Engineer hours limit revenue
The team cannot take on more projects without adding engineer hours.
Design shops and consultants
Take on more client projects with the same team.
Your engineers direct the work. Flux does the schematic, layout, and checks.
Your problems
Many client file types
Clients send files in Altium, KiCad, Eagle, OrCAD, and STEP.
Different client rules
Every client has different rules and manufacturers.
Design shops
What design shops need from Flux.
More client projects with the same team.
One AI engineer does the schematic, the layout, the mechanical parts, the harness and the firmware. Your engineers direct and review.
Any file a client sends.
Import Altium, OrCAD, Xpedition, CADSTAR, Eagle, Fusion Electronics, and KiCad projects, and STEP files. Hand back the formats the client uses.
Each client's rules.
Flux learns the rules of each client, and follows them on that client's projects.
Fixed-price work that stays profitable.
A team of AI engineers works in parallel, so a project takes fewer engineer hours.
Fewer respins to explain to a client.
Flux runs simulation, design rule and datasheet checks before you send the design.
Clients in the project.
Clients, partners and your AI engineers work in one live project, with every change recorded.
End to end
A single AI agent for the entire product.
Flux handles these diverse requirements within a single project. One AI agent drives development from initial specs to final manufacturing files. Your hardware engineers review each phase.
Product requirements
Begin with a written brief, a basic block diagram, or a formal requirements document.
Components and schematics
Flux selects available components and drafts the initial schematic.
PCB layout
Flux routes and places the PCB according to your shop's layout rules and vendor limits.
Wiring harness and mechanicals
Flux creates the internal wiring harness, protective enclosure, and physical mounts around actual PCBs.
Device firmware
Flux develops and evaluates firmware specifically for the newly designed board.
Verification and export files
Flux performs rule checks and simulation after any modification. It subsequently generates the bill of materials, STEP, IPC-2581, ODB++, and Gerber.
Proof
“Flux does not have an upper limit. It gets better every time, makes it easier with every version and not just more precise but also with checks and verifications.”
Dr. Juergen Kienhoefer, AIRcable
Model-agnostic AI
The AI models you trust. Built for engineering.
We connect top AI models to an agent system designed for CAD and EDA. The models provide reasoning. Flux supplies the engineering tools, project details, and workflows required to convert that reasoning into physical hardware.
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Google Gemini
- More as they ship
Frontier performance at a 30% lower cost.
Adaptive divides engineering jobs into tasks. It assigns each task to the most cost-effective model. Difficult design choices route to advanced models. Simple chores go to fast, inexpensive models. Independent tasks run in parallel to finish devices sooner. Your engineers interact with a single AI engineer. Flux manages all delegation in the background.
Frontier AI models
- Reasoning
- Planning
- Language
Flux engineering harness
- CAD and EDA tools
- Project context
- Simulation
- Design rules
Working hardware
- Schematics
- Boards
- Enclosures
- Firmware
- Fab files
- Product videos
All top models in one place
Access the advanced models your engineers already use through Flux.
Equipped for engineering tasks
Each model receives Flux's specialized engineering tools, project context, and workflows.
Get updates without migrating
Your engineers receive new models without changing their primary engineering software.
Avoid single-vendor lock-in
Prevent your design shop from relying on a single model provider for engineering bandwidth.
A matching model for each step
Adaptive pairs every design phase with the ideal model. This covers complex engineering decisions and basic verification.
Kernel-agnostic CAD
Constructs each part using the ideal CAD kernel.
Standard CAD tools restrict you to a single geometry kernel. This passes limitations to every part. Flux operates independently of specific kernels, just as it is model agnostic. The AI engineer selects the proper kernel for a part. It changes kernels if a feature fails to build. Then it combines all parts into a unified model.
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OpenCascade
Precise geometry that CAM software and CAD tools interpret without errors. This works well for machined components and complex assemblies.
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SMLib
Flowing, curvature-continuous surfaces designed for hand-held and consumer goods.
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Parasolid On request
The engine powering SolidWorks, NX, Solid Edge, and Onshape. This enables native-quality file transfers with these programs.
Verify surface quality visually. Use zebra stripes, curvature maps, and curvature combs. They prove surfaces are smooth before parts reach tooling.
