Bring the source material
Send CAD, a BOM, manuals, drawings and photos, or give us access to one machine. We assess what can support a useful, trustworthy pilot.
AUSTRALIAN PARTS-DATA PARTNER FOR EQUIPMENT MAKERS
Your parts data, cleaned up and turned into a 3D catalogue.
Send us your CAD, BOMs and manuals. We find the missing part numbers and mismatches, then deliver a finished catalogue where customers and dealers click the part and order it. We host it and keep it up to date.
- Explore the machine in 3D
- Separate how it fits together
- Identify the part and its reference
- Service it step by step
- Enquire with the right quantities
HOW WE WORK
Three steps, one partner.
- 01 · FROM A$750
Parts-data check
Your engineers have better things to do than reconcile parts lists. We compare your CAD with your BOM and send a report of missing numbers, mismatches and duplicates, marked on the 3D model.
A$750 up to 150 parts, A$1,500 up to 500, larger machines quoted. Ex GST. Credited in full against your catalogue if you go ahead.
- 02 · PER MACHINE
Catalogue
We build the 3D catalogue with click-to-order, ready to embed on your website.
- 03 · MONTHLY
Hosting and updates
We host it, update it when your CAD changes and re-check the data.
WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU
Built from your own data. Four things it changes.
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Fewer support calls
Customers and dealers find the right part themselves, instead of ringing your team to ask which one it is.
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Fewer wrong parts
Part numbers come straight from your own parts list, so fewer wrong kits ship and come back.
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More parts through your dealers
When the right part is easy to find, customers buy genuine parts from your dealers instead of looking elsewhere.
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More machine sales
Buyers understand the product, its options and how it fits before they contact you.
AN EXAMPLE · ONE REPAIR, TWO WAYS
A sprayer pump starts losing pressure in the middle of spraying season.
The parts and the people are the same in both versions. What changes is how quickly everyone finds the right information.
Today
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The farmer rings the dealer and describes the problem.
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The dealer searches the PDF parts book, then rings your team to confirm the kit.
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Sometimes the wrong kit ships, and comes back.
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The sprayer sits for days while the spraying window closes.
days idle
With a 3D parts catalogue
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The farmer scans the code on the machine and taps the pump.
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The pump repair kit appears with your part number and where it fits.
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A short guide walks through the repair, drafted from your own manual.
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The order goes to the dealer with the model and serial already filled in.
For you: one less call to your service team, no wrong part shipped back, the sale still goes through your dealer, and a customer back at work sooner.
An illustrative scenario, not a measured result.TRY EACH STEP YOURSELF
The machine from the video,
live in your browser.
A real CNC router with over 500 parts, built from its STEP file and its ERP parts list. We build yours from what you already have: CAD or drawings, the parts list, service notes and photos.
Parts support
See it. Name it.
Help customers and dealers find a component visually, confirm the approved reference and send a useful enquiry.
Find a part on the CNC router
Product knowledge
Show how it fits together.
Use movement, exploded views, measurements and assemblies to make complicated equipment easier to explain.
Separate the CNC router
Service workflow
Walk through the job.
We draft the steps from the manual you already have. Your team checks them, then technicians follow them on the real parts and order what the job needs.
Try the service guideThe CNC router is the open-hardware Evo M by Mekanika (CAD under CERN-OHL-S v2, documentation and parts list under CC BY-SA 4.0, source at github.com/mekanika-dev/evo); not affiliated with or endorsed by Mekanika; prices shown in the demo are samples. The conveyor uses the open-hardware Creator Transfer Chamber CAD (CERN-OHL-P v2). The sprayer pump is a generic model made for illustration, not any maker’s product. The caravan, camper, furniture and board concepts are original Tidalform designs. These are independent studies, not client commissions, manufacturer endorsements or manufacturing specifications.
FROM A WHOLE INSTALLATION TO ONE BEARING
Start at the line.
End at the part.
The same approach scales past one machine. This pass-through conveyor sits in its glazed installation, built from open-hardware CAD. Go from the whole installation down to the pulley assembly, find the bearing and send a reference-ready enquiry.
THE PROCESS IN DETAIL
Your files in.
A checked catalogue out.
Start with the machine or assembly that creates the most explanation. Build the wider range once the first workflow earns its place.
