Drag-drop manufacturing templates to CAD – instant designs for students.
Students in manufacturing courses struggle to find affordable, user-friendly CAD software for product design that avoids steep learning curves and high costs.
MechForge offers a library of 100+ pre-built manufacturing components (gears, fixtures) that students assemble like Lego into full designs. Auto-generates dimensions and assemblies, exporting ready-to-print files. Solves high costs and curves by providing coursework-ready starters at low price.
Students enrolled in manufacturing or engineering courses needing CAD for product design coursework
Curated template library for manufacturing syllabi with parametric resizing.
supportive
Browse/search 100+ manufacturing parts.
Drag templates to canvas, snap together.
Resize/scale parts with live previews.
Auto-generate parts list.
DXF + CSV export.
Save custom templates.
By course/topic.
Add own shapes.
Public design links.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| name | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| assembly_data | jsonb | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| svg_data | jsonb | No |
| category | text | No |
| params | jsonb | Yes |
/api/templatesSearch templates
/api/projectsCreate assembly project
/api/projects/:id/bomGenerate BOM
/api/export/:projectIdExport assembly + BOM
Basic exports
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 150 | 1.5% | $45 | $540 |
| Month 6 | 1,200 | 4% | $960 | $11,520 |
MechForge's templates turn students into designers fast.
Seed 50 templates from public domain manufacturing designs. Offer free Pro to first 10 responders in engineering student Facebook groups. Email manufacturing course syllabi contacts with demo links.
Large library
Complex downloads, no editor
In-browser assembly + exports
Pro features
Steep curve
Template-first simplicity
Growing proprietary template library from user contributions and course data.
Shift to project-based learning in manufacturing courses demands ready starters.
Template creation time
Start with SVG imports
IP on templates
Public domain only
Success: 80% want library
Success: Export usage >70%
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