This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge
What I Built
A few years ago, I participated in a hackathon and built a project called CADemy.
👉 CADemy: https://cademycad.netlify.app/
The idea came from a simple question that kept bothering me:
Why is learning CAD still so expensive?
As engineering students, we're constantly told that skills like 3D design, product development, manufacturing, robotics, and architecture will shape the future. Yet the tools used to learn these skills are often locked behind expensive software licenses that many students simply cannot afford.
For some universities and organizations, this may not be a problem. But for smaller schools, students from rural communities, and underprivileged children, the cost of accessing quality CAD education can be a real barrier.
I kept thinking about something.
A student shouldn't have to wait until college to discover a passion for engineering. Curiosity starts much earlier. A 13-year-old experimenting with design today could become tomorrow's engineer, architect, or inventor.
So during that hackathon, I built CADemy a browser-based platform where anyone could learn CAD concepts through interactive 3D modeling, hands-on challenges, and experimentation.
The project worked. People liked the idea.
But like many hackathon projects, it reached the demo stage and stopped there.
There were features I wanted to build, learning experiences I wanted to improve, and a much bigger vision that simply couldn't fit into a weekend.
When I came across the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge, I knew exactly which project I wanted to revisit.
Instead of starting something new, I decided to finish something I genuinely believed in.
That decision led to Triax AI.
👉 Triax AI: https://triax-ai.netlify.app/
Triax AI is the next evolution of CADemy. It keeps the original mission intact while introducing AI-powered guidance, real-time feedback, interactive tutorials, personalized learning experiences and a significantly improved 3D design environment.
The technology changed.
The interface changed.
Even the name changed.
But the mission remained exactly the same:
To make 3D design education free, fun, and accessible to anyone with curiosity and an internet connection.
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