Audience
Software developers building quoting systems, CAM workflows, cloud manufacturing platforms, or any tool where geometry meets production
About Manufacturing Toolkit (MTK)
The Manufacturing Toolkit (MTK) is a CAD SDK designed for software developers building quoting systems, CAM workflows, cloud manufacturing platforms, or any tool where geometry meets production.
MTK includes support for:
• Feature recognition (machining, sheet metal, molding)
• DFM checks (for the same processes)
• Unfolding (for sheet metal)
• Nesting
• Bounding box, volume, surface area, wall thickness, draft angle, and many other computations
• CAD import and web visualization
• And more to come — including additive manufacturing
It’s already helping teams automate cost estimation and quoting, and accelerate DFM checks — without reinventing the wheel.
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CADEXSOFT
Founded: 2014
Estonia
cadexsoft.com
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