# How to CAD a yoyo **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-cad-a-yoyo/402213 **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-cad-a-yoyo/402213 "2024-05-30T21:58:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
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You can find all of this and more here: > [@Yoyo CAD & Prototyping Adventures](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-cad-prototyping-adventures/291547): > > About a month ago I realized that designing your own yo-yo and actually prototyping it is a lot more approachable than I thought. There’s a lot of great CAD software out there, a lot of it free to use for this purpose, and there are machine shops that specialize in yo-yos, even for one-off runs. The price for this is expensive, but I’ll end up with something real, and personal, and special. I started learning CAD using [Fusion 360](https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview), which has a free startup license that you can activate from the … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-cad-a-yoyo/402213)._