SpaceSuit XR
SpaceSuit CAD · playtest open · Meta Quest 3

Parametric CAD, in the room where the work is.

Sketch, dimension and constrain, then extrude, cut, fillet and assemble real parts on a standalone Quest 3, with a PC version in the works. The part floats in front of you, at any size, including its real one.

Recorded on a Quest 3, in passthrough.

What it does

The modelling you know from the desktop, in the headset

History-based, like the CAD packages you already use: every sketch and feature lands on a timeline, and changing an early dimension rebuilds everything after it.

Sketch with constraints

Lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, slots, polygons, ellipses and splines, held by dimensions and relations until the sketch is fully constrained.

Build real parts

Extrude and cut, revolve, loft, sweep, rib, standard holes, fillets and chamfers, shell, draft, patterns and mirror.

Edit anything, any time

Pick any step on the timeline and change how it was made. Configurations keep variants of one part.

Assemble

Bring saved parts together with mates, then drag the mechanism with your hand to see how it moves.

See it at real size

One press shows the part 1:1 in passthrough, next to the real machine, vise or fixture it's meant for.

Exact files in and out

Import STEP parts and PDF drawings at true paper size; export STEP for CAM and STL for printing.

How it works

Sketch, constrain, build

Captured in the headset, in passthrough.

The dimensioned drawing of the practice bracket
1 · Start from the drawing. Import the PDF and keep it beside you at true paper size.
A rectangle on the sketchboard with the keypad open for its length
2 · Sketch on the board. The sketch comes to a board in front of you. Draw with the controller or your hand, and type exact sizes on the keypad.
A hexagon with a circle inside it, the keypad open for the radius
3 · Constrain it. Dimensions and relations, until the board reads fully constrained.
A disc being pulled up into a solid by hand, the readout showing Extrude1 20 mm
4 · Pull it into a solid. Pull the arrow for a rough size, then set the exact one on the dial or keypad.
An edge of a slotted disc picked, the keypad open for its size
5 · Finish the edges. Pick edges for fillets and chamfers, turning the part to reach them.
A finished block with a hole, held in both hands
6 · Done, and still editable. Every step stays on the timeline. Export STEP or STL when you're ready.

Follow it step by step in the playtester guide (PDF)

Designed for VR

A control panel, not a floating menu

The console works like a machine's control panel: a readout, a dial and a jog wheel with CNC-style increments from 10 mm down to 0.001 mm (or inches), and keys grouped by task down its side. Keys are pressed by pointing or by touch, and every one shows a tip when you rest on it.

Precision comes from numbers, not steady hands: a keypad (with arithmetic) opens whenever a size is wanted, and sketches snap to ends, middles, centres and the part's own edges.

The SpaceSuit CAD console in passthrough, its task keys down the left
A gripper assembly with its frame made see-through, a hand on its jaw

Built for the shop

CAD where the work happens

A customer sends a part as STEP and its drawing as a PDF. Bring both into the headset, put the part beside the real fixture at real size, design what holds it, check the fit, and send STEP to the machine and STL to the printer, without going back to the desk.

Under the hood

A real CAD kernel, running on the headset

Open CASCADE

The industrial geometry kernel behind FreeCAD, compiled to run natively on the Quest. Exact solids, exact STEP files.

Its own sketch solver

A constraint solver written for the app, which refuses a dimension that would conflict and tells you why.

Smooth by design

The part rebuilds in the background, so the headset keeps its frame rate while the geometry is worked out.

Controllers or hands

Everything works with the Touch controllers, and everything also works with your hands alone.

Playtest open. SpaceSuit CAD is in development on Meta Quest 3 and 3S, and we're inviting testers. Request an invite: we'll send you a private install link.

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SpaceSuit XR

We build standalone VR tools for precise spatial work: CAD and captured 3D on the headset, without a PC.

Questions? spacesuitxr@gmail.com