Editable sheet metal, weldments, frames, and drawings
Sheet metal CAD software for fabrication
Keep the formed part, welded structure, complete assembly, and manufacturing drawing on one editable design line—from the first bend and joint to the reviewed fabrication package.
zCAD Online provides browser-based sheet metal CAD for parametric parts, weldments, fabricated assemblies, design review, versions, model-linked drawings, and supported exchange.
Fabrication errors begin when formed parts, structures, and drawings drift apart.
Sheet metal parts and weldments rarely stand alone. They must fit purchased components, surrounding assemblies, access requirements, and drawings that remain aligned with the current geometry.
Engineering pressures
Small changes propagate
A revised opening, bend, bracket, or interface can affect multiple fabricated parts and the complete assembly.
Mixed structures share interfaces
Formed panels, plates, weldments, fasteners, and purchased components must resolve around the same references.
Drawings carry production intent
Fabrication teams need the dimensions, annotations, and reviewed design state that belong to the current model.
Connect sheet metal, weldments, assemblies, and fabrication drawings.
Keep fabricated geometry editable in the context of the complete product, then create documentation from the reviewed source.
Sheet metal parts
Develop dimension-driven panels, covers, brackets, guards, housings, and formed components as editable CAD.
Weldments and fabricated structures
Build frames, supports, bases, and mixed fabricated assemblies around controlled interfaces and product geometry.
Fabrication and assembly review
Inspect fit, access, interfaces, assembly order, and manufacturing questions around the current browser model.
Model-linked fabrication drawings
Create drawings and supported exchange files from the reviewed design while retaining the editable source.
Move from formed geometry to a coordinated fabrication package.
The workflow develops individual parts and structures in assembly context before review and drawing handoff.
Define the fabrication context
Capture product interfaces, material and forming intent, structure, access, fastening, and delivery requirements.
Develop parts and structures
Create editable sheet metal parts, weldments, frames, supports, guards, and mixed fabricated assemblies.
Review the complete assembly
Inspect fit, clearances, access, assembly order, and manufacturing questions in the browser.
Create the drawing package
Prepare model-linked drawings and supported exchange files from the current reviewed geometry.
Project inputs
- Product and assembly interfaces
- Fabrication and material intent
- Drawing and exchange requirements
Expected outputs
- Editable fabricated geometry
- Reviewable mixed-part assemblies
- Model-linked fabrication drawings
Teams involved
- Mechanical design
- Fabrication engineering
- Manufacturing and assembly
Connected workflows
Create and Configure CAD
Create editable parametric CAD from requirements, existing geometry, or a blank project—then configure parts, assemblies, and product variants from one reusable design definition.
Review and Collaborate
Review multi-format CAD in the browser and keep engineers, suppliers, clients, and manufacturing teams aligned around the same current 3D design.
Manage Data and Change
Keep CAD projects, versions, permissions, reviews, and design changes connected to the current cloud model.
Document and Deliver
Turn approved 3D product data into model-linked drawings and supported engineering delivery formats.
Product
zCAD Online
Cloud-native 3D CAD software for parametric parts, large assemblies, engineering drawings, and real-time design collaboration in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
What is sheet metal CAD software used for?
Sheet metal CAD software creates editable formed parts such as panels, covers, guards, brackets, and housings. zCAD Online connects these parts with weldments, assemblies, browser review, versions, and model-linked engineering drawings.
Can sheet metal and weldments be developed in the same product context?
Yes. Teams can coordinate formed parts, welded structures, machined components, fasteners, and represented purchased parts inside the current assembly while keeping the source geometry editable.
How does browser review support fabrication work?
Permitted engineering and manufacturing participants can inspect fit, access, interfaces, assembly order, and drawing questions around the current model instead of reviewing disconnected screenshots and exports.
Does zCAD Online provide nesting, costing, or machine toolpaths?
This page covers sheet metal and weldment CAD, assemblies, review, versions, drawings, and supported exchange. It does not claim automatic nesting, estimating, production scheduling, CAM, or machine programming.
What should a fabrication team verify during evaluation?
Use representative formed parts and welded assemblies to verify modeling behavior, drawings, file exchange, assembly scale, review roles, and downstream manufacturing requirements before adoption.
Keep fabrication intent connected to editable geometry.
Develop sheet metal parts, weldments, frames, and drawings in one browser-based CAD workflow built for revision.
Ready when the project is
Start with the workflow your team can verify.
Open zCAD Online in the browser, or talk with zCAD.ai about the industry workflow on this page.