Manufacturing Intelligence for CNC
We taught a computer to think like a manufacturing engineer.
Upload a drawing and a model. In minutes the engine builds the whole manufacturing process for milled and turned parts — setups, operation order, tooling and engineering risks. The resulting process drives time and cost estimates, tooling recommendations, and machine selection.
Your STEP file is never sent to a server — it opens in your own browser. No file to hand? We have a sample part.
- 304L stainless · block 163×113×40
- 13 holes · M8×1.25, M5×0.8 threads
- 1AnalysisPart and material analysis
- 2SetupsSetup planning
- 3StrategyMachining strategy
- 4ValidationValidation and quoting
The most valuable knowledge in manufacturing is written nowhere.
How to hold the part, processing order, tool selection, and predicting the engineering risks — chatter, tool wear, tool access, and the features that need checking. Today, this critical expertise relies on a few professionals through whom every purchase, technology choice, and quote must pass.
When the engineering bottleneck is left unsolved, the shop pays for it:
Process first. Everything else follows.
The engine encodes and delivers this engineering knowledge instantly. It doesn’t guess numbers or rely on superficial averages — it analyzes the part the way a manufacturing technologist does — geometry, material, requirements and the physics of cutting — and suggests a complete process — passes, inspection stops, tooling, and setups — tailored to your shop’s equipment, machinery, and DNA.
Read and cross-check
Tolerances, surface finish and threads from the drawing; dimensions, volume and features from the model. Cross-checking the two completes the picture — and flags conflicts before they reach the machine.
Build the process
Stock, machine, setups and operation order — from an engineering analysis of the part, on the shop’s own equipment.
Tools and risks
Tooling, coatings, and cutting conditions recommended for each operation. What needs a dedicated tool or an outside treatment, and which engineering risks to expect — chatter, tool wear, access and points to inspect.
Times and costs
Setup time, cycle time and cost — on the shop’s machines and rates.
Once the process is clear, everything falls into place.
As soon as the engine outlines the physical process, the remaining metrics follow easily: cycle time estimates, tooling and setup recommendations, realistic pricing that protects margins, and resolving the engineering bottleneck.
One engine that understands the part. Every production decision rests on that understanding.
Pricing you can explain
Setup time, cycle time and a price — on the shop’s own machines and rates. Every line in the price rests on a real operation in the process.
Feasibility before you commit
What drives the cost and what is likely to go wrong on the floor — flagged before a quote or an order goes out.
The right tool for every operation
Tooling, coatings and cutting conditions matched to every operation, from the equipment the shop already has — alongside suggestions for advanced tooling that would speed the job up.
Give the engine a part. See what it understands.
The same part, three points of view — depending on who is looking at it.
The process
- Machine3-axis mill
- Setups2 — vise, flipped
- Treatmentpassivation — outside
The features
- Holes13
- Threads2× M8×1.25-6H · 4× M5×0.8-6H
- Precision boreØ8 G8
What drives the cost
- Ø8 G8 borespecial reamer — a deep hole
- 304L stainlesshard to machine
- Small batchsetup spread over few parts
Feasibility
- Can it be madeyes, in two setups
- Tool accessfine
- Point of attentionØ8 G8
Worth considering in design
- Ø8 G8, 36 deep — if the fit is needed over part of the depth only, relieving the rest shortens the work
- R6 pocket corners — a Ø10 end mill
Free · no registration
Got a STEP? Open it — and ask about it.
The part viewer shows dimensions, volume, weight by material and the holes it found. Beside it, a chat that knows the part you opened: ask about it, or about machining in general, and get an answer from someone who makes parts.
Your STEP file is never sent to a server.
Built by people who make parts.
The engine encodes how an experienced technologist builds a process. It is tested every day on parts in active production, across dozens of materials and a wide range of manufacturing complexity.
Amir Itach
Founder & CEO · Mechanical Engineer (B.Sc.), Technion
He brings 18 years of experience at ISCAR, a global leader in cutting tools, across product development, technical consulting, and marketing. Throughout his career, he worked closely with leading manufacturers in the defense and commercial sectors, combining hands-on engineering expertise with business and commercial insight. Today, he leads CNCProLink, developing innovative technology for manufacturing planning and cost estimation in the machining industry. His deep understanding of both engineering and business forms the foundation of the company’s vision.
Development partners
Leading machine shops in the industry and technologists who specialize in milling and turning, running the engine on their own work and sharpening it day by day.
Questions
What parts does the engine understand?
Milled and turned machined parts — from a simple part to one with many setups.
What files can I upload?
A PDF drawing and a STEP model (.step / .stp). For an X_T or SLDPRT model, export to STEP from your CAD.
What do I get at the end of an analysis?
The proposed process — setups, operations and tooling — and from it setup time, cycle time and a price on the shop’s machines, a complexity grade, and what in the requirements drives the cost.
How long does it take?
A few minutes per part, instead of hours of manual work.
How much does it cost?
Pricing is tailored to each shop and the scope of work. Contact us.
How does the engine analyse and calculate manufacturing processes?
The engine combines 3D geometric analysis and the recognition of engineering features with a rules-based manufacturing knowledge engine, built on the experience of technologists and improving through the analysis of real parts. It builds and analyses manufacturing processes, calculates machining times and costs for engineering-based pricing, and finds opportunities to improve existing processes.
Does it replace the technologist or the estimator?
No. It is an engineering estimate, not an approved machining plan. The engine gives a grounded starting point instead of a blank page; the decision, and the quote that goes out, belong to the shop.
Does the engine know my shop?
The shop enters its machines and rates, and the engine plans and computes on them. The more the shop uses it, the better its estimates can reflect the shop’s own processes.
How do I join the manufacturer network?
Register as a shop or as a part buyer — joining is free. Every shop is approved before it receives requests.
What happens to my files and my prices?
In the free viewer, the STEP file is read in your browser and never sent to a server. Files sent for analysis are kept encrypted for 90 days and then deleted, and are never passed to another shop. You can delete an analysis at any moment — its files go with it. One shop’s data, prices and times are never exposed to another, and the tools and methods you developed stay yours.