How to Get Automatic BOMs from Configurations – An Engineer’s Guide to Never Building a Parts List by Hand Again
Build your product’s rules once in a visual configurator, and every valid customer configuration comes with its BOM already assembled — no more opening a spreadsheet and counting fasteners every time someone wants something slightly different.
Dictionary for on-demand manufacturers
There are a lot of tricky abbreviations in the world of on-demand manufacturing. Here we have covered some of them.
How to create a maintainable CAD configurator structure
Creating stuff is easy. Creating structure is hard It’s easy to end up with a mess that is very hard to maintain. When building a product configurator with CAD parts we recommend having several layers to hide complexity and make sure each module can be edited without too much side effects on other components. This […]
Make it like yesterday’s quote, but with changes in X, Y and Z.
You’re the only one who knows which variations are buildable, so every small tweak routes through you. Training someone doesn’t fix it — the knowledge needs to leave your head entirely.
How to create a landing page for product configurators
Give sales, distributors, and website visitors a clear starting point with a dedicated landing page for your configurator.
How to setup a customer portal for configured products
Our favorite ways to set up a customer portal or B2B e-commerce that drives real engagement and quotation requests.
Free CAD file conversion online: STEP to binary GLTF
Convert STEP files to lightweight, compressed GLB/GLTF — built for configurators used online.
What is visual product configuration?
Selling more than small, medium, and large? Here’s how configuration software helps guide valid choices.
How to develop modules that hide complexity
Why hiding complexity well inside each module shapes how maintainable your entire app becomes.
Configure CAD assemblies – properties VS mouse interaction
Property-driven or interaction-driven — the two main strategies for class-based CAD assemblies in a web configurator.