diff --git a/app/api/db/schema.prisma b/app/api/db/schema.prisma
index 163f4da..9ec2844 100644
--- a/app/api/db/schema.prisma
+++ b/app/api/db/schema.prisma
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ model User {
 enum CadPackage {
   openscad
   cadquery
-  jscad // TODO #422, add jscad to db schema when were ready to enable saving of jscad projects
-  curv
+  jscad
+  // curv // TODO uncomment when ready for users to save curv projects
 }
 
 model Project {
diff --git a/app/web/src/components/CaptureButton/CaptureButton.tsx b/app/web/src/components/CaptureButton/CaptureButton.tsx
index 598a0d3..aa2736f 100644
--- a/app/web/src/components/CaptureButton/CaptureButton.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/components/CaptureButton/CaptureButton.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const CaptureButtonViewer = ({
   const threeInstance = React.useRef(null)
   const [dataType, dataTypeSetter] = useState(state?.objectData?.type)
   const [artifact, artifactSetter] = useState(state?.objectData?.data)
+  const [ideType] = useState(state?.ideType)
   const [isLoading, isLoadingSetter] = useState(false)
   const [camera, cameraSetter] = useState<State['camera'] | null>(null)
   const getThreeInstance = (_threeInstance) => {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ const CaptureButtonViewer = ({
       isLoading={isLoading}
       camera={camera}
       isMinimal
+      ideType={ideType}
     />
   )
 }
diff --git a/app/web/src/components/EditorMenu/helpers.ts b/app/web/src/components/EditorMenu/helpers.ts
index 466a58a..039c5ee 100644
--- a/app/web/src/components/EditorMenu/helpers.ts
+++ b/app/web/src/components/EditorMenu/helpers.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const makeStlDownloadHandler =
       } else {
         thunkDispatch((dispatch, getState) => {
           const state = getState()
-          const specialCadProcess = ideType === 'openscad' && 'stl'
+          const specialCadProcess = (ideType === 'openscad' || ideType === 'curv') && 'stl'
           dispatch({ type: 'setLoading' })
           requestRender({
             state,
diff --git a/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.tsx b/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.tsx
index 51ea4a4..287f126 100644
--- a/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const IdeViewer = ({
   const { state, thunkDispatch } = useIdeContext()
   const dataType = state.objectData?.type
   const artifact = state.objectData?.data
+  const ideType = state.ideType
 
   const onInit = (threeInstance) => {
     thunkDispatch({ type: 'setThreeInstance', payload: threeInstance })
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ const IdeViewer = ({
       onCameraChange={onCameraChange}
       isLoading={state.isLoading}
       camera={state?.camera}
+      ideType={ideType}
     />
   )
 }
diff --git a/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/PureIdeViewer.tsx b/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/PureIdeViewer.tsx
index 39b79d3..3f03d85 100644
--- a/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/PureIdeViewer.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/components/IdeViewer/PureIdeViewer.tsx
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ export function PureIdeViewer({
   isMinimal = false,
   scadRatio = 1,
   camera,
+  ideType
 }: {
   dataType: 'INIT' | ArtifactTypes
   artifact: any
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ export function PureIdeViewer({
   isMinimal?: boolean
   scadRatio?: number
   camera?: State['camera']
+  ideType?: State['ideType']
 }) {
   const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = useState(false)
   const [image, setImage] = useState()
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ export function PureIdeViewer({
       )}
       <div // eslint-disable-line jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions
         className={`opacity-0 absolute inset-0 transition-opacity duration-500 ${
+          ideType === 'curv' ? // TODO hide axes while curve doesn't have a controllable camera
+          'opacity-0' :
           !(isDragging || dataType !== 'png')
             ? 'hover:opacity-50'
             : 'opacity-100'
diff --git a/app/web/src/components/NavPlusButton/NavPlusButton.tsx b/app/web/src/components/NavPlusButton/NavPlusButton.tsx
index 0fbe7a0..326fe02 100644
--- a/app/web/src/components/NavPlusButton/NavPlusButton.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/components/NavPlusButton/NavPlusButton.tsx
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ const menuOptions: {
     dotClasses: 'bg-yellow-300',
     ideType: 'jscad',
   },
-  {
-    name: 'Curv',
-    sub: 'beta',
-    bgClasses: 'bg-ch-blue-700',
-    dotClasses: 'bg-blue-800',
-    ideType: 'curv',
-  },
+  // { // TODO uncomment when ready for users to save curv projects
+  //   name: 'Curv',
+  //   sub: 'beta',
+  //   bgClasses: 'bg-ch-blue-700',
+  //   dotClasses: 'bg-blue-800',
+  //   ideType: 'curv',
+  // },
 ]
 
 const NavPlusButton: React.FC = () => {