Engineering teams still spend too much time dealing with disconnected CAD files, scattered folders, uncertain versions, and missing context. Important product knowledge is often spread across files, BOMs, spreadsheets, emails, and conversations.
OpenBOM CAD File Agent for SolidWorks is our first AI product. It is designed to help teams organize and manage CAD files not as isolated documents, but as part of a broader product data flow.
For many engineering teams, CAD files are still the center of daily work. But file systems were never designed to preserve the full context of product development.
A SolidWorks assembly may contain important structure, relationships, and design intent, yet the surrounding knowledge often lives somewhere else: in spreadsheets, in emails, in purchasing systems, in change discussions, or in someone’s head.
Traditional file management and PDM tools can help control storage and revisions, but they often stop at the file boundary, leaving teams to reconnect product information manually across systems and people.
That is the gap we want to close.
Key capabilities
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Work naturally with assemblies, parts, and drawings
Keep working with files the way your team already does. CAD File Agent understands SolidWorks assemblies, parts, and drawings and adds structure and context around them without disrupting familiar workflows.
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Add lightweight revision control without heavy PDM overhead
Introduce simple revision structure and visibility without forcing engineers into a rigid new process. CAD File Agent helps organize file changes while preserving the way teams already work.
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Connect files to broader product context
Bring CAD files closer to BOMs, item data, and downstream workflows so files are no longer isolated from the rest of the product process.
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Create the foundation for AI-assisted engineering workflows
Build a more structured product environment where connected file knowledge can support smarter assistance, better retrieval, and future AI-driven engineering workflows.
The first step toward Product Memory
OpenBOM is building a broader Product Memory Platform to connect product knowledge across files, BOMs, workflows, business systems, and decisions.
CAD File Agent for SolidWorks is the first product on that path.
We are starting with files because files are still where much of the engineering process begins. But the larger goal is to create a connected layer of product understanding that supports people first and future AI agents next.
Want the bigger picture?
Join early access
We are opening access in stages and would love to hear from teams interested in evaluating the first release. If your team works with SolidWorks files and is looking for a better way to organize product knowledge, sign up to receive updates, previews, and early access information.