CAD/CAM programming & reverse engineering services · Dallas and Fort Worth · ISO 9001:2015
CAD/CAM programming services in Dallas–Fort Worth.
Offline CAD/CAM programming for laser cutting, milling, drilling, routing, and contouring — from your CAD files, drawings, or even a sketch — plus Virtek LaserQC inspection and the reverse engineering services Dallas and Fort Worth manufacturers use to turn an existing part into a CAD file. Send your files and get a number back.
Programming
Offline — 4 CNC centers
Formats
SLDPRT · DXF · DWG · IGES · SAT
Reverse engineering
LaserQC — part to CAD file
Accuracy
0.002″ (0.05 mm) · 500 pts/sec
What we do
From your file — or your sketch — to the shop floor
AST’s CAD/CAM programming services run offline in Draftsight Professional. Programmers write and prove each part program away from the equipment, then deploy it from the server to four CNC centers — milling, drilling, routing, contouring, and turning — so machine time is spent cutting, not programming.
Start from wherever you are: customer CAD files, engineering drawings, prototypes, or a sketch. The same team that reviews models for 3D printing turns it into a production-ready program for any metal fabrication process in the building.
File formats
Send what you have
Native and neutral CAD formats both work — and if a file doesn’t exist yet, engineering drawings, prototypes, and sketches do too.
SolidWorks (.sldprt)
DXF
DWG
IGES
ACIS (.SAT)
Drawings & sketches
Scan to CAD
Reverse engineering services in Dallas
No drawing? Bring the part. The Virtek® LaserQC® system scans an existing physical part at more than 500 data points per second, accurate to 0.002″ (0.05 mm), and produces a CAD file we can program, cut, and form from.
That makes it the fastest route to replacing a worn or obsolete part, or bringing a legacy component back into production, without waiting on the original drawings.
Inspection & quality reporting
First-piece inspection you can read
The same LaserQC system handles first-piece inspection, SPC, and quality reporting on every job, under AST’s ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
Each report lists every measured feature against its nominal dimension and tolerance, with pass/fail status, so you see the result instead of taking our word for it. See our ISO certification for the quality system behind it.
Programmed, produced & delivered — DFW, Waco, Austin, Mineral Wells & Houston
Ask about delivery when you request your quote and we will price it into the job.
Keep the job in one building
Related metal fabrication services
Programming is the front door of the shop — every process behind it runs under the same roof, on the same quote.
Precision laser cutting
Programs deploy straight to the laser cutting cells.
CNC machining & milling
Milling, drilling, and contouring programs to ±0.001″ parts.
CNC routing
Panel programs for metal and composite routing.
Press brake forming
Bend sequences verified offline in Dr. ABE software.
3D printing
Model review and prototypes before metal is cut.
Custom metal assembly
Programmed parts built into finished assemblies.
Common questions
CAD/CAM programming services FAQs
What file formats can you work from?
SolidWorks (.sldprt), DXF, DWG, IGES, and ACIS (.SAT) — or engineering drawings, prototypes, and sketches if a file doesn’t exist yet.
Do you offer reverse engineering services in Dallas for a part with no drawing?
Yes. Our Grand Prairie shop scans the physical part with the Virtek LaserQC system — 500+ data points per second, accurate to 0.002″ — and produces a CAD file we can program and manufacture from.
How do offline CAD/CAM programming services shorten my lead time?
Programs are written and proven away from the machines, so the equipment keeps cutting while your job is prepared — shorter lead times and fewer surprises at first piece.
Do you provide inspection and quality reporting?
Yes — first-piece approvals, SPC, and quality reporting through the LaserQC system, under the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
Is programming quoted separately?
Send the files with your part quote request — programming is quoted as part of the job, so the number you get back is the number you can buy at.
Send us your files
CAD files, drawings, or a photographed sketch with material and quantity — our programmers take it from there.
1000 Avenue N, Grand Prairie TX 75050 · (972) 554-0383 · ast@astmfg.com