Expressions and Variables in Rig Cad
The expression language behind every parametric Rig Cad project: grammar, functions, degrees vs radians, text, variable types, readouts, validators, handles.
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Parametric design
Design systems driven by dimensions, constraints, variables, and reusable relationships.
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Name tags, photo lamps, photo figurines, desk plates: the four personalized 3D-print families that sell, and what each one has to hold in the model.
Rig Cad for Tinkercad Users
If you know group and hole in Tinkercad, you already know the operations. Here is where they live in Rig Cad.
Rig Cad for Fusion 360 Users
If you already use a timeline, Combine, and user parameters, you already know this editor. Here is where those habits live.
Rig Cad for OpenSCAD Users
If you already write union, difference, and modules, you already know this editor. The tree is the program.
Versioned Production: Presets, Reorders, and Change Control
Record project revisions, production profiles, generated files, and inspection results so customized 3D-printed orders remain reproducible.
Fits, Clearances, and Tolerances for Customized 3D Prints
Turn measured printer behavior into dependable sliding, push, press, and cavity fits across customized 3D-printed product families.
Beyond Sliders: Safe Parameter Spaces for Printable Products
Sliders define choices; reliable products need relationships between them. Derive dimensions, constrain combinations, handle failures, and test the family.
Text as Geometry: Building Reliable Personalized Products
From font glyphs and measured bounds to printable strokes, attachment rules, and production tests: reliable personalized goods treat text as geometry.
Parametric Goods: From Customer Choice to Printable Product
How parametric Rig Cad projects turn personalized orders into validated, priced, repeatable 3D-printed products, from listing options to fulfillment.
Rig Cad Editor Guide: The Five Core Panels
A concise guide to Rig Cad’s Add Object, Objects, Viewport, Properties, and Variables panels—and how selection connects them.
Pricing Customized 3D Prints: Costs, Yield, and Margin
Build repeatable prices for customized 3D prints from material, machine time, labor, yield, selling fees, and margin.