BagaCAD

Draw lines, circles and rectangles, offset edges, extrude and edit dimensions directly in Blender.

0.22 Alpha · Blender 5.0+

Install

Drag the BagaCAD extension ZIP from your file browser into Blender, then confirm installation. Keep the ZIP intact; enable BagaCAD if prompted. Disable older development copies first.

You can also use Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions > menu > Install from Disk…. Both methods are described in the Blender manual.

Start

Open the 3D Viewport sidebar with N, then select BagaCAD.

Key or gesture	Action
Click Draw in the panel	Draw on the active mesh; create an empty mesh if no mesh is active
C / B / O during Draw	Circle / rectangle / offset; also available as panel buttons
Click Dimensions in the panel	Start directly in dimension editing on the active mesh
F3 > BagaCAD New Drawing	Create an empty mesh and start drawing
F3 > BagaCAD Draw	Start drawing on the active mesh
Click Documentation in the panel	Open this manual

Click points to draw. Close a flat contour to make a face. The viewport header shows the current action. The Dimensions button needs an active mesh.

Draw · Shapes & offsets · Guides & grid · Extrude · Dimensions · Shortcuts & settings

Short GIF demonstrations are included in the tool pages. Some recordings use earlier development builds; the written shortcuts describe the current defaults.

Scope

BagaCAD edits the active mesh. Other objects can hide snap targets but are not themselves snap targets. Hidden mesh elements are ignored. X-Ray and Wireframe allow snapping to revealed geometry.

Non-planar contours stay open. Dimensions and their locks are temporary tool data, not a persistent CAD constraint system. This alpha is still in development.