Carts, Manufacturing Issues and Constraints

Over the past few weeks, we've been hard at work overhauling the heuristics of manufacturing and purchasability constraints, and we've also revived carts, so customers can now pick up where they left-off quicker than ever.

Manufacturability Issues

Previously, manufacturability issues were only visible inside the model viewer, making them easy to miss. Now, issues are displayed in a dedicated collapsible section alongside the model viewer — separated into errors and warnings — giving you a clear summary without needing to interact with the viewer.

Similarly, we've also improved the language around routing on storefronts. Now, checking out is more contextual, with “Save Quote” being displayed when all parts are purchasable, and “Submit for Review” when manual review is required.

Manufacturing Constraints

Customers can now choose to enforce the original orientation of their uploaded CAD file when a part goes to production.

With this new feature, customers can toggle “Use Original Orientation” to automatically place a constraint on the associated part specification. This constraint instructs nesters to print the part in the orientation of the original CAD file through CAMSPEC.

When a constraint is present on a part, you will now see anywhere that part is visible indicating that a fixed orientation constraint is applied. Similarly, parts will now be oriented in their constraint orientation when displayed through the model viewer.

This feature is opt-in, and only available to Pro and Factory Floor tier manufacturers. It can be enabled through General settings on the manufacturing platform.

Persistent Carts

Your customers' carts are now persistent and tied to their account. When a customer returns to your storefront, their open carts are listed automatically so they can resume exactly where they left off — including all process, material, lead-time, and post-processing selections.

Each cart tracks its full lifecycle from open through to order conversion, so nothing is lost between quoting and checkout. This means fewer abandoned quotes and a smoother path from upload to order for your customers.