Product

One environment, from constrained sketch to posted G-code.

Chudware is a parametric CAD system working on exact solid geometry — a fillet is a real surface, not a facet approximation of one. Modeling, assemblies, simulation, manufacturing, product data, and the AI copilot operate on the same documents and feature tree. Reverse Engineering adds a staged path from source evidence into that environment, with scale, dimension review, and provenance kept visible.

  • Exact solids, not mesh approximations
  • Editable native .step+ files
  • Browser workspace or native Windows and Linux builds

Capabilities

Eight surfaces of the same model.

Each page below describes what the capability actually does today, and says plainly where something is preview-grade.

01 / Model

Parametric modeling

Constrained 2D sketches drive ordered features. The Feature Manager keeps the construction sequence editable instead of collapsing it into dead geometry.

  • Relations and driving dimensions with degrees-of-freedom reporting
  • Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Pattern, Fillet, Shell
  • Native .step+ keeps tree, dimensions, materials, studies, and drawings

02 / Assemble

Assemblies

Components are located by mates against a fixed base, not by typed coordinates.

  • Concentric, coincident, distance, and angle mates
  • Interference checks and clearance inspection before release
  • Stable component identity keeps mates and BOM rows connected

03 / Simulate

Simulation

Stress studies live inside the part, and a static result reports how far its own error indicator got instead of asking you to trust a fineness slider.

  • Fixtures and loads picked in the viewport and previewed before the solve
  • Two independent mesh generators for the same geometry, so a number can be checked
  • Error-driven refinement with a per-pass convergence table

04 / Mesh + solve

PolyMesh FEA

An adaptive hybrid polyhedral mesher and linear-elastostatics solver close the loop between geometry, element choice, solution error, and refinement.

  • Standard FE and arbitrary polyhedral VEM cells in one global assembly
  • DOF-budget-gated ONNX advisor with its real activations visible
  • Achieved Zienkiewicz–Zhu error indicator reported without a confidence claim

05 / Manufacture

CAM

Jobs are built from the active part, so the manufacturing plan stays attached to the design that produced it.

  • Stock, work coordinate system, tool library, and process-ordered operations
  • Toolpath simulation with tool, holder, stock, and rapid moves visible
  • Posted G-code targeted at a specific machine and controller profile

06 / Collaborate

Product data

A project is the boundary for designs, assemblies, manufacturing artifacts, and revision history.

  • Revisions with notes instead of bracket_final_v7 filenames
  • Specifications, photos, reports, and supplier files tracked as project items
  • Handoff carries the deliverable and the decision trail together

07 / Collaborate

AI copilot

Describe the engineering outcome; the copilot drives the same modeling operations you use by hand.

  • Inspects geometry, creates and edits features, renders views, measures results
  • Chudware-managed capacity or your own provider key, chosen per account
  • Machine-affecting actions still require explicit operator review

08 / Reverse engineer

Reverse engineering

Sessions keep source evidence, scale, reconstruction, modeling, review, and delivery connected instead of reducing a scan or photo to an unexplained shape.

  • Photos, video, webcam, scan meshes, datasheets, and library records as starting points
  • Human-confirmed scale and fit dimensions, with single-photo shapes tagged approximate
  • Deviation review, provenance history, Parts attachment, and full-session export

Scope, stated plainly

What is shipping, and what is still preview.

The modeling, assembly, simulation, manufacturing, product data, copilot, and Reverse Engineering workspaces exist in the product today and are documented. Delivery is where the qualifiers belong.

Signed native builds for Windows, Linux, and macOS are downloaded from your account, and the commercial rate card is not published yet.

No invented numbers

These pages avoid published benchmarks, customer counts, and certifications that do not exist. Every capability claim traces to the documentation, and the pricing page states outright that public rates are still being finalized.

Read the pricing position

Go deeper

Screenshots, documentation, and access.

Start anywhere

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