Ruggert Machines

Learn to design with AI, one real part at a time

CAD AI Project is a small, practice-first programme run by Ruggert Machines for early-career mechanical engineers. We take ordinary parts — brackets, housings, shafts — and work out where AI tools actually save time in design, and where they quietly get things wrong.

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Mounting plate, front view and section A–A A steel mounting plate 120 by 80 millimetres, 6 millimetres thick, with two 12 millimetre holes and 6 millimetre corner radii, dimensioned, with a section through one hole. Front view AA 120 80 95 55 2 × Ø12 H7, 25 / 25 R6 ×4 Section A–A 6 Material: S235JR Break sharp edges 0.5
  1. Extrude base, 180 × 100 × 12
  2. Hole pattern, 4 × Ø11
  3. Extrude flange, R60 top, 14
  4. Bore Ø52 H7, 4 × Ø9 on Ø92
  5. Extrude hub, Ø76 × 24
  6. Ribs, 2 × 10
  7. Check mass: 3.42 kg, S235JR

What we work on

Sketch to parametric model

Turning a hand sketch or a photo of a part into a clean, editable CAD model — and checking every constraint the assistant invented.

Tolerances and fits

Using language models to draft tolerance stack-ups, then verifying them by hand. The goal is speed without trusting a number you haven't checked.

Drawings and reviews

Generating first-pass drawings, BOMs and design-review checklists from a model, and learning what a senior engineer still has to look at.

How a cohort runs

  1. Pick a partEach participant brings a real part from work or study. Confidential parts stay on your machine.
  2. Model it twiceOnce the usual way, once with AI assistance. We log time, errors and rework for both.
  3. Check the mathsTolerance stack-ups, fits and load cases are verified by hand and in peer review.
  4. Write it upEvery participant publishes a short field note: what worked, what didn't, and why.

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