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What's new in Cookiecad Designer

A running archive of product updates, designer improvements, and cutter generation changes.

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V7 · 01 · Recessed stamps

Make the details stand out.

Recess your stamp and it leaves raised details in the dough.

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V8Latest version

Cookiecad V8

A new 3D preview that shows your cutter on dough with realistic surfaces and print materials, a redesigned Designer, Spanish and Dutch translations, profiles that can also save your finished size and scene, contextual setting help, refreshed library and sharing screens, clearer Premium comparisons, and faster, more reliable previews.

A New 3D Preview

  • The 3D preview is now a real-time scene, with a soft shadow under your cutter and a floor that fades into the background, in light and dark mode.
  • Choose what your cutter sits on with Surface at the top of the preview: seven light and seven dark colors, a custom color, or White Marble, Dark Marble, and Warm Wood.
  • See how your cutter will look once printed with Print material: smooth plastic in your cutter color, or solid, two-color, gradient, glitter, and effect filaments, including Cookiecad filament colors.
  • Edit a material's colors or show print layers for a more realistic look. These settings only change the preview, not the exported model.
  • The Cutter color setting has moved into the Print material picker.

Show Your Cutter on Dough

  • Switch from Cutter to Scene in the 3D preview to see your cutter beside a dough sheet with its cut-out and a loose cookie piece. For stencils, the dough is painted through the stencil.
  • In Scene, add dough sheets, cut-outs, roller impressions, stencil paint, loose cookie pieces, another cutter, or a ruler (in centimeters or inches), a coin, or a banana for scale.
  • Drag objects to move and rotate them with a mouse or touch. The selection bar rotates, mirrors, or deletes the selected object, sets its exact position, and changes a dough sheet's type, color, and thickness.
  • The Layers panel lists everything in the scene and the order in which objects stack. Reset to default scene, beside Fit view, returns an arranged scene to the one Cookiecad builds for your cutter.
  • Your scene is saved with your design, so designs from your library and shared links open with the same scene.
  • Cutter sets and multi-cutters cut every shape out of the dough, and each cookie can be moved on its own. Separate parts arranges a set's cutters one by one, and Separate shapes its holes. A profile saved with such a scene arranges another set the same way.

Redesigned Designer

  • A refreshed layout brings the upload screen, settings sidebar, 3D preview, library, and account pages into one consistent interface, in light and dark mode.
  • The Thing to make picker groups cutters and stamps, specialty makers, cutter sets, and multi-cutters, with illustrated choices to help you find the right tool.
  • Refreshed example images show each tool more clearly before you open it in the Designer.

Spanish and Dutch

  • Use the Designer, My Library, account pages, Premium page, documentation, and release notes in English, Spanish, or Dutch.
  • Choose your language from the header. Language switching preserves design URL parameters and your light or dark theme.
  • Saved and shared design links keep the selected language.
  • Error and page-not-found screens are translated too and keep the site header.

Profiles with Finished Size and Scene

  • Premium profiles now have an Include finished size option to restore your design's dimensions along with its manufacturing settings.
  • Leave it off to reuse the same cutter settings across designs without resizing them.
  • New profiles also save your print material. Turn on Save scene with profile to keep your scene too: the dough, the surface, and your objects as arranged.
  • The updated save dialog shows whether you are creating or updating a profile, previews changes to an existing profile, and disables updates when there is nothing to save.

Help Beside Your Settings

  • Click a supported setting label to read a short explanation and open the relevant documentation directly from the help popover.
  • Expanded documentation covers every tool type and settings for blades, stamps, texture rollers, stencils, cake pop molds, name plates, and more.
  • Read and search the documentation in English, Spanish, or Dutch without leaving the Cookiecad app site.

Refreshed My Library

  • A redesigned filter sidebar brings search, sorting, favorites, Trash, and tag filters together beside your design cards.
  • The refreshed toolbar and cards make it easier to switch between comfortable and compact views and manage selected designs together.
  • Design names edited while the Designer is checking your library are now preserved.

