For CAD managers, engineering leads, and design teams who need their SolidWorks workflows automated — by someone who actually uses SolidWorks every day.
I build production-ready add-ins, macros, and batch tools that turn hours of manual CAD work into seconds of one-click automation. Because I am a 14-year SolidWorks designer first and a developer second, the tools I build understand the engineering workflow they are automating.
CAD managers
with a team of designers losing 4–8 hours a week to repetitive tasks (PDF batches, file renames, drawing standard cleanup).
Engineering leads
at hardware companies who need SolidWorks tied into their internal data systems — Excel, ERP, PDM, custom databases.
Solo designers and freelancers
who need a specific automation built once, packaged, and reused on every project.
Companies with a legacy add-in
that breaks on each SolidWorks upgrade and needs maintenance, modernization, or replacement.
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Production-ready add-ins built specifically for your team's workflow — not generic toolkits.
Examples of work: Drawing standard validators, BOM generators, custom property managers, file rename and audit utilities, EPDM workflow integrations, Pack-and-Go comparison tools.
Deliverables: Packaged add-in installer with custom ribbons, dialogs, and persistent settings — packaged for IT-friendly deployment across your team.
02
Fast, focused macros for one-off automation jobs that do not need a full add-in.
Examples of work: Batch PDF / DXF / STEP exports, configuration generators, custom property updates, drawing sheet reorderers, BOM exporters.
Deliverables: Self-contained .swp files with documented inputs, shareable across your team without installation.
03
Bulk operations across hundreds or thousands of files.
Examples of work: Bulk drawing creation from templates, mass title-block updates, BOM extraction across an entire project, automated revision-tag updates.
Deliverables: Batch tools with progress feedback, error logs, and dry-run modes so you can verify before applying.
04
Comparison and audit tools for assemblies that go through Pack-and-Go workflows.
Examples of work: Snapshot comparison between assembly states, identification of renamed / modified / orphaned components, manufacturing delta reports for fabricators.
Deliverables: Add-ins with Excel-export reporting, signature lines, and persistent session data.
This is the same problem space my Design Co-Pilot product addresses. Custom builds available for teams with workflows that go beyond what the standard product handles.
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Two-way bridges between SolidWorks and the spreadsheets your team actually uses.
Examples of work: Excel-driven configuration generation, BOM round-tripping (SolidWorks → Excel → SolidWorks), parameter-table management, custom property bulk-edit from spreadsheets.
Deliverables: Macros or add-ins with structured Excel templates and validation logic.
Most SolidWorks API consultants are software developers who have read the API documentation. I am a 14-year SolidWorks designer who learned the API to solve my own problems first.
That changes the work in three concrete ways:
The tools I build understand the engineering workflow.
I do not need a 30-page spec to understand why a designer needs a particular feature — I have hit the same friction myself.
Edge cases get caught early.
Lightweight components, suppressed features, virtual parts, mirror references, derived configurations — I have wrestled with all of them in real assembly work, not just in test files.
The UI feels right to a CAD user.
Custom ribbons, dialogs, and persistent settings designed by someone who has spent thousands of hours inside SolidWorks, not someone who opens it twice a month.
SolidWorks API ·C# ·Visual Studio 2022 ·VBA ·Git / GitHub ·Excel / Open XML SDK ·JSON configuration ·MSI installer packaging ·COM-visible deployment
Send a description of the repetitive task, an example of the files involved, or a video of the workflow. I will tell you whether it is worth automating, what the realistic time-savings would be, and what the build would actually involve.
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