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Parametric modeling layer
We rebuild your frozen STEP as a recipe: approved dimensions become variables with relationships, so the request is unambiguous and one model becomes thousands of valid parts.
VendorCAD
The configurator that gets you designed in first.
The configurator that gets you designed in first: customers size the part, see exactly what they're getting, and download STEP the moment they request a quote.
Three surfaces. Keep them distinct.
Like Shopify for configurable industrial products: you buy the factory control room plus the customer tool that locks spec.
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Website
This site explains VendorCAD, qualifies fit, and books a demo.
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App
Manufacturer control room (`/app`): CAD recipe, rules, publish, submissions, analytics. The product you buy.
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Published configurator
Branded configure / share experience for sales, dealers, and buyers: live 3D, rules, STEP, exact-spec quote.
Sales-assisted share links
We lead with sales- or dealer-assisted share links mid-call. The same publish link can open to buyers when you are ready.
After someone submits a quote, the exact frozen spec lands in your App inbox. A human still prices, confirms, and closes. VendorCAD locks the front-end spec so sales can follow up with a clear request.
From CAD rules to manufacturing handoff
One architecture picture, then the layers that ship. For the step-by-step recipe path, see How it works.
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Configurator UI layer
Web sliders and dropdowns are wired to those variables. Sales can share a branded link mid-call.
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3D visualization layer
Buyers see exactly what they asked for as the recipe rebuilds. Preview builds trust before anyone opens CAD.
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Engineering export layer
A fresh STEP of their exact configuration into their assembly now, plus structured data for the exact-spec quote. STEP is the universal CAD handshake.
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Rules and constraints engine
Invalid combinations are blocked early so the STEP they design around is manufacturable.
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Admin management layer
Publish families, manage share links, and review quote requests with frozen parameters in one ops surface.
What ships today vs what we scope.
Live outputs are verified on the Summit demo path. Scoped items are available when a pilot explicitly includes them.
Live today
STEP
Manufacturing-ready solid when the export gate passes.
GLB preview
Lightweight 3D for the web viewer and share links.
Quote capture
Frozen params land in the manufacturer App inbox.
Structured params
Configuration payload for quoting and handoff.
Pilot-scoped
PDF drawing
Available when scoped into a pilot.
BOM / cut list
Pilot-scoped packaging of params for shop / ERP entry.
Live status, labeled clearly.
We label what is live versus what is scoped during a pilot, so you know what ships when.
CAD sources
Live pathParametric templates (build123d) and optional OnShape Part Studios. Fusion 360 / Inventor / SolidWorks hand off via manufacturing-ready STEP. Engineers keep their seats.
CRM
Live via webhookQuote submissions POST to your HubSpot, Salesforce, or Zapier/Make URL with HMAC signing. Native CRM OAuth apps remain pilot/Custom scope.
ERP
ScopedStructured outputs support order-entry workflows; live ERP sync is pilot-scoped.
PLM / PDM
ScopedEngineering keeps source of truth in existing systems; VendorCAD exposes approved options.
Know DriveWorks?
Same configure job. Designed-in STEP.
Same configure job. VendorCAD ships a branded share link with designed-in STEP.
Sales opens the link mid-call. Buyers see live 3D as rules apply.
When the configuration passes gates, they download manufacturing-ready STEP.
Quote requests land with the exact spec attached, ready for the App inbox.
Hosted tenants with controlled share access.
Session cookies stay httpOnly. Exports use short-lived signed URLs. Share links can be revoked. Custom / plant environments (SSO, air-gap workers) are scoped after a successful pilot.
Next step
Ready to get designed in on your product family?
Book a walkthrough, or see how it works. Higher win rate. Comparison-shopping buyers design around the supplier who delivers a correct model instantly, before competitors respond.