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The pipeline

From a sentence to a part in a box

Seven steps, of which exactly one involves a language model. The rest is code with limits in it — because a factory needs a number, not an intention. The column that decides whether something arrives this week or next month is the tooling one.

  1. 01

    You describe it

    A sentence in plain language. A language model may parse it into slots, but it never decides anything: it proposes an archetype and some numbers, and the engine treats both as a request.

  2. 02

    The engine resolves it

    Every number is clamped to the range the partner factory has qualified, and every clamp is reported back to you. Anything you did not mention gets a default, labelled as a default. There are no silent decisions.

  3. 03

    It checks manufacturability

    Wall thickness, draft, rib ratios, tool radii, hole aspect, machine envelope, material-process compatibility, fits and clearances: 16 rules run against the geometry. Each returns a rule id and a limit, so a rejection is explainable rather than an opinion.

  4. 04

    It picks a lane

    Express or batch. Express means the parts that carry your dimensions are made for your order on a process with no tooling to cut first — printed, nested, sawn — and flown. Batch means a mould, a production run and a ship. The engine works out which lanes exist for your design, and if the fast one does not, it says why instead of quoting a date it cannot hold.

  5. 05

    It prices the real thing

    Material, machine time, components from a released bill of materials, assembly labour, tooling, scrap, freight and import duty — per part, per lane. Air freight is often a third of what an express part costs, and we show that rather than bury it, because on a heavy part it is the reason to wait for the boat.

  6. 06

    The kernel writes the files

    The feature tree and the parameter table go to a geometry service running OpenCascade, which emits STEP AP242, STL and a dimensioned drawing with the ISO 286 callouts already on it. The kernel holds no product logic, which is what makes it replaceable.

  7. 07

    A factory makes it

    The tech pack goes to a certified partner. First article inspection, then a golden sample that becomes the physical reference for every later run. Every part carries a revision hash of its parameters, so a reorder in three years is the same part rather than a similar one.

Qualified processes

What our partners can actually hold

ProcessWallDraftTolerance gradeToolingMakeEconomic from
Injection molding1–4 mm1°IT1238 d3 d2,000 units
CNC milling (3-axis)0.8–60 mm—IT8None5 d1 units
Sheet metal (laser + brake)0.6–4 mm—IT11None4 d50 units
Aluminium die casting1.5–6 mm1.5°IT1158 d4 d3,000 units
Aluminium extrusion1.2–12 mm—IT1125 d6 d500 units
FDM 3D printing1.2–20 mm—IT14None2 d1 units
SLS 3D printing0.8–15 mm—IT13None3 d1 units
CNC panel routing (2.5D)3–40 mm—IT10None2 d1 units
Cut to length from stock0.8–40 mm—IT11None1 d1 units
CNC turning0.8–40 mm—IT7None4 d1 units

Questions

Because most of the product already exists. Parts that do not change with your parameters are made in volume and held in stock; only the parts that carry your dimensions are made for your order, on processes that need no tooling. Making those takes one to five days, assembly and test a day, and air express four. It is the tooling, never the distance, that turns days into weeks.