Clearer Sharing and Downloads

  • Shared designs now show a notice explaining that you are editing your own copy, with a Save a copy action for your library.
  • A refreshed share dialog shows the link, copy confirmation, and any link-creation errors together.
  • The download controls keep STL easy to reach and group 3MF, OBJ, and printable PDF options in a menu that also works on smaller screens.
  • Older settingsId links open correctly in the new Designer.
  • Design links are much shorter and include your scene. Older links still open.
  • Shared design links show a preview card in WhatsApp and other apps.

Clearer Premium Comparison

  • The redesigned Premium page brings plan choices and a Free versus Premium feature comparison together.
  • Open a comparison feature to read what it does, view an example when available, and jump to its documentation or try it in the Designer.
  • Checkout checks your current subscription before starting a purchase, with clearer trial eligibility, billing information, and return navigation.

Smoother Designer Controls

  • Multi-cutter layout controls appear first in the Structure section, and cake pop tray settings have their own section.
  • Font choices display in their own typefaces, making wall text and name plate fonts easier to compare.
  • Number fields preserve the precision you enter. Wall text and resolution edits wait briefly before rebuilding the model, making typing smoother.
  • Viewport display toggles apply immediately without rebuilding the cutter geometry.

Faster Previews and More Reliable Models

  • The Designer prepares its 3D tools in advance and reuses the viewport when switching between the upload screen and a design, reducing startup delays.
  • Opening a design shows its progress: loading the design, generating the cutter, and preparing the 3D preview, with your outline shown until the scene is ready.
  • Design links open straight into the Designer instead of waiting behind a full-page loader.
  • The 3D preview recovers after a graphics error, on its own or when you retry.
  • Improved boundary handling avoids gaps where adjoining imprint or stamp relief regions meet.
  • Texture roller seam handling is more robust, and touching stencil tiles no longer leave unwanted internal walls.
  • Mirrored pairs now reflect center bars correctly on the mirrored tool.
  • Stamps with tiny holes that collapse at modeling precision generate more reliably.
V7Previous version

Cookiecad V7

Texture roller maker, recessed stamps, multi-imprint cutters, press handles, broader image upload support, improved Delete Outer Edge results, flexible roller sizing and orientation, cleaner viewport controls, and reliability improvements across the Designer.

Texture Roller Maker

  • Turn an uploaded design into a cylindrical texture roller.
  • Create raised or engraved patterns with repeat, brick, or mirrored layouts, and control how many times the design repeats along and around the roller.
  • Set the source by its longest edge or exact width and height, optionally lock its aspect ratio, and rotate it 90 degrees to change how it wraps around the roller.
  • Create continuous patterns across the roller seam, including details that cross the wrap boundary.
  • Generate texture rollers faster, especially with repeated layouts and complex curved patterns.
  • Adjust blank padding, pattern inversion, end rims, axle-hole diameter, and depth-curve behavior.
  • Use an independent Back thickness setting, which defaults to 0 mm so patterns sit directly on the roller unless backing is added.

Stamp Outer Edge Depth Curves

  • Optionally extend hole-facing depth curves around a stamp's outside edge for a smoother outer profile.

Negative Imprint Depth

  • Negative imprint depth is now supported on Stamp and Cutter + Stamp designs. It carves the pattern into the backing, so the stamp can leave raised details in dough or fondant.
  • With a 5.5 mm back thickness, setting Imprint depth to -1 mm makes a 1 mm recess with 4.5 mm of backing beneath it. The recess must leave some backing thickness.
  • Use Invert to choose which image regions are recessed, and depth curves to shape their edges.
  • On Imprint and Multi-Imprint cutters, negative depth places the imprint details above the cutting edge.

