CADMASTER

Name

CADMASTER

Legal name

CADMASTER Inc.

Website

https://cadmaster.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

CAD/CAM Software

akta.pro primary industry

3D Design & CAD for Additive Manufacturing (IMAAACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Custom Injection Molding & Contract Manufacturing (Job Shops/CMs) (IMANAFAJ)

Keywords

• AutoCAD add-on software
• CAD/CAM automation
• Mold design software
• Parametric design automation
• Drafting automation tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Providence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Product Sales: CADMASTER develops and markets several AutoCAD add-on packages including AutoMold, Auto-Datum 13, Auto-Parametrics, and Detailer. These are sold as enhancement tools for AutoCAD users.
2. CAD/CAM Services: Full range of CAD/CAM services including hardware, software, training, servicing, and custom software design and consulting.
3. Custom Automation Programming: Parametric automation programming services for family of parts manufacturers. Clients typically invest $1200 to $3600 to automate a component. Service includes interface design, print automation, BOM generation, and CNC code creation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CADMASTER develops, markets, and sells proprietary AutoCAD add-on packages (AutoMold, Auto-Datum 13, Auto-Parametrics, and AutoMold Detailer) that automate plastic injection mold design, datum dimensioning, and parametric drafting for AutoCAD users. In addition to packaged software, the company provides custom CAD/CAM automation programming services and design services for plastic injection molding manufacturers and family-of-parts producers.

Product overview

CADMASTER develops and markets several AutoCAD add-on packages designed to enhance productivity for designers working with plastic injection molds and repetitive design tasks. The core product suite includes AutoMold (mold development software), Auto-Datum 13 (dimensioning utility), Auto-Parametrics (parametric design automation), and Detailer (mold detailing automation). These products function as add-on modules that interface with AutoCAD as the CAD engine. Beyond software products, CADMASTER offers related services including design services for plastic injection molding and product design, as well as custom CAD/CAM automation programming services for manufacturers who produce families of parts with design variations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AutoMold Plastic injection mold designer's enhancement tool that interfaces with AutoCAD, consisting of numerous programs that streamline the mold design process for AutoCAD users in the injection molding industry.
• Auto-Datum 13 Drafting utility that enables automatic datum dimensioning inside AutoCAD; the user defines a window around the area to be dimensioned and the program performs all dimensioning, saving hours of dimensioning time.
• Auto-Parametrics Parametric design automation program for AutoCAD users performing repetitive design tasks; by answering pre-determined questions and bi-directionally exchanging data with spreadsheets, specification tables, databases, and engineering programs, it automatically completes and dimensions designs in seconds.
• AutoMold Detailer Series of parametric processes used to automate many tasks involved in detailing and design of plastic injection molds, automatically creating basic and fully dimensioned details including holes, cam bars, round and rectangular sets, cam locks, and core pins.
• Design Services Professional design services relating to plastic injection molding design and product design, provided by CADMASTER to manufacturers and mold designers.
• CAD/CAM Automation Programming Custom parametric automation programming service for family-of-parts manufacturers that designs an input interface, automates print drawings, generates Bills of Materials, and creates CNC code automatically, reducing manual drafting time by hundreds of times.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces 4-8 hours of manual AutoCAD drafting time to 1 minute or less
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AutodeskcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 1984CADMASTER has been an authorized AutoCAD dealer for nearly 13 years and an Autodesk authorized third party developer for over a decade. This relationship enables CADMASTER to develop, market, and sell AutoCAD enhancement packages and CAD/CAM solutions based on the AutoCAD platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ZW3D (ZWSOFT): ZW3D is an integrated CAD/CAM solution offering mold design and CNC machining capabilities at competitive price points. It is a broader direct competitor in the manufacturing CAD/CAM space where CADMASTER operates.
• Cimatron: Cimatron develops CAD/CAM software specifically for plastic injection mold, tool, and die design and manufacturing. It is the closest direct competitor to CADMASTER's AutoMold in the plastic injection mold design software niche.
• Mastercam: Mastercam is one of the most widely installed CAD/CAM software packages for CNC machining, including mold manufacturing. Its CNC programming capabilities overlap with CADMASTER's BOM/CNC code automation service.
• BobCAD-CAM: BobCAD-CAM provides affordable CAD/CAM software for manufacturing including mold design and CNC machining. It competes with CADMASTER for SMB manufacturers seeking parametric automation.
• WorkNC (Hexagon): WorkNC is Hexagon's CAM software specialized for mold making and tooling, including automated CNC code generation. It overlaps with CADMASTER's custom CAD/CAM automation programming service for mold manufacturers.
• Tebis: Tebis offers CAD/CAM software specialized for mold, die, and model manufacturing with parametric automation. It serves the same plastic injection mold designer and family-of-parts manufacturer customer base as CADMASTER.
• VISI (Hexagon): VISI is Hexagon's CAD/CAM suite specialized in plastic injection mold and die design. It directly competes with CADMASTER's AutoMold and Detailer products for mold designers in the plastics manufacturing value chain.

Broad incumbents

• SolidWorks (Dassault Systèmes): SolidWorks is a leading 3D CAD platform with dedicated mold design tools and a large installed base in manufacturing. It competes with AutoCAD (and by extension CADMASTER's add-ons) for designers in injection molding and discrete manufacturing.
• Autodesk: Autodesk is the platform owner of AutoCAD on which all CADMASTER products depend, and through Fusion 360 and Moldflow is itself a broader incumbent competitor in the mold design and CAD/CAM automation space.
• Moldflow (Autodesk): Moldflow is Autodesk's injection molding simulation and design toolset. As Autodesk's own first-party injection molding offering, it is a broader incumbent in the same end market CADMASTER's AutoMold addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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