Verification lab
Runs simulations and checks its own work before manufacturing.
Flux does more than generate files. The AI engineer verifies its output using professional-grade solvers. It then displays the final results to your team.
Simulating circuits
The AI engineer runs SPICE simulation to analyze your mixed-signal, power, and analog designs.
Electromagnetic verification
Full-wave analysis of the completed PCB layout. This covers impedance, S-parameters, crosstalk, and antenna performance.
Thermal modeling
Airflow and heat analysis for PCBs and enclosures prior to physical manufacturing.
Fluid dynamics
Airflow and cooling evaluation for the enclosure. This verifies that fans, vents, and heat sinks function before building a prototype.
Mechanical stress testing
Finite-element stress analysis evaluating your mounts, structural brackets, and enclosures.
Design rule checks
Manufacturing and electrical rule verification applied to all schematics and PCBs.
Component datasheet checks
Scans each component datasheet. It verifies your project against its limits, ratings, and pinouts.
Orchestration
A single request creates a team of AI engineers.
Give a full product brief to Flux. The primary AI engineer divides it into smaller workstreams. It launches parallel threads across multiple projects, oversees progress, and delivers results.
Concurrent threads
Every workstream operates inside a dedicated agent thread. The enclosure, main board, and daughterboards develop simultaneously.
Spanning multiple projects
The primary engineer initiates tasks in separate projects. It monitors everything from a central location.
Automated management
The system tracks all active threads. It redirects tasks that ignore the brief and gathers the finished work.
You maintain control
Modifications that alter board dimensions or shift interfaces require your explicit approval.
Designing a product with three daughterboards
Flux creates a brief for every board. This includes connectors, mounting holes, board outlines, and mating enclosure openings. Each PCB receives a dedicated project and a separate AI engineer. All three progress in parallel. Flux inserts the completed boards into the primary assembly. It then measures physical clearances and connector alignment in millimeters.
Collaboration
Consultants, clients, and AI engineers sharing one live project.
Flux operates entirely in the browser. All participants access the identical project and view the live design. Everyone edits simultaneously without sending files back and forth.
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Collaborate and edit in real time.
Human engineers, clients, and AI agents share a project simultaneously. You can observe active users and their current selections.
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All changes are recorded.
Flux logs every modification, the author, and the timestamp. You can load any previous version or save it as a new project.
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A unified workspace for your consultancy.
Your consultancy stores parts, projects, and design guidelines together. You can grant view, edit, or comment permissions to your entire staff.
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Collaborate with clients, contractors, and suppliers.
Send an email invitation for a specific project. Give guests view, edit, or comment permissions. They only see that specific project, not your internal workspace.
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Review directly on the design.
Leave comments inside the project and @mention colleagues. The conversation stays with the design.
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Test concepts without risking data.
Duplicate a project to test a concept. The original design remains unchanged.
Customizable
Adopts your consultancy's rules and applies them to all projects.
Design shops have unique hardware development methods. Provide Flux with your standards and link your existing software. The platform will create the custom apps required for each client project.
Consultancy knowledge
Treat Flux like a new hire. Document your preferred components, design standards, and historical lessons. Every AI agent in your firm will use them on every project.
Custom design rules
Specify manufacturer constraints and internal layout guidelines. Flux evaluates all future designs using these exact parameters.
Integrate your existing tools
Link an MCP server or provide access to a web API. Upload firmware to a repository, review field crash reports, or run proprietary tools your firm developed.
API keys remain secure
Administrators input API credentials for the entire consultancy. The AI agent utilizes them without viewing the actual strings. Flux attaches credentials exclusively to your approved external services.
Dynamic project pages
Request a custom tool, and Flux generates a live interface inside the project. This could be a tracking checklist, an interactive 3D assembly, or a power budget that updates dynamically.
Use Flux inside other AI tools
Access Flux via Cursor or compatible general AI agents. Your external agents can modify Flux projects and delegate tasks to the native AI engineer.
Integrates with services your team currently uses.
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Onshape -
Autodesk Fusion -
PTC Windchill - Siemens Teamcenter
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Duro -
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GitLab -
Memfault -
Golioth -
Particle -
Nordic nRF Cloud -
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NI SystemLink -
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Octopart -
SiliconExpert
Sourcing
Selects available parts at current market prices.
Flux links directly to leading mechanical and electronics distributors. The AI agent selects available standoffs, screws, connectors, and chips. It evaluates pricing across vendors and swaps out end-of-life components before starting production.
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JLCMC
Manufacturing
Retrieves fabricator quotes during design updates.
Flux pulls direct quotes from fabricators for circuit boards and assembly, wiring harnesses, casting, injection molding, laser cutting, sheet metal, CNC machining, and metal or plastic 3D printing. The AI agent evaluates lead times and costs. It verifies files against vendor requirements and updates pricing as designs evolve.
Circuit boards and assembly
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PCBWay -
OSH Park -
AISLER
Mechanical parts
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Craftcloud - JLC 3D printing
- PCBWay 3D printing
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SendCutSend
Cables and wiring harnesses
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MiniProto
Interoperability
Integrates with your firm's current EDA and CAD software.
Import existing client files from your current software. Instruct Flux to modify designs using plain English. You can export files whenever necessary.
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KiCad - PADS, Xpedition, and NX
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CATIA - Creo
- Onshape
Modifies the STEP files your shop currently holds.
The request, as typed in Flux
“The holder must cover a much taller power supply. Make the bent side flange 40 mm deeper. Keep the 4.4 mm hole in the flange where it is. Then cut five 5 x 30 mm vertical vent slots in the new part of the flange, 15 mm apart and centered on the flange width.”
Import current client work
Upload 3D models, component libraries, and full projects. Placement, parts, and schematics transfer across, along with routing data from most formats.
Continue editing with AI
Imported files are instantly ready for modification. Request changes like "make the enclosure tighter" or "move the USB cutout 3 cm left", and Flux executes the command.
Export files for manufacturing
Flux provides the exact files a manufacturer requires. This includes pick-and-place, bill of materials, IPC-2581, ODB++, and Gerber for PCBs. It exports 3MF, STL, or STEP for mechanical components.
All supported formats
- Complete projects
- Flux imports complete projects from Altium, Cadence OrCAD and Allegro, KiCad, Siemens PADS and Xpedition, Zuken CADSTAR, Eagle, Fusion Electronics, EasyEDA, DipTrace (XML export), and SOLIDWORKS PCB. Schematics, parts, connections, board outlines, and placement come across. Flux imports Labcenter Proteus SDF netlists with Specctra board exports. IPC-2581 revision B and C files become board projects with reusable footprint parts.
- Part libraries
- Altium, OrCAD, PADS, KiCad, Eagle, Fusion Electronics, EasyEDA, and DipTrace libraries, Allegro footprints, and JEP30 part models become Flux parts.
- Mechanical files
- STEP, STL, OBJ, 3MF, and glTF models, plus DXF board outlines.
- Handoff to manufacturing and electronics tools
- Gerber, ODB++, IPC-2581, IPC-D-356 test netlists, bill of materials, pick-and-place, EDIF netlists, GenCAD, and KiCad board files.
- Handoff to mechanical design
- The full board and its parts as STEP, compressed STEP, BREP, VRML, glTF, and STL models, plus DXF layer drawings. Enclosures and brackets that Flux designs export as STEP, STL, and 3MF, ready for your mechanical tools or a 3D printer.
Your client designs remain private.
- SOC 2-aligned cloud architecture
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Access control per project
- Your firm retains all IP for inputs and outputs
- Zero model training on customer data
Enterprise adoption
We support your team in using AI.
Flux partners with design consultancies to deploy AI on actual client programs. Your team receives direct support from our internal engineers.
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Find high-value applications
We determine where AI tools save your consultants time, spanning full device creation to basic part research.
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Connect your existing workflows
We link Flux with the processes, design rules, and component libraries your shop currently uses.
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Establish repeatable processes
We assist in building AI engineering workflows that your consultants can apply to every new client project.
Questions
Imports client projects from Altium, KiCad, Eagle, Fusion Electronics, and OrCAD, and mechanical files as STEP.
Layout rules and manufacturer limits for each client.
Several client projects move at the same time.
Take on more client projects with the same team.
Provide your consultancy with the AI capacity and tools to deliver what once required a massive organization.