Rebuilding a cast triple clamp from a 3D scan
An Artec 3D scan of a motorcycle triple clamp, rebuilt as a parametric model in 37 sketches. Change a bore, the spacing, or the web, and the casting rebuilds around it.
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Resize a part inside a CNC assembly
Vector checks how the part is dimensioned and which joints depend on it before changing the width, so the slots, holes, and mating parts end up where you intended.
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Examples
Drawings the shop can build from
Views, dimensions, hole and slot callouts, notes, and a filled title block on a standard sheet, exported as a PDF.
See the exampleGantry bracket Drawing
Make a drawing of the new gantry bracket for the machine shop: A3, third-angle, three views and an isometric. Dimension what they need, call out the slots and tapped holes, and export a PDF.
The drawing fits on one A3 sheet in third-angle projection: front, top, and right views at 1:2 with hidden lines, and an isometric at 1:4. Heights are dimensioned from the foot, since that’s how the shop will set it up: 120 to the tapped holes, 165 and 232 to the windows, and 280 overall. The callouts cover the two M5×0.8 tapped holes, the counterbored slots in the foot, the 96 × 44 windows, and the R14 corners. The notes give 6061-T6, a ±0.1 mm general tolerance, a 0.5 mm edge break, and clear anodize. The PDF is saved as GB-140-02 Rev B.
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Design an enclosure around your board
Give it the board and it puts inserts on the mounting holes, seals the connectors and the lid, and checks every clearance before you print.
See the examplePoE sensor node enclosure v4
Design an IP65 enclosure for this ESP32-PoE board: 2.5 mm walls, a gasketed lid, M2 heat-set inserts on its three mounting holes, a bayonet RJ45 receptacle sealed around the Ethernet jack, an M12 gland for a sensor cable, a vent, and mounting tabs.
The enclosure is a printed case and lid with a gasket between them. The board sits on three standoffs with M2 heat-set inserts, and the RJ45’s front fits the end wall with 0.25 mm all round, so the bayonet receptacle seals around the jack itself. The case is 6.3 mm longer at the other end because the ESP32’s antenna overhangs the board; it clears the wall by 1.0 mm. The M12 gland takes the sensor cable, the vent equalizes pressure, and four M3 screws close the lid. Nothing interferes, and the lid clears the tallest part by 11.2 mm.
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From a hand sketch to a parametric part
Drop in a photo of the sketch. Vector scales it from a known dimension, traces a fully constrained profile, and turns the dimensions you’ll change into parameters.
See the examplePivot arm v1
Model this pivot arm from my sketch. It’s 12 mm aluminum, pocketed both sides, with flanged bronze bushings in both bores and a grease fitting on the big end. Make the hole spacing a parameter.
The pivot arm is modeled from your sketch: R18 and R12 ends on 90 mm centers, the 6 × 20 mm slot, and 12 mm stock pocketed 4.5 mm from each side. Flanged bronze bushings press into Ø14 and Ø9 bores, which gives the Ø10 and Ø6 holes from the sketch, and the grease fitting feeds the big end. The profile is fully constrained, and hole_spacing is a user parameter. The arm weighs 79.7 g in 6061.
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Modeling NASA HUNCH’s heat-stake press from its drawing set
NASA HUNCH’s heat-stake press, modeled from its published drawing set: eleven custom parts, catalog hardware, and a working mechanism, checked against the sheets.
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Native, editable models
Vector builds with sketches, features, mates, and parameters, so anyone on your team can open the model and keep working on it by hand.
Uses the CAD you already have
It connects to the installation on your workstation. There’s nothing to migrate, and your files stay in the formats you use today.
Every change is listed
Each step shows up in the conversation with what it changed, so you can follow the work and check it afterward.
Checks its own work
Ask for a check and Vector measures the model: clearances, gear ratios, drawing callouts, and exported files.
Run a pilot on your own parts
We agree on the acceptance checks with your team before any work starts.
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