hammer8 Help
hammer8 help
Everything you can do in hammer8, from your first sketch to assemblies and manufacturing drawings. hammer8 is a parametric CAD app that runs entirely in your browser — no install, no account, and your files never leave your device.
Getting started8 articles
Working with the feature treeEdit, rename, suppress, delete, reorder and roll back features — the Feature Tree is the part's editable history.Your first part (sketch → extrude)Draw a 2D profile on a plane, then extrude it into a solid — the core loop of every part.Navigating the 3D viewOrbit, pan and zoom with the mouse; the ViewCube and view presets snap to standard orientations.Saving, opening & exportingWork is saved as an .h8prt/.h8asm/.h8drw history file that rebuilds on load; export STL for printing, DXF for flat patterns and drawings.Learning path — hammer8 in 30 minutesA guided reading-and-doing order through the docs — from first sketch to assemblies — with practice parts to build.A tour of the interfaceWhat every area of the hammer8 window does — the ribbon, Feature Tree tree, viewport, right rail and status bar.Units, precision & qualityThe status bar owns units, decimal display, tessellation quality and the interface language.Viewing, section & measureControl what you see — view presets, display modes, section views and the measure tool.
Sketching2 articles
Features8 articles
Combine, Split & IntersectMultibody surgery — fuse bodies, subtract one from another, keep only the overlap, or split one body into several.Extrude (boss & cut)Push a sketch profile straight out into a solid (boss) — or straight through one (cut). The workhorse feature.Fillet & chamferRound (fillet) or bevel (chamfer) the edges of a solid with a radius or distance.Holes, threads & coilsThe Hole tool drills standard fastener holes; Thread cuts real or cosmetic threads; Coil builds springs and helixes.Patterns & MirrorRepeat a feature or body along a line, around an axis, along a curve, filling a region — or mirror it across a plane.Reference geometry (planes, axes, points)Datum planes, axes and points — the scaffolding sketches, features and mates hang on.Revolve, Sweep & LoftThe three curved siblings of Extrude — spin a profile, run it along a path, or blend between sections.Shell, Draft & RibThe plastic-part trio — hollow a solid to walls, taper faces for mould release, and add stiffening ribs.
Surfaces1 article
Sheet metal1 article
Assemblies1 article
Drawings1 article
Configurations1 article
Import / Export3 articles
Import a DXF profileBring a 2D DXF (laser/CAM outline) in as a sketch, then extrude it like any profile.Import meshes and other formatsBring STL, OBJ, 3MF, IGES or BREP files in — as a mesh you can measure, or a solid you can model on.STEP importBring a STEP file in as a solid body — reference it, mate to it, and model on top of it.