We combine CAD, BOMs, manuals, photography, Blender and AI-assisted tools to produce a checked parts catalogue and service guides. Visual models do not replace engineering or verified fitment data. Once the references are verified, the same data can support photo identification; that is on the roadmap, not a promise.
Map the approved knowledge
We agree the assemblies, references, variants and documents your team is prepared to stand behind.
Build and review the catalogue
You check the geometry, relationships, labels and enquiry output before anything goes live.
Test it with real questions
Use the working page with customers, dealers or your service team, then decide what to extend next.
LOCAL CONNECTION. PRACTICAL DELIVERY.
Talk to the team
doing the work.
Tidalform is an independent studio on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. We turn equipment makers’ CAD, drawings, manuals and parts lists into 3D parts catalogues and service guides. Martin brings three years of daily CAD work in Archicad and CAD Decor together with software delivery, system design and business workflows, so the model, the parts data and the web page are built by the same person.
The approach is practical: understand the machine, agree the service question and build one clear first project before expanding the range.
We come to your workshop, factory or yard anywhere from Noosa to the Gold Coast, to measure, photograph and check the machine in person.
PILOT AND PRICES
Start small.
Keep it useful.
We scope a bounded pilot around one machine and one service or sales question. Product modelling is also available on its own.
One machine, one workflow
- One browser-ready machine or assembly
- Selected components mapped to approved references
- Service steps drafted from your existing manual, checked by your team
- A guided path: parts catalogue, service guide or configurator
- Website embed, plus structured part and procedure data you own, ready for search and AI tools
- One review round and a clear next-step recommendation
We review the source material and problem first, then confirm the scope and price before work starts.
Discuss a pilotA detailed product model
For products supplied through photos, CAD and measurements:
- Checked exterior and interior geometry
- Key materials, details and moving parts
- Web-ready GLB and agreed supporting files
- One structured review round and clear handover
A practical starting point for a machine, assembly or equipment product. Scope, accuracy and destination are confirmed before production.
See a sample package: what you get Discuss your productOTHER PRODUCT WORK
Not a machine?
We also build 3D configurators.
For caravans, ute bodies, surfboards and furniture we build interactive 3D product pages: choose the options, see the moving parts and check the size in AR.
AUSTRALIAN, END TO END
Made in Australia, for Australian makers.
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Based on the Sunshine Coast
Queensland studio, your time zone, real conversations with the person doing the work.
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Kept private
Your CAD and parts lists are used for your project and nothing else, never shared and never used to train AI. Happy to sign your NDA.
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AUD, with GST
Quoted in Australian dollars and invoiced with GST. No currency surprises.
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Built for how you sell
Regional dealers, long distances and machines that stay in service for decades.
LET’S FIND A GOOD FIRST PRODUCT
Which product creates the most questions?
Send us a product link and tell us what your customers and dealers ask about most: finding the right part, fitting it, or choosing options. We’ll shape a clear first project from there.
A few practical questions.
Can you build a model from photographs?
Sometimes. It depends on the product, the available angles and the accuracy required. We assess the source material first; we won’t assume hidden details from a few pictures.
Can you use our existing CAD files?
Yes, that is where we start. We take GLB, FBX, OBJ and STEP, and exports from SketchUp, Rhino and most CAD tools, and prepare them in Blender for the web: lighter files, real materials, and the moving parts set up.
Can you start from our PDF manuals?
Yes. Send the service manual you already have: we draft the step-by-step guides from it, tie each step to the real parts in the model, and your team checks every step before anything goes live.
Who owns the files?
You do. The model, the page files and the renders are yours to use anywhere. The studies of other makers’ products on this page are demonstrations only.
Do you take a cut of our sales?
No. A flat fee per product and optional hosting; nothing per sale.
Does the AR view work on iPhone and Android?
On both, the machine appears at true size in the yard, workshop or showroom, with an outline of the most space it needs when fully open or extended, so you can see at once whether it fits. On Android it can also show its movement.
Do we need to change our website?
No. We host the catalogue and give you one line to embed it, or a link you can use anywhere. Renders and animations can also be used as regular media.
How much does a first product cost?
For a parts catalogue, start with a parts-data check from A$750, credited in full against the catalogue. The catalogue itself is quoted per machine once we’ve seen your files. Product modelling on its own starts at A$1,500. All prices ex GST, confirmed before work starts.