{"name": "SketchForge 3D", "slug": "sketchforge-3d", "url": "https://thecadhub.com/details/sketchforge-3d/", "markdown_url": "https://thecadhub.com/details/sketchforge-3d/index.md", "description": "A free, open-source, local-first 3D design editor for creating, modifying, importing, and exporting models directly in a web browser.", "long_description": "SketchForge 3D is a free, open-source CAD-style editor for makers, students, educators, FabLabs, and anyone who needs to create useful 3D parts without installing a heavyweight desktop CAD package. Its local-first project workflow keeps designs in browser storage without requiring an account or uploading models to a SketchForge cloud service. CAD Hub also hosts a [free SketchForge 3D browser tool](/free-tools/sketchforge-3d/) that can be launched directly from the site.\n\nThe editor provides a 3D workplane with grid snapping, camera and transform controls, a library of primitive and sketch-based shapes, solid-and-hole grouping, Boolean intersection, and reversible chamfer and fillet operations. Users can import STL models, export STL and OBJ files, and work with STEP/B-Rep geometry.\n\nSketchForge 3D runs in a modern web browser from its hosted website. The MIT-licensed source can also be self-hosted with Docker for classrooms, workshops, shared computers, or a local network; projects remain in each user's browser storage.", "key_functions": "- Primitive and sketch-based 3D modeling\n- Solid, hole, grouping, and Boolean operations\n- Chamfer and fillet edge tools\n- STL import\n- STL, OBJ, and STEP export\n- Local browser project storage\n- Docker self-hosting", "category": {"name": "CAD", "slug": "cad"}, "tags": [{"name": "3D", "slug": "3d"}, {"name": "Free", "slug": "free"}, {"name": "Open Source", "slug": "open-source"}], "deployment_types": ["Cloud-based", "On-premise"], "pricing_models": ["Free"], "business_sizes": ["Small", "Mid-size"], "website_url": "https://sketchforge3d.com/", "company_name": "SketchForge contributors", "platforms": "Browser", "latest_version": "0.5.0", "pricing_tiers": [{"name": "Free", "price": null, "period": "", "description": "Free and open-source under the MIT License; available as a hosted browser app or for self-hosting.", "is_quote_based": false}], "updated_at": "2026-07-10T23:37:00.464Z"}