text-to-cad cover with blue lettering and a planetary gear CAD assembly.
Project screenshotsAbout this Skill
Select a manufacturing process before reviewing geometry. Use supplier specifications where available, record measurements and uncertainty, then return a traceable findings table. A bundled tool measures injection-molding draft, undercuts and projected area; sheet-metal and CNC checks rely on CAD inspection or supplied dimensions.
Why we picked it
Useful when a part must fit a chosen manufacturing process: findings separate measured violations, qualitative concerns and missing evidence.
What it helps with
- Review a design for a chosen sheet-metal, machining or molding process before requesting fabrication.
How to use this Skill
Choose the process and source rules
Use the actual supplier specification where possible and record applicability, units and revision.
Inspect supported geometry
Measure the actual exported part. Use the molding tool only for its documented fact families; label qualitative observations clearly.
Write a traceable review
For each finding list the feature, evidence, cited rule, result and specific change; include checks that remain unverified.
Try a first task
Send a concrete brief
Provide the real input files and replace example dimensions or machine details with your own.
Review this STEP part for CNC machining at the supplied shop. Check tool access, internal radii and deep features using measured evidence and the shop rules; list concrete changes.
Install the shared library
Use the official text-to-cad plugin for your agent, or install the complete Skill folders with the Skills CLI below. Choose one route in each app, then restart it. The plugin includes a CAD server; Skills-only installations use a browser viewer. Keep the bundled references and scripts with each entrypoint.
| Command | What it helps with |
|---|---|
npx skills add earthtojake/text-to-cad#latest | Install the released Skill library; the CLI asks which agents and installation scope to use. |
Scope and limits
This is a guided DFM review, not an automatic feature-recognition or manufacturing certification engine. Unmeasured checks remain unverified.
Before you use it
- Needs the exact part revision, material/process context and supplier rules or cited references. The molding measurements additionally require the bundled Python dependencies.
Supported agents
Frequently asked questions
Do I install this as a separate product?
This is one task in the shared text-to-cad library. Use the official plugin or the complete Skill installation, then select this workflow for the task.
Is the Skill free?
The upstream code is MIT-licensed. Your agent provider, hardware, materials and any fabrication service can have separate costs.
Sources & references
Original sources are linked below. Practical starting points are editorial suggestions from SkillHey.
