Adam

Adam is an AI CAD copilot that acts like a junior mechanical engineer, working inside the CAD, PLM and simulation tools a hardware team already uses. Rather than asking engineers to move to a new modeling program, it reads geometry, BOMs, drawings and revisions from connected systems and hands back finished work such as an edited part, a drawing set or a manufacturability report.

What is Adam used for?

Adam takes on routine engineering tasks that eat up time between design reviews. It understands feature trees and design intent, so edits respect the history of a model rather than breaking it.

• Generating new parts from a written prompt, such as a bracket, end cover or chassis
• Editing a model after an engineering change order while flagging downstream effects
• Creating 2D engineering drawings from existing 3D CAD models
• Running simulation in tools like Ansys or COMSOL and carrying results back into the design
• Checking designs for manufacturability against your own company documents
• Keeping BOMs in sync with PLM and flagging part number, quantity and revision mismatches

Who Adam is best for

Adam is aimed at mechanical engineers and hardware teams at product companies, contract manufacturers and engineering consultancies that use SOLIDWORKS, Fusion, Onshape, Creo, NX or CATIA alongside a PLM system. Individual makers can try the free plan or Pro. People who want quick decorative meshes for games or printing, rather than engineering parts, will be better served by a text to 3D generator.

Adam pricing

As of October 2026, Adam's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 per month with a light daily quota, the Lite model only, CAD-specific skills, persistent memory and CAD integrations. Pro costs $40 per month, includes a 7-day free trial, access to more powerful models, shared folders, and the option to use your Codex plan. Max costs $200 per month and offers five times the usage of Pro with much higher quotas for frontier models. Adam's billing docs say paid usage refreshes weekly, and Team Pro and Team Max are billed per seat with a shared workspace. Enterprise plans are tailored through sales, and add-on funds can be bought when weekly usage runs out.

Is Adam safe to use with company data?

Adam states it is SOC 2 Type I approved, encrypts data with TLS 1.2 or newer in transit and AES-256 at rest, and runs agent work in per-user sandboxes. It says model inputs are not used for training under its providers' commercial terms, and data stays private on enterprise plans.

Limitations to keep in mind

• Results depend on how well each CAD connector works, and desktop CAD needs a local connector
• Weekly usage caps mean heavy days can push you back to the Lite model until the reset
• Generated parts and drawings still need an engineer's review before release

Adam vs alternatives

ChatGPT and Claude can explain engineering concepts and write CAD scripts, which is enough for simple parts, but they do not connect to your PLM or check results against a real model. OpenAI Codex suits engineers who want to script CAD automation themselves, and Adam can use a Codex plan. Meshy creates visual meshes rather than parametric parts. Adam wins when the work lives across CAD, PLM and simulation and you want one assistant to coordinate it.

Tips for getting started with Adam

Connect one CAD tool and one PLM source first, then test Adam on a real but low-risk change, such as updating a dimension across a part family. Give it your design standards and DFM guidelines as documents so its checks match your shop. Use the Pro trial week to test drawing generation, since that is often the fastest time saving.

Adam FAQ

Is Adam free?

Yes, Adam has a free plan with a light daily quota on its Lite model. Pro costs $40 per month and includes a 7-day free trial.

Which CAD software does Adam work with?

Adam works with Fusion, Inventor, Onshape, Creo, Solid Edge, SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX and CATIA, plus PLM tools such as Arena, Windchill and Teamcenter.

Does Adam train on my CAD files?

No. Adam says model inputs are not used for training under its providers' commercial terms, and data stays private on enterprise plans.

What is the best alternative to Adam?

General assistants like ChatGPT and Claude can help with CAD scripting, while OpenAI Codex suits engineers who want to automate CAD with their own code.