Luxxo CAD vs Zoo: a finished part package, or a new CAD tool?

Both turn a description into real CAD geometry, not a mesh. They are built for different jobs: Zoo is a complete CAD application with an AI agent inside, and Luxxo CAD hands you the files a workshop needs, without installing anything.

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The short answer

Choose Zoo ifyou want a new CAD tool to model in every day, by hand, with code (KCL) and with an AI agent
Choose Luxxo CAD ifyou need a checked part package now: STEP, drawing, DXF and parts list, and you keep working in your own CAD
Use both ifyou design in Zoo and want quick drafts of standard machine parts and mechanisms to start from

Side by side

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	Luxxo CAD	Zoo
What it is	A web app that turns a description or hand sketch into a finished, checked part package	An AI-native CAD application with its own geometry engine and the Zookeeper AI agent built in
Install	None. Runs in the browser	Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus a browser version
Input	Text, a photo of a hand sketch, or both	Text prompts, images and sketches
What you get	STEP, STL, DXF flat patterns, A3 drawing PDF and a parts list, with every design	An editable KCL model in Zoo Design Studio; STEP or STL export
2D drawing	Yes: three A3 sheets with views, sections, hole and weld tables and a measured report	—
Assemblies	Yes, whole mechanisms with standard ISO bearings and screws	Yes; assembly mates are on Zoo’s roadmap
Edit a model by hand	Change it with one sentence or edit named parameters	Yes, full point-and-click and code modelling
Engineering checks	Solid validity, hole sizes, wall thickness, bearing life, gear undercut, part overlaps, all flagged in plain words	Zoo says Zookeeper cannot guarantee manufacturability or run engineering simulations
Price	5 designs free, then €9 for 10 designs or €49 a month for 100. Pay per design, no seats	Free plan with an allowance of AI time; paid plans add more. Manual CAD modelling is unlimited
Company	Luxxo s. r. o., Bratislava, Slovakia	Zoo Corporation

“—” means the product’s own site does not state it. Checked 15 November 2026; plans and features change, so check each site before you decide.

Where Zoo is the better choice

Zoo is a full CAD system. If you want to model by hand, keep a project open for weeks, script geometry in KCL and have an AI agent help along the way, Zoo gives you all of that in one application, with unlimited manual modelling on its free plan.

Where Luxxo CAD is different

Luxxo CAD is not a modelling tool you learn. You describe a part or a whole mechanism, and it comes back as the package you would send to a workshop: a STEP file for your own CAD, a three-sheet A3 drawing with a measured report, DXF flat patterns with a cut list, and a parts list with ISO bearings and screws. Every design is checked for solid geometry, standard hole sizes, wall thickness, bearing life, gear undercut and parts that overlap, and problems are written out in plain words.

What Luxxo CAD does not do

The files are STEP, not a native feature tree. Native Creo models are next on the roadmap.
It cannot open and edit a CAD file you already have; it designs new parts and changes its own designs.
Every design is an engineering draft. Complex mechanisms can come back marked “Needs review”, and an engineer should check dimensions, tolerances and materials before anything is made.

Questions

Is Luxxo CAD a replacement for Zoo Design Studio?

No. Zoo is a CAD application you model in. Luxxo CAD generates a finished part package from a description. Many engineers will use a CAD tool for daily work and an AI generator for quick first drafts.

Do both make real CAD instead of meshes?

Yes. Both produce exact solid geometry that exports to STEP, which opens in SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, Fusion and FreeCAD.

Which is cheaper?

It depends on how you work. Zoo has a free plan with unlimited manual modelling and metered AI time. Luxxo CAD gives 5 designs free, then charges per design: €9 for 10 or €49 a month for 100, with downloads and drawings included.

Sources

Facts about other products come from their own websites, checked on 15 November 2026. Luxxo CAD is our product; we have tried to describe the others fairly. If something here is out of date, write to info@luxxo.sk and we will correct it.

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