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Bitbybit Studio

Bitbybit Studio is your homepage and playground for the CAD Cloud API. It's a place to experiment with parametric models, STEP file conversions, and CAD pipelines — but it's also capable of serious work. Generate production-ready models, fine-tune conversion settings, chain multi-step operations, manage tasks, and preview results in 3D — all from your browser, without writing code or making raw API calls.

Features​

Model Generator​

Browse the catalog of registered parametric models, fill in typed parameters via a form, and submit a generation task. Each model exposes its own set of parameters (dimensions, toggles, precision controls) with sensible defaults, so you can generate a valid model with a single click or fine-tune every detail.

File Converter​

Drag and drop a STEP/STP file and convert it to glTF. Two modes are available:

  • Simple — set a single mesh precision value and convert
  • Advanced — full control over 19 options grouped into Reading, Meshing, Export, and Transform categories (layer extraction, mesh deflection and angle, face merging, texture embedding, coordinate adjustment, scale, and more)

CAD Playground​

A simple visual pipeline builder designed to illustrate how CAD pipelines work. It ships with a small set of basic operations — just enough to demonstrate the concept:

  • Primitives — Sphere, Box, Cylinder, Cone
  • Booleans — Union, Difference, Intersection
  • Transforms — Translate, Scale
  • Fillets — Fillet Edges, Chamfer Edges

Steps can reference each other's outputs, forming a DAG-style pipeline. The goal isn't to replace a full CAD tool — it's to show you how chained operations, output references, and format selection work so you can build real pipelines via the API or SDK with confidence.

Task Management​

All operations run asynchronously. The Tasks page gives you:

  • A paginated list of all your tasks, filterable by status and kind
  • Live polling so you can watch tasks progress in real time
  • A detailed view per task showing execution timeline, original request metadata, and sub-tasks for compound operations
  • Download results in any available format (STEP, glTF, GLB, and more)
  • Preview in 3D — open glTF/GLB results directly in the built-in viewer
  • Cancel or retry tasks as needed

3D Viewer​

A full-page 3D preview that loads directly from a completed task's output. Renders glTF/GLB models in an interactive scene so you can inspect results before downloading.

Dashboard & Account Management​

The dashboard gives you an overview of your compute usage (minutes used vs. plan allowance) and lets you manage the operational side of your account:

  • API key usage — track how each key is being used and monitor consumption against your plan limits
  • Key rotation — create new API keys and revoke old ones to keep your integrations secure
  • Subscription management — view your current plan, upgrade, or manage billing through the integrated Stripe portal

Studio & the Cloud API​

Studio is a visual frontend to the same Cloud API documented in the API Reference. Everything you do in Studio — generating a model, converting a file, running a pipeline — maps directly to an API endpoint. This means:

  • Workflows you prototype in Studio can be automated via HTTP calls or the TypeScript SDK
  • The same OCCT kernel operations, parameters, and defaults apply in both
  • Output formats (STEP, glTF, GLB, Decomposed Mesh) are shared between Studio and the API
  • Tasks created via the API from your code are visible in Studio — you can inspect their status, view results, download outputs, and preview models in 3D, regardless of whether the task was submitted from Studio or programmatically

Getting started​

  1. Sign up at bitbybit.dev/auth/sign-up
  2. Open Studio — generate a model or convert a file to see the workflow in action
  3. Get an API key — create a scoped key from your dashboard
  4. Call the API — use the API Reference or the TypeScript SDK to automate the same workflows programmatically