Curlscape Spectra
Spectra runs long, repeatable design tasks as a workflow that mixes deterministic steps with AI. It reads the spec, plans the design, builds the geometry in your CAD tool, checks it against your design rules and saves it to PDM. Your best designer's judgement goes into every design, and an engineer approves each decision.
- Pick it when
- You design many variants of the same product from specs or RFQs.
- How you use it
- Set the workflow and design rules up once. It runs on every new job, with an engineer approving each decision.
- Ends with
- A rule-checked CAD model, saved to PDM.
- Works in
- Solid Edge
- Siemens NX
Spectra screen recording: from the prompt "Design a spur gear: module 4, 32 teeth, 20° pressure angle, Ø30 bore", the agent lists a seven-step plan and ticks each step off while the gear and its pinion are built in Solid Edge, checked against the design rules and saved to PDM.
In productionRFQ-to-CAD for a Swiss manufacturer of connector test benches: one workflow step went from 40 minutes to 5.
How it works:
- A deterministic spine
- Every job runs the same workflow, in the same order, through a design-rules engine you configure. Each design can be audited step by step.
- Intelligence where the input is free-form
- AI interprets the requirement, ranks reference designs from your own history, and explains its reasoning in plain language.
- Rules that block, not warn
- A clearance, travel or thickness violation stops the design outright, rather than producing a plausible part that fails downstream.
- Engineers keep the judgement
- Nothing is committed without approval. Corrections are captured in plain language and become rules applied to every later design, so a standard that lived in one engineer's head stays with the team.
- Runs on your premises
- Spectra can be hosted at your site and run air-gapped, so no design data leaves the building. It works with Siemens Solid Edge and NX.
FAQ
Clearly answered
01How is Curlscape Spectra different from a CAD macro or script?
A macro repeats fixed steps. Curlscape Spectra keeps a deterministic workflow and a design-rules engine as its spine, and adds AI where the input is free-form: it interprets the requirement, ranks reference designs from your own history and explains its reasoning in plain language, with an engineer approving each decision.
02Which CAD tools does Spectra work with?
Curlscape Spectra works with Solid Edge and Siemens NX. It builds the geometry in the CAD tool, checks it against your design rules and saves the result to PDM.
03What happens when a design breaks a rule?
Curlscape Spectra stops it. A clearance, travel or thickness violation blocks the design outright rather than producing a plausible part that fails downstream, and corrections captured in plain language become rules for every later design.
04Can Spectra run on-premise?
Yes. Curlscape Spectra can be hosted at your site and run fully air-gapped, so no design data leaves the building.
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