Improved Delete Outer Edge

  • The new Preserve outline method removes the outer design edge while retaining the original overall silhouette and more of the interior detail.
  • Offset inward remains the default for Imprint, Stamp, and Cutter + Stamp designs.
  • Turn on Delete outer edge, then select Preserve outline from the Method dropdown directly below the checkbox.

More Ways to Add Images

  • Upload WebP and SVG images; Cookiecad prepares them for tracing automatically.
  • Paste an image from your clipboard into the Designer with Ctrl/Cmd+V.
  • Unsupported formats and failed traces now show clear errors and can be retried without reloading.

Mirrored Pair

  • New Mirrored Pair option generates both orientations of a design together in one print-ready model.

Multi-Imprint Cutters

  • Turn an Imprint or Solid design into a configurable grid of matching cutters.
  • Set the number of rows and columns and adjust their spacing to create multiple impressions at once with one print-ready tool.

Press Handles

  • Add a press handle to each end of a cutter or multi-cutter layout for easier, more even pressure.
  • Choose round, rectangular, or rounded rectangular handles and adjust their dimensions, position, rotation, and overlap with the cutter.
  • Press handles automatically attach where their positioning line crosses the cutter and match the cutter handle's thickness and edge profile.

Other Improvements

  • Added an Experimental setting to hide viewport size labels and measurement guide lines for cleaner screenshots.
  • 2D previews repaint immediately when they are drawn, even if the viewport is idle.
  • Stamp-only designs now use the full requested size instead of subtracting Cutter + Stamp clearance. Clearance still applies to Cutter + Stamp sets.
  • Stamp backs now default to 5.5 mm, leaving a solid layer above threaded grip sockets while preserving full thread engagement.
  • Viewport measurement and edge-highlight settings now apply reliably during startup.
  • A new searchable Cookiecad documentation portal makes guides easier to find and browse.
  • Cookiecad has refreshed branding throughout the app and documentation.
  • Name plates stay attached more reliably when moved along irregular cutter outlines, and multi-cutters now use one shared name plate by default.
  • Dimension fields now accept decimal values consistently for more precise sizing.

Reliability Improvements

  • Cutter blade profiles avoid problematic slicer width boundaries that can cause rough top edges in PrusaSlicer.
  • Depth curves preserve nested details more reliably on stamps and texture rollers.
  • Edited designs can be reopened even after an older temporary SVG link has expired.
  • My Library loads larger collections and design previews more reliably.

Centered Depth Curves

  • New Center depth curves option for Stamp, Cutter + Stamp, and Texture Roller designs. Select "Both" under Depth curve to enable it.
  • Makes curves extend above and below the stamp face or roller wall instead of only above, so one design can combine raised and recessed details.
V6Previous version

Cookiecad V6

Embedded sketch editing, dark mode, cake pop molds, cake topper image reliefs, stamp grips, name plates, searchable settings, faster cutter and stencil generation, new cutter profile controls, new export options, and library improvements.

Embedded Sketch Editor

  • Edit your design's shape right inside the Designer, powered by CADit.
  • Auto-saves your edits every 2 minutes, with a Restore Original button.
  • Share and fork edited sketches across users.

Dark Mode

  • Follows your system preference, with a manual toggle.

Sharper, Faster Cutter Blades

  • Around 10x faster cutter generation.
  • New mesh generation algorithm allows for more complicated cutters like rounded blades and more.
  • New Fondant blade option adds an inward taper to the cutting blade for cleaner petal and detail separation, and helps sticky materials eject from the cutter more easily.

New Depth Curve Options

  • Added Round, Chamfer and more depth curve options.
  • Choose whether depth curves apply to holes, filled regions, or both.

Rounded Blade Tip

  • New optional rounded top edge for cutter profiles.

Symmetric Handle and Blade

  • New Symmetric handle mirrors the base profile to the inside for a symmetric cutter.
  • New Symmetric blade centers the blade on the traced path so the cut line lands exactly on the design contour.

Center Bar Rework

  • Place multiple center bars and rotate them freely.

Better Imprints and Stamps

  • Depth curves now apply to holes inside imprints and stamps.
  • Text can now be added to stamp sides, including matching text on Cutter + Stamp sets.

Stamp Grips

  • Generate a separate threaded grip for stamps and Cutter + Stamp sets.
  • Cookiecad adds the matching threaded socket to the stamp back automatically.
  • Choose a threaded connection or a glue chamfer connection.
  • Adjust the grip position, socket depth, fit clearance, diameter, grip size and grip bottom rounding.
  • Threaded grips screw directly into the stamp for a secure fit.

Name Plates

  • Add a raised-text name plate to the outside of a cutter or stamp.
  • Choose a rectangular backing or an offset backing that follows the text outline.
  • Customize the plate text, font, size, padding, thickness, overlap, text height and position.
  • For Cutter + Stamp sets, choose whether the name plate appears on the cutter, the stamp, or both.

Cake Topper Image Support

  • Generate cake toppers from uploaded images with raised image reliefs.
  • Add printable backing around the image relief so thin details stay connected.
  • Adjust image relief height, backing offset, base height, depth curve, text/name plate settings, and pin position.
  • Use text-only, image-only, or combined image and message cake topper designs.

Sandwich Cutter Maker

  • New cutter type for cutting sandwiches, that automatically perforates the bread slices with dents for attachment.

Stencil Maker Improvements

  • Stencil generation is now much more robust for dense repeated patterns.
  • Large rectangular and diagonal stencil grids generate faster by reusing repeated mesh regions.
  • Optional loose interior features and center bars let you keep details like eyes, noses, and other floating cutouts connected to the stencil sheet.

Cake Pop Mold Maker

  • New cutter type for creating cake pop molds with a matching plunger.
  • Generate a filled mold cup with an aligned plunger hole, plus the plunger parts packed beside it for printing.
  • Choose a single-piece plunger or a two-piece plunger that reuses Cookiecad's threaded stamp grip system.
  • Use an outline-only plunger face for simple molds, or an imprint face for decorated cake pop details.
  • Add an optional support tray that holds cut dough upside down while you insert a cake pop stick.
  • Adjust the back plate thickness, plunger clearance, and hole clearance to fit your dough and printer.

Better Designer Navigation

  • Browser Back and Forward now reliably restore the correct Designer screen and design.
  • Opened and shared designs show their settings and preview state immediately, without outdated previews reappearing after you navigate away.

Improved My Library

  • Add designs to your library with a single button click.
  • Quickly access and organize your favorite designs.
  • See assigned tags directly on design cards and in design details, with compact overflow counts when a design has many tags.

Improved Auto Outline

  • Multiple traced image shapes are now shown in the UI.
  • Outline All now lets you adjust the outline margin before generating the cutter.
  • Circle outlines now fit more tightly around the detected shapes.

Miscellaneous Improvements

  • PDF download: get your cutter outline as a printable PDF.
  • 3MF download: export your finished model in a compact slicer-friendly format.
  • Auto zoom to fit: see all parts of your cutter on first load.
  • Practice Cookie wall text now appears on the vertical wall and is oriented correctly for printing.
  • The 3D viewport can now orbit past top and bottom views, making upside-down parts easier to inspect.
  • Share now creates short links for logged-in users, while full settings URLs remain available for anyone.
  • Settings are now grouped into accordion sections, making advanced options easier to scan and hide when not needed.
  • Search settings by name to quickly find matching controls across expanded settings sections.
  • Long settings panels now keep controls visible more reliably while scrolling.
  • Faster startup via dynamic three.js loading, with WebGL1 fallback.
  • Energy-friendly on-demand viewport rendering.
  • Imprint base width is now user-configurable and defaults to 1.5mm.
  • New Use inner edges only option lets outline and edges-only cutters target interior contours, useful for creating cutters from holes in traced designs.