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Get building with Lens.

Step-by-step guides for taking a raw idea all the way to a buildable, costed, judged product: adaptive questions, a real 3D model, materials, a bill of materials, and a panel of expert judges.

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Getting Started

What Lens is, how to sign in, and how to start your first project.

3 min

Getting started

What Lens is, who it's for, and the whole journey in one picture.

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4 min

Your first project

Sign in, create a project from a one-line brief, and see what happens next.

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4 min

Reading the studio

The studio layout: step tabs, the work surface, chat, and branches.

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The Lens Journey

A guide to every step of the studio, from brief to a judged, costed product.

013 min

Context

How Lens frames what you're making and why before any work begins.

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023 min

Q&A

Adaptive, one-at-a-time questions that sharpen the brief.

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034 min

Mechanism

A conditional deep-dive into mechanical and electronic systems.

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043 min

Sketches

Genuinely different concept directions to choose from.

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054 min

Function

A real, articulated 3D model built from the chosen concept.

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063 min

Materials

Materials and finishes applied on the model, feasibility-checked.

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072 min

Render

Presentation-quality usage renders of the finished concept.

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083 min

Judges

A panel of six expert critics scores the concept.

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093 min

BOM

A component-level bill of materials with costs.

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102 min

Export

A complete dossier of everything, as a shareable PDF.

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