NativeCAD · implicit vs explicit

Implicit where it breathes. Exact where it bolts.

Lattices, graded cores and booleans that never fail, wrapped around real bolt holes, true cylinders and a drawing your supplier can inspect against. One body, one licence, driven by an AI agent.

34%lighter than the solid bracket, every load case carried
2.4xworst-case safety factor across all load cases
8.7xsmaller than the implicit-only file for the same part
13 of 13interface faces kept exact in the STEP

Four reasons parts get made here

Proof, part by part

Exact where it bolts

Titanium clevis bracket

34%lighter than solid
2.4xworst-case safety factor
13 of 13interface faces exact

Lighter than solid, every load case carried, and the bolt bores, pin bore and sealing face stay true geometry in the STEP.

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Two fluids, one printed core

Gyroid heat exchanger

515 Wheat removed, 482 W required
0cross-leak paths between fluids
696 gprinted in AlSi10Mg

A two-fluid gyroid core that removes 515 W against 482 W required, with exact SAE flanges and zero leak paths between the fluids.

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Core that follows the skin

Conformal sandwich panel

Curved exact skins with a lattice core that follows the curve.

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Same part, two deliverables.

8.7x smaller, and every bolt hole still exact. Send your supplier the hybrid file and they get a solid that opens in any CAD, holes you can dimension, and a part you can edit.

Implicit-only

One field, exported as a mesh

File size
3.97 MBtriangles only
Opens as a solid in other CAD
Noa mesh, not a body
Bolt-hole position error
0.292 µmafter re-fitting the mesh
Bolt-hole diameter error
4.38 µm
Drawing with GD&T
Nono exact faces to dimension
Change a hole, regenerate
422 msrerun the original script

Hybrid

Exact bolt faces, lattice where it counts

File size
457 KBexact solid plus lattice
Bolt-hole position error
under 0.001 µmafter re-fitting the mesh
Bolt-hole diameter error
1.20 µm
Drawing with GD&T
Yestrue-position holes
Change a hole, regenerate
269 msstraight from the file
Test bracket, measured

Say it, get the part

Agent-built

A motor mount from one prompt

One sentencein, a printable part out
Watertightmesh, ready to slice
6refusals the agent fixed itself

"I need a motor mount for a 2207 drone motor on a 30.5 mm stack, 4x M3 each side, as light as possible, printable in nylon on an FDM printer. Keep the bolt faces solid."

What you get, side by side

Where NativeCAD goes further
CapabilityImplicit-first toolsNativeCAD
Optimised organic result becomes an editable feature treeNoYes
Exact analytic faces kept beside the lattice on one bodyNoYes
Toleranced drawings with GD&T and PMINoYes
Runs without a GPU workstationNoYes
Native CAD exchange of the exact part (STEP AP242 and native B-rep formats)PartlyYes
DFM checks for AM (powder traps, supports)PartlyYes
AI-agent surface with coded refusals and certificatesPartlyYes
Everything you expect, included
CapabilityImplicit-first toolsNativeCAD
Strut (beam) latticesYesYes
Sheet / TPMS lattices (gyroid, primitive, diamond)YesYes
Two-fluid TPMS heat-exchanger coreYesYes
Conformal lattices following curved skinsYesYes
Topology optimisation feeding lattice or solidYesYes
Homogenised lattice properties for simulationYesYes
Booleans that never fail on 10k+ strutsYesYes
Beam-lattice 3MF export (KB not MB)YesYes
Mesh export (STL / 3MF / glTF / USD)YesYes
Printer slice / build-file handoffYesYes
Scripting / API automationYesYes

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Bring a bracket, a housing or a heat exchanger. Get the lattice and the exact part around it, in one file set.

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