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AI in the planning process for timber construction.

LignoAI develops software that eases the workload of planners and engineers in timber construction. This includes the first public MCP server for Cadwork and LignoPlan, our planning platform for Swiss timber construction.

Free for students 3 months free for professionals Developed in Switzerland
LignoCAD Tragwerk available
Open MCP CAD open source
Products

Available now.

Two tools that already help with everyday planning work. One is free for everyone, the other is the first building block of LignoPlan.

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Open source Free AGPL-3.0 licence

Open MCP CAD

The first public MCP server for Cadwork.

Open MCP CAD connects your AI assistant to Cadwork while it is running. An MCP server and a Cadwork plugin allow a language model to read and create geometry directly in your open 3D document. You describe what you need instead of clicking through menus. It was developed over several months in real, everyday timber construction work.

  • Every write access needs your approval and can be undone
  • For MCP-capable assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Codex
  • Several Cadwork windows in parallel, cleanly separated
  • Runs locally, with no account and no cloud in between

Demo: a whole dome in Cadwork

Installation: unzip the ZIP file and double-click install.cmd. Do not copy the source code from GitHub into Cadwork yourself. Requirements: Windows, Cadwork 3D 2026, Python 3.10 to 3.13. If Python is missing, the installer offers to install it. The installation guide is available in German, English, French and Italian.

LignoCAD Tragwerk logo
Part of LignoPlan Windows app For Swiss timber construction

LignoCAD Tragwerk

Position plans and load transfer plans, created quickly and cleanly.

Import a base plan as PDF, DWG or DXF, calibrate it, position the structural members and transfer loads storey by storey. The result is a scaled drawing sheet, just as Swiss timber engineers are used to.

  • PDF, DWG and DXF import with snapping to plan points
  • Position plan and load transfer in one file
  • Scaled PDF output without a print dialog
  • Works locally, your projects stay on your computer
Students
Free
for as long as you study
Professionals
Free
3 months when you sign up by 31 Dec 2026
Requirement
LignoPlan account
Provisional licence valid immediately for 14 days

Company licence for several people: on request, with one invoice for everyone. Send a request

Download LignoCAD for Windows
Student Beta · Windows x64 · Version 4.0.1-beta.8

To use it, you need a LignoPlan account. After you sign up, your licence is valid immediately for 14 days. Once we have reviewed your registration, we extend it, for students throughout their studies, for professionals to three months.

The installer is not yet signed with a Windows certificate. Windows may therefore show a warning when you open it. Only download it from this page.

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LignoPlan

One platform for all modules.

LignoPlan brings together the planning tools from LignoAI. At its heart will be LignoCAD, a standalone timber construction CAD that understands how engineers think.

Tragwerk is the first module. More will follow step by step, all running on the same LignoPlan account. Your projects stay local on your computer.

LignoCAD Tragwerk
LignoCAD TragwerkAvailable
LignoCAD 3D
LignoCAD 3DComing soon
LignoCAD 2D
LignoCAD 2DComing soon
LignoCAD Fire
LignoCAD FireComing soon
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To be unveiled soon

Another moduleIn progress
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To be unveiled soon

Another moduleIn progress
How it works

Your licence in three steps.

1

Create account

Enter your name, email address and whether you study or work professionally. Students use their university address.

2

Get started right away

As soon as you confirm your email address, your licence is valid for 14 days. Once we have reviewed your registration, we extend it. Students use LignoCAD Tragwerk free of charge for as long as they study. Professionals who sign up by 31 December 2026 use it free for three months.

3

Download & sign in

Download the installer, start the app and sign in with your LignoPlan account. Done.

Consulting & projects

AI that fits your business.

Besides developing LignoAI’s own products, I help timber construction companies, planning offices and joinery workshops bring AI into their existing workflows in a meaningful way. Pragmatic and without the tech hype.

Your data stays your data.

Professional AI APIs that are not trained on your data. On request, exclusively on servers in Switzerland.

Process analysis

Where does AI actually save time or improve quality? We look at your workflows together.

Prototypes

A working tool, built quickly, that shows whether an idea works before any larger investment is made.

Implementation

From the idea to a production-ready tool with LLMs, automation and CAD integration.

Integration

Embedding in existing software such as Cadwork, so that teams are relieved rather than overwhelmed.

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About us

Software should understand how engineers think.

After industrialisation and digitalisation, artificial intelligence is now changing the way we work. This upheaval, too, needs people who guide it in practice. LignoAI builds tools for this that really work in timber construction.

Mission

Bringing AI to where timber construction is planned.

In CAD, structural design and fire protection. Practical and for offices of every size, so that more time is left for the actual engineering work.

Vision

Describe instead of click.

The engineer describes what is to be built. The software shows what it has understood, asks for confirmation and draws the model. The human only checks and adds what is missing.

  1. Dec 2025LignoAI founded

    AI projects and prototypes for companies in the timber industry.

  2. 2026Cadwork meets AI

    Months of developing the MCP server in real, everyday planning work.

  3. Autumn 2026First products

    Open MCP CAD goes public, LignoCAD Tragwerk launches as the first LignoPlan module.

Sebastian Koukoui
Founder

Carpenter meets code.

I’m Sebastian Koukoui, a trained carpenter, wood engineering student at BFH in Biel/Bienne and founder of LignoAI.

I don’t build my own AI. I bring existing AI into everyday planning in timber construction, into the software we use today and into my own tools where no suitable ones exist.

I am convinced that many steps, from the first sketch to the finished drawing, can be automated. The profession I am studying will look different in a few years. LignoAI aims to be the place to go for anyone who wants to use AI sensibly in timber construction.

Carpenter (EFZ) BSc Wood Engineering · BFH Open MCP CAD AI and MCP Founded in 2025

Questions, feedback or a project?

Whether it’s about Open MCP CAD, LignoCAD Tragwerk or an AI project of your own, I’m always happy to hear from you.

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