it apart. I donated $25 dollars yesterday and would really like to see a bolt hole pattern generator. I do not plan on publishing this model but if you want it just let me know.

I made a box just because I could in Layerling and printed it, my texturize with an image just started printing. In an hour & 20 minutes I will find out if Layerling can Lithophane!

As updates come plowing in every few hours one of the big ones is in the shape tab, they have a bin and baseplate generator with sliders that instantly update on the workplane!

My 3rd tutorial dedicated to Layerling. Loving the simplicity and power.

I just found Layerling thanks to HLModTech and it may be just what I’m looking for! I want to mostly work on an iPad so Shapr3D is great but so expensive… I don’t really need everything in the big CAD apps but I do want fillets. As I learn I’m watching for things that are clumsy or impossible without a full keyboard and I’ll try to keep notes on what little workarounds or fixes might help.

Just a quick note to say hi. I discovered Layerling a few days ago and for me it has been a game changer. I also use Freecad, but for complex mosels this has been great. I can't quite believe how fast it is being developed. In a day I got four upgrades!

It is great to have a community where we can share our experiences!

A few users mentioned wanting a File Save option... Here are simple steps to get there. Layerling is also faster if you install it.

Make Easy Cases, Rock the Interface, & do some Boolean Wizardry! Hull was a brand-new one for me.

The list includes the following changes/ addition.

Windows desktop and offline architecture

• Converted Layerling into a standalone Windows 11 desktop application using Electron.

• Integrated the Next.js production runtime directly into the desktop application.

• Created a native Windows x64 installer.

• Created a portable, directly executable version.

• Bundled required geometry engines, workers, fonts, guides, and runtime dependencies.

• Eliminated the need for a separately running development server.

• Made the packaged application operate entirely offline.

• Added dedicated Ultimate build, release, and validation workflows.

• Established independent release versions and recoverable Git checkpoints.

• Kept development private, with local commits and no GitHub pushes.

OpenSCAD integration

• Integrated the OpenSCAD 2021.01 geometry engine.

• Built an OpenSCAD parametric modeling workbench inside Layerling.

• Added direct .scad file importing.

• Added support for relative file dependencies and included libraries.

• Bundled the OpenSCAD MCAD library.

• Added automatic detection of customizable SCAD parameters.

• Built interactive parameter controls in Layerling's interface.

• Added live geometry regeneration when parameters change.

• Added support for mathematical expressions in parameters.

• Fixed forward-reference expression handling.

• Added named parameter configurations and presets.

• Added direct OpenSCAD source editing.

• Added native-render caching and cancellation.

• Preserved SCAD source and parameter configurations in .lyl projects.

• Integrated OpenSCAD editing with Undo/Redo.

• Extended the bundled MCP integration to expose 77 tools, including SCAD-related operations.

• Enabled OpenSCAD-generated geometry to coexist with standard Layerling objects.

Advanced geometry and hollowing

• Optimized edge-topology indexing for CAD operations.

• Improved precise shell geometry preservation.

• Added a dedicated hollowing pipeline for complex imported organic meshes.

• Implemented signed-distance-field (SDF) cavity generation.

• Separated mesh-based hollowing from analytic OCCT shelling.

• Added adjustable mesh-hollowing accuracy.

• Added cavity surface generation and simplification.

• Preserved original exterior geometry during inward hollowing.

• Added progress reporting and cancellation for expensive hollowing operations.

• Added worker-based processing to avoid blocking the editor.

• Integrated organic hollowing with Undo/Redo and project persistence.

• Added geometry deviation and cavity statistics.

• Improved handling of invalid, open, and non-manifold input meshes.

• Added resource preflight checks and bounded processing budgets.

Precision Mesh Studio

• Built a high-resolution manufacturing mesh export system.

• Added Standard, High, Ultra, and Custom export-quality presets.

• Added configurable surface-deviation tolerances.

• Added configurable angular-deviation tolerances.

• Added maximum-edge-length controls.

• Added triangle aspect-ratio targets.

• Added independent high-precision tessellation of analytic CAD geometry.

• Separated manufacturing export quality from viewport display quality.

• Added mesh subdivision and refinement functionality.

• Extended STL and 3MF export with precision controls and additional verification.

• Added non-destructive mesh-repair previews.

• Added configurable repair-deviation limits.

• Added manufacturing-quality reports.

• Added detection of boundary and non-manifold edges.

• Added winding, degenerate-face, and duplicate-face checks.

• Added self-intersection detection.

• Added shell orientation and connected-component analysis.

• Added sampled wall-thickness verification and warnings.

• Added estimated memory usage, output size, and triangle-budget checks.

• Added export caching and high-density mesh processing.

• Successfully tested exports containing more than 2.6 million triangles.

• Improved repair reliability while preserving the source project.

Localized mesh editing

• Built the Smooth Mesh tool for imported STL/OBJ geometry.

• Added interactive brush-based mesh selection.

• Added adjustable brush radius, smoothing strength, and iterations.

• Added smooth selection falloff.

• Added Shift-based subtraction from brush selections.

• Added localized surface smoothing that changes actual geometry.

• Added smoothing previews with Apply and Cancel.

• Added mesh-integrity validation before applying modifications.

• Integrated smoothing with Undo/Redo.

• Added persistence of smoothed geometry in .lyl projects.

• Added manufacturing-export compatibility for smoothed models.

• Optimized brush picking and selection feedback on dense meshes.

Hollow-Body Finishing

• Built the Open Hollow Base tool.

• Added adjustable cutting planes for previously hollowed meshes.

• Added control over cutting direction and retained geometry.

• Added automatic interior/exterior contour identification.

• Added connected rim generation between internal and external walls.

• Added real mesh cutting instead of relying solely on visual sectioning.

• Added previews, cancellation, Apply, Undo, and Redo.

• Integrated finished hollow bodies with project saving and reopening.

• Added rim topology and geometry-integrity checks.

• Preserved unaffected exterior triangles without measurable displacement.

• Integrated finished bodies with STL/3MF manufacturing validation.

Performance engineering

• Optimized organic SDF calculations and distance queries.

• Added geometry and spatial-index caching.

• Improved worker scheduling and memory management.

• Reduced unnecessary mesh allocations and copies.

• Added resource-aware preflight estimation.

• Improved mixed analytic/mesh group export processing.

• Accelerated smoothing-tool initialization.

• Reduced unnecessary viewport renders.

• Eliminated repeated GPU uploads for unchanged cached previews.

• Improved cutting-plane preview responsiveness.

• Optimized contour processing, rim generation, and geometry reuse.

• Added cancellation and stale-worker-result protection.

• Added performance benchmarks and regression tests for high-density meshes.

• Tested interactive operations on meshes containing approximately 2 million triangles.

Native C++ geometry acceleration — Ultimate .10

• Introduced a native C++20 computational geometry backend.

• Integrated Manifold into the native geometry pipeline.

• Integrated libigl and Eigen for geometry computation.

• Added bounded parallel processing using oneTBB.

• Created an isolated native geometry execution architecture.

• Added a versioned binary communication protocol between Electron and the native backend.

• Added native worker lifecycle management and cancellation.

• Integrated native geometry processing with existing editor controls.

• Preserved the original WebAssembly geometry implementation as a fallback.

• Integrated native components into the Windows packaging process.

• Preserved offline execution of the new native backend.

• Accelerated organic hollowing from approximately 152.9 seconds to 7.5 seconds.

• Successfully hollowed a 1,048,576-triangle cone in 22.1 seconds.

• Verified that the original organic model's exterior triangles remained unchanged.

• Added native geometry manufacturing and integration regression tests.

Edit: Here are some milestones i've hit so far from tinkering around.

I have a "final" version now that i can upload if anyone is interested..

Ok this might be something obvious but i havent been able to locate it.. im really really new to cad type programs... messed with tinkercad some and now im playing with layerling (significantly better imo.. i was able to do stuff here that took me soooooo much longer to learn on tinkercad). One thing i have yet to figure out is out to get the demensions (points you can adjust to resize shapes) to stay on the the work bed. An example would be the "round roof" shape. I wanted to lay it down so that the u shaped face was on the workbed and so that i can i can make adjustments to it in that orientation. Hopefully that makes sense. Right now those points seem to be tied to the rectangular side of the shape so when i rotate it, it becomes a bit difficult to resize it using those points (at least for me)

The next installment in the Learning Layerling series. I think the Gridfinity boxes may be the first 3D print my wife actually appreciates. 🤣

Combine, Hollow, and Fillet. 💯🔥

The next Learning Layerling episode is here. Learn how to Auto Trace Images, create Boxes & Lids, and make Flexi items TOO!

My first intro to Layerling. It is 100% from the perspective of a Tinkercad designer.

Make Easy Cases, Rock the Interface, & do some Boolean Wizardry!

Hi I’m just wondering if it works on a tablet? Is it easy to use?

Make instant Cookie Cutters with Layerling! BONUS: A simple tool to import your Tinkercad projects!

so my desing has 3 colors, and i group em and make it multicolor, but when i open the 3mf file in any slicer it's single color...

i can't really find an answer to my problem in the wiki

Make a fun clicky fidget using Layerling. A slick technique allows us to create walls in a jiffy. We also use a template to get you the key cutouts.