ShapeSense helps manufacturers learn from every decision they’ve already made.
Across designs, suppliers, quality records, and manufacturing systems.
No commitment · 30 minutes
How ShapeSense Works
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Discover
Connect CAD, drawings, ERP, quality records and supplier knowledge.
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Understand
Reveal how parts, suppliers, inventory, quality and programs relate.
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Decide
Surface reuse opportunities, sourcing options, quality insights and standardization candidates.
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Operationalize
Make better decisions on demand and continuously across the enterprise.
Intelligence that compounds
ShapeSense helps manufacturers reuse what they already know — across sourcing, inventory, quality, and engineering.
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01. Reuse Intelligence
Recover value hidden in existing inventory, designs and supplier history.
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02. Sourcing Intelligence
Identify qualified suppliers and sourcing alternatives faster.
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03. Standardization Intelligence
Reduce unnecessary complexity across products and programs.
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04. Decision Intelligence
Turn past engineering, sourcing and quality decisions into future advantage.
Powered by drawing analysis, ProductDNA, clustering and enterprise relationship mapping.
The ShapeSense Architecture
Layer One — 01
Foundational Intelligence
Connect fragmented engineering data into a unified product intelligence foundation.
ShapeSense connects CAD, drawings, specifications, metadata, and legacy engineering records into a unified engineering intelligence layer — creating a connected foundation for reuse, traceability, standardization, and downstream operational analysis.
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Product DNA
CAD, drawings, specifications, and metadata unified into a connected digital identity for each engineering product.
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Engineering Context
Engineering records, specifications, historical programs, and enterprise metadata connected into a searchable and reusable engineering context layer.
Layer Two — 02
Relationship Intelligence
Reveal how products relate, evolve, and repeat across engineering systems.
ShapeSense maps relationships across parts, assemblies, variants, and historical designs — exposing reuse opportunities, hidden duplication, and cross-system dependencies across the enterprise.
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Design Relationship Mapping
Connect parts, assemblies, and variants to trace downstream impact, dependency chains, and cross-system engineering relationships.
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Product Families
Detect duplicate, near-duplicate, and structurally similar components to power reuse, standardization, sourcing optimization, and engineering governance.
Layer Three — 03
Operational Intelligence
Turn engineering relationships into operational actions across engineering, sourcing, quality, and manufacturing.
ShapeSense operationalizes engineering relationships into workflows, monitoring systems, and enterprise-wide operational visibility.
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On-Demand Workflows
Interactive workflows for engineering analysis, sourcing decisions, reuse discovery, and operational investigations.
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Always-On Intelligence
Continuous intelligence systems that proactively surface duplication risks, governance drift, sourcing anomalies, and standardization opportunities across enterprise-scale product ecosystems.
ShapeSense Foundational Capabilities
Capabilities that reveal relationships hidden across engineering data.
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Engineering Drawing Analysis
Interpret technical drawings to extract geometry, tolerances, specifications, and engineering intent into machine-readable product understanding.
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CAD Similarity Analysis
Identify structurally similar and functionally related components across large CAD repositories to uncover reuse opportunities and hidden duplication.
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Duplicate Part Detection
Detect redundant and near-duplicate components across engineering portfolios to reduce duplication, improve reuse, and simplify sourcing.
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Part Standardization
Identify opportunities to consolidate part variants, improve reuse, and reduce engineering and supply chain complexity.
Common Questions
Quick answers on how ShapeSense fits alongside your engineering stack.
What is CAD similarity search?
CAD similarity search is the ability to find geometrically similar parts across a CAD library using 3D shape understanding rather than filenames, part numbers, or metadata. ShapeSense generates a geometric fingerprint, called Product DNA, for each component to power this search.
How does ShapeSense detect duplicate parts?
ShapeSense compares 3D geometry plus extracted drawing intelligence to surface exact and near-duplicate parts across PLM, ERP, and CAD systems, even when those parts have different part numbers, descriptions, suppliers, or units.
How does ShapeSense reduce procurement costs?
By identifying reusable inventory, qualified suppliers, standardization opportunities, and duplicate spend hidden across engineering data.
How quickly can ShapeSense identify reuse opportunities?
Most customers begin uncovering reuse, sourcing, and standardization opportunities within weeks of deployment.
Can ShapeSense help sourcing teams without changing engineering workflows?
Yes. ShapeSense works alongside existing engineering systems and does not require engineers to change how they work.
How does ShapeSense work with ERP and supplier data?
ShapeSense connects engineering data with ERP, supplier, inventory, and quality records to provide decision-ready intelligence.
What CAD formats and engineering data does it work with?
Native and neutral CAD formats (including STEP), 2D engineering drawings (PDF), specification documents, and structured metadata from PLM, PDM, and ERP systems. Coverage is expanded based on customer environments.
Reconnect Your Engineering Intelligence
See how leading manufacturers uncover duplication, reuse opportunities, and hidden engineering relationships.
No commitment · 30 minutes