Install Studio and start it. The machine starts in the Run workspace: switch the mains on and press Power on (F2).
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Download Studio
Free for learning and personal use, for Windows and Linux. Start Studio and the twin of the MC-1 opens in its own window.
Twinwright Studio for Windows
You are on a phone or tablet. Studio installs on a Windows 11 or Linux computer: open this page there. Its address: https://twinwright.com/download/
WeChat does not download installers. Open this page in a browser on your Windows 11 or Linux computer. Its address: https://twinwright.com/download/
Studio for macOS is on its way. Until then Studio runs on Windows 11 and Linux; to hear when the Mac version is ready, sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of this page.
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Installer
- ≈ 12.5 MB
- SHA-256
- ec426237f53fe4adc83a3b8ae9ca0cb57070bed259478d615d15c5f49d7f2511
Studio's installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows may show “Windows protected your PC”. Check the file first: in PowerShell, (Get-FileHash "$HOME\Downloads\TwinwrightStudio-1.2.1-setup.exe").Hash.ToLower() must give the SHA-256 above. Then choose More info → Run anyway.
Studio contains third-party components; their licences are listed on the licences page and come with the program.
Twinwright Studio for Linux
Linux x86-64 — AppImage
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Size
- ≈ 19.4 MB
- SHA-256
- 989e8288f9c2de88c047d79ec98840a8f7461e1fa9fd86b97b262012d5e90452
Needs glibc 2.38 or later (Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13, Fedora 39 and newer) on x86-64. Check the file: in a terminal, sha256sum TwinwrightStudio-1.2.1-x86_64.AppImage must give the SHA-256 above. Then make it executable and start it: chmod +x TwinwrightStudio-1.2.1-x86_64.AppImage && ./TwinwrightStudio-1.2.1-x86_64.AppImage. An AppImage needs FUSE 2: on Ubuntu, the package libfuse2t64.
The same program as a .tar.gz archive · ≈ 21.3 MB · SHA-256 ef0375e6e20c1101995059b3d319f2d49008f896e9f10c476c3772bca58f22d9
Studio 1.2.1 — what’s new
Install it over any earlier version (close Studio first): your work, settings, machines and licence stay.
- Smoother cuts in the 3D view. The walls of cut outlines, slots and holes are drawn where the cut really is, with smooth shading: no more steps, burrs and stripes along them. With a graphics card, the view shows the part twice as finely. Only the picture changes — measurements, comparisons, exports and every result of the twin are the same as before, bit for bit.
- Translations. Seven texts that 1.2.0 showed in English in German, French, Spanish and Japanese are translated.
First run in five steps
Press Home in the machine bar (F3), or send $H. The axes find their switches.
File > Example parts… → NEMA 17 motor mount plate. Studio places the blank, loads the tools and sets the zero.
Press Check in the Program workspace: the controller parses the program without moving.
Press cycle start (F5) and watch the part appear. Then open the CAM workspace (Alt+2) and make a part of your own.
What Studio 1.2 does
- The twin runs the real controller. The MC-1's digital twin is driven by Twinwright's own controller kernel 1.0.0, the firmware the MC-1 itself will run. It speaks the Grbl serial protocol, so G-code senders connect to the twin as to a machine.
- A new window. Six workspaces — Setup, CAM, Program, Run, Analysis and Diagnostics — and five levels from Demo to Researcher, each showing what it needs. Light and dark looks, and a shop mode with large coordinates and machine keys.
- CAM that proves its programs. Draw or import 2D shapes and cut them with seven operations — pocket, contour, engrave, face, slot, drill and bore — with fits on bores and slots; nest parts on a sheet and turn a part over for further setups. DXF, meshes and 3D, V-carving, chamfers and threads go through your AI assistant. Cutting data is estimated from the twin's physics, fits follow ISO 286, and every program is proved in the twin before you cut.
- Measure the part (Pro). With the touch probe, Studio measures a part against its design and writes an inspection report as CSV and PDF; each record's SHA-256 goes into the audit log.
- Ten example parts. From a NEMA 17 motor mount plate and an instrument front panel to a Geneva drive set, a flexure stage and a watch movement bridge — each with its drawing, its design part and a program that runs to the end in the twin. More come with updates.
- AI, your way. The built-in assistant works with your own key for a cloud service, or with a local model (LM Studio, Ollama); AI clients such as Claude or ChatGPT connect over MCP. Before the first message to each cloud service, Studio shows what will go there.
- Six languages. English, Chinese, German, French, Japanese and Spanish, switched while running. The user manual is built in.
Learning is free for learning and personal use. Maker and Pro add commercial use and the advanced CAM; try either free for 30 days, without an account. Online sales open soon; until then, order licences from sales@twinwright.com.
Good to know
- Studio 1.2.1 is tested on Windows 11, 64-bit, and on Ubuntu 24.04 for Linux.
- The installer is not code-signed yet. Windows SmartScreen may warn you: check the SHA-256 above, then choose More info → Run anyway.
- Studio does not check for updates by itself; new versions are on this page.
- Studio sends nothing about you or your work. The privacy notice lists the few things that leave your computer, and when.
- The MC-1 is not shipping yet. Shadow mode beside a real machine's sender is a preview.