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AutoCAD Automation: LISP, .NET, or AI? A Decision Table
AutoCAD automation has three routes: AutoLISP, .NET/ObjectARX and AI-assisted code. Which one fits your team size and maintenance load, in one decision table.
SolidWorks 2026 AI Features: What They Don't Automate
SolidWorks 2026 automates drawing generation and standard hardware recognition. Which minutes of the working day they give back — and which they never will.
Generative AI in CAD Automation: A Practical Framework
Where generative AI fits in CAD automation: input normalisation, rule engine, validation and documentation layers — how to scope a pilot and where to stop.
What Is AutoLISP and What Is It Used For in AutoCAD?
AutoLISP is a language that runs inside AutoCAD and lets you write your own commands. What .lsp files do, its real limits, and when to move up to .NET.
SolidWorks Add-in Development: Writing a Plugin in C#/.NET
SolidWorks add-in development in C#: the ISwAddin lifecycle, COM registration, CommandManager and TaskPane, event traps, and 8 mistakes that surface later.
What Is the SolidWorks API? The COM Object Model Explained
What the SolidWorks API is and how it works: the SldWorks, ModelDoc2 and PartDoc hierarchy, the selection-based code trap, and a 5-step learning path.
SolidWorks Macro vs API vs Add-in: Which One Do You Need?
A SolidWorks macro is not an alternative to the API — it runs on it. Where the real line sits, what a macro handles well, and 8 signs you need an add-in.
What Is a SolidWorks Macro? Record One, Then Harden It
What a SolidWorks macro is and how to write one: why recorded code breaks in production, how to harden it, what .swp really means, and 5 rules that hold up.
2D to 3D Conversion Automation: What Actually Works
2D to 3D conversion automation: cleanup and classification reach ~90% and ~80%, parametric wiring only ~20%. Why design intent is not in the drawing.
How to Start a CAD Automation Project: 4 Steps That Work
Start from the problem, not the tool. A four-step method for CAD automation: measure the loss, draw the boundary, run a verifiable pilot, widen in the field.
Measuring Automation Gains: What 90% Faster Leaves Out
Vendors measure the generation step alone. Add preparation, verification and rework and the honest gain lands at 30-50% — with a payback you can calculate.
Light Steel CAD/CAM
Independent engineering software project combining CAD/CAM, manufacturing automation, and modern C#/.NET architecture for light steel framing.
Automation Layers
SolidWorks Add-in Development
SolidWorks automation for truck/trailer dorse rear door frames — from VBA macro to C# Add-in.
AI-Powered SolidWorks Add-in
AI-powered SolidWorks Add-in: parametric design, 2D→3D automation, and engineering software that defines CAD workflows in code.
Writing SolidWorks Add-ins with AI: What It Gets Wrong
AI speeds up add-in scaffolding and API discovery, then gets COM lifetimes, version signatures and silent failures confidently wrong. Where I draw the line.
Autonomous Underwater Welding and Inspection ROV — DYUK'22
The ROV from our DYUK'22 paper: underwater welding and weld inspection in one autonomous vehicle, using image processing and machine learning. Paper ID 4449.
Cargo Delivery by UAV: Founding the Paper Plane Team
The UAV seminar I gave at Gedik University: the real cost lines of parcel delivery, a network of mobile ground control stations, and the Paper Plane airframe.
Modular Software Architecture for CAD/CAM and Automation
Modular architecture for engineering software: cut modules by rate of change, not by technology. Module groups, data contracts, decision records and tests.
SolidWorks Python Scripting: pywin32 Code and COM Traps
SolidWorks Python scripting with pywin32: connect to the API over COM, drive dimensions, rebuild once, export PDF or DXF — and dodge the COM traps.