Digital manufactory: Max CAD

CAD "Max" is a Russian CAD product based on, operating system Astra Linux Special Edition working without emulation tools and. virtualizations The domestic software solution is focused on the needs of industry enterprises industrial. Among them are companies operating in the fields, mechanical engineering instrument making and other advanced areas of industry.

2025: CAD "Max 3.38.0 with Integrated IPS Search

The Digital Manufactory company has released an updated version of its flagship product - the Max CAD computer-aided design system for cable networks and pipeline systems. The updated version makes the design process faster and more convenient. The company announced this on September 26, 2025.

Major changes to version 3.38.0:

API The Application Programming Interface opens up opportunities for integration third-party services and applications. Plug-in development is supported on the following technologies:, .NET 8.0,.NET Framework 4.8 JDK Java 1.8. Customers will be able to create additional modules and plugins that expand the capabilities of Max CAD. Users will be able to adapt the CAD "Max" to their own needