Straight answers before you book a call.

VendorCAD sits on top of your parametric product rules. Engineers keep their CAD seats and PLM. Approved options become a web configurator so buyers can see geometry and download STEP without opening a CAD ticket.

Same configure job: size the part, validate rules, move toward a quote. VendorCAD is built around a branded share link, live 3D, and manufacturing-ready STEP so sales can get you designed in mid-call. Start with the live demo or a Validation Pilot on one family.

Both. The browser uses a lightweight 3D preview (GLB). When the configuration passes export gates, buyers download manufacturing-ready STEP solids, plus structured parameter data so the quote carries the exact spec.

VendorCAD is a CAD-backed configurator for manufacturers who need specification lock in multi-bid RFQs. It encodes manufacturable rules and emits STEP for assembly design-in.

VendorCAD is the configurator that gets you designed in first. Customers size the part on your site, see exactly what they’re getting, download STEP the moment they request a quote, and keep designing while other suppliers are still parsing a PDF. For you: higher win rate. For their customer: clear geometry instead of a dimension PDF.

When a buyer needs a custom industrial part, they often RFQ several suppliers. Whoever gets a correct 3D model into their assembly first usually gets designed in, and usually wins the order. VendorCAD makes that supplier you: unambiguous geometry, instant STEP, exact-spec quote.

A STEP of a finished part is a perfect record of what you build: geometry, shop conventions, real detail. We use it as the reference, then remodel it as a parametric recipe so dimensions become variables. Remodeling from a solid snapshot is how adjustable products get built.

A STEP is a solid snapshot of one size. Parametric means rebuilding so “diameter” is a variable and related dimensions are written in terms of it. Then one model can become thousands of valid parts. That parameterization (which knobs move, how far, how everything relates) is what we sell.

Buyers need geometry they can drop into their own assembly: SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, NX, or whatever they run. STEP is the universal handshake every professional CAD tool reads.

A Validation Pilot typically puts one product family live in about 7-10 days, plus 30 days of hosting so you can prove the workflow. A DFY Catalog (5-10 offerings) is scoped on a call after a successful pilot. Exact timelines depend on CAD readiness and how clear your option rules already are.

Both. The web viewer uses a lightweight preview (GLB). When the configuration passes export gates, buyers or your team can download a manufacturing-ready STEP solid immediately. Rules block invalid combinations early so the file they design around is trustworthy.

VendorCAD is sales-led and implementation-led — not self-serve SaaS seats. There is no public price list. Engagements are Scoped Custom: we map fit, family, and scope on a discovery call or Google Meeting, then invoice offline. For next steps, visit /pricing or /contact.

Pilots include hosting for the trial window. Catalog engagements include ongoing hosting and a modest update allowance (~2 updates / month as scoped). Larger change volume, SSO, or plant deployments are discussed as Custom / Plant. Day-to-day issues go through /support with severity and diagnostics.

Open Support, choose role IT / admin, and set severity (Urgent for production blockers). Include diagnostic info. For security questionnaires, email contact@vendorcad.com with “IT security review” in the subject.

We rebuild product families as parametric templates tied to your rules, starting from your reference STEP (and OnShape mapping when scoped). Engineers keep their CAD seats and PLM. VendorCAD exposes the recipe on the web and exports STEP anyone can open.

Manufacturers with repeatable, rule-bound product families in multi-bid quote cycles: pipes, enclosures, fixtures, OEM options, fabricated kits. Best when a champion owns win rate or designed-in placement and is ready to prove one family on a Validation Pilot.

Both can use the same link. We lead with sales- or dealer-assisted share links mid-call. External buyer access uses that same publish link when you are ready.

The request and frozen configuration land in your App submissions inbox (and email notify when mail is configured). You still call or email them back, price it, and close the job. STEP download lets them keep designing now. Your team still owns follow-up, pricing, and shop-floor ordering.

You send one correct STEP of a family at a fixed size. That is the ground truth. We rebuild it as a parametric recipe (named knobs and relationships), wire those knobs to your web configurator, and prove instant STEP download plus designed-in motion on a pilot before expanding the catalog.

A 15-30 minute walkthrough tailored to your product type and RFQ motion. We map whether first-to-STEP / designed-in fits, show the live Summit Pipeworks demo path when useful, and outline pilot vs catalog scope.