CAD/CAM Automation

CAD is the design; CAM turns it into the toolpaths a CNC machine actually runs. I wrote the glue between them in AutoLISP and VBA — scripts that converted CAD solids to wireframe, tagged thousands of parts, and generated G-code — and cut one assembly process from seven hours to thirty minutes.

That 14x was my first real taste of leverage through software: find the repetitive human step, automate it once, and hand everyone back their afternoon. It’s why I still reach for code before headcount.