Custom Design Automation & Rule-Based CAD Workflows
Eliminate repetitive design tasks, reduce quoting cycles from days to minutes, and generate error-free fabrication packages automatically.
1. Full-Lifecycle DriveWorks Implementation
We engineer dynamic, rules-driven product configurators built on the complete DriveWorks ecosystem (Solo, Pro, and Live) tailored specifically for Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and Configure-to-Order (CTO) business models. Our implementation starts by capturing your core engineering logic, mathematical formulas, and fabrication constraints into robust rule tables.
Through custom-designed web and desktop interfaces with interactive form controls, numeric validation, and real-time dimension previewing, technical sales reps or end customers can configure complex assemblies within predefined design envelopes. Once inputs are submitted, DriveWorks autonomously drives the CAD parametric engine—generating unique part numbers, updating parametric dimensions, rebuilding complex multi-level assemblies, and outputting complete shop-floor documentation including dimensioned manufacturing drawings, nested sheet metal flat patterns, and cut-lists without requiring a design engineer to touch the CAD software.
2. Custom CAD API Development & VBA Macro Engineering
Beyond standard configurators, we develop enterprise-grade VBA macros and CAD API integrations designed to automate labor-intensive operational workflows across your drafting room. Our automated solutions handle batch-processing routines with zero user intervention, including multi-format conversions (DXF, DWG, PDF, STEP), automatic title block population, custom property propagation, and automated drawing sheet generation.
For technical publications and after-sales service documentation, we build advanced macro routines that automate progressive assembly and disassembly explosion sequencing, extract high-resolution isometric stage views, and export organized Bill of Materials (BOM) data directly into Microsoft Word and PowerPoint templates. Furthermore, our scripts establish clean data bridges between native CAD files, hierarchical Microsoft Excel BOM structures, and downstream Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/MRP) platforms, ensuring that part counts, raw material specifications, and hardware attributes remain synchronized across departments.
3. Automated Quotation & CPQ Architecture
To compress sales lead times from weeks to minutes, our Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) automation connects design geometry directly to commercial pricing engines. As product parameters are selected, our rule engine dynamically calculates material consumption, machining times, labor costs, and operational margins in real time.
The system automatically generates dynamic, multi-page customer deliverables—including itemized commercial quotations, technical specification sheets, and compliance documents formatted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PDF—complete with project-specific 3D preview snapshots and dimensional prints. By removing the risk of manual estimation errors and ensuring that every quote aligns strictly with actual manufacturing capabilities, our automated quoting framework enables your commercial team to respond to RFQs instantly, win competitive bids faster, and hand off fully validated engineering packages straight to production.