CadVex user guide

CadVex user guide

Step-by-step help for shop owners and estimators: from your first STEP file to a quote you can send, in CadVex Cloud and CadVex Desktop.

  1. Chapter 1 · Getting started

    Cloud or Desktop, creating an account, the 30-day Desktop evaluation, and your first analysis.

  2. Chapter 2 · Install and activate CadVex Desktop

    Windows 11 and Apple silicon Mac, SmartScreen and Gatekeeper, company networks, offline use and the license check, in-app updates.

  3. Chapter 3 · Set up your shop

    Hourly rates, machines in your shop, materials and stock sizes (CSV/XLSX import), markup, and why a rate changed in one analysis stays in that analysis.

  4. Chapter 4 · Run an analysis

    STEP import, adding a drawing (what Desktop reads offline, what Cloud does), the part details, and reading the results.

  5. Chapter 5 · The machining plan

    Setups, the operation tree, minutes per feature, editing and adding lines, the 3D highlight and the CSV/JSON export.

  6. Chapter 6 · Routes and quantities

    How CadVex picks the cheapest route on your machines, quantity breaks, pinning a route, and "edits not applied at this quantity".

  7. Chapter 7 · DFM feedback

    What each DFM warning means, where to find it on the part, and what to do about it.

  8. Chapter 8 · Quotes

    Building a quote, quantity lines, the PDF, quote status and history, statistics and their CSV/JSON export.

  9. Chapter 9 · Data and privacy

    Exactly what stays on your computer with Desktop, what Cloud stores, backups, moving computers and deleting data.

  10. Chapter 10 · Troubleshooting and FAQ

    Sign-in problems, "update required", old analyses (re-run to see the new plan), files that will not read, and how to contact us.

  11. Chapter 11 · Every screen, explained

    A reference to every screen in Cloud and Desktop: what it shows and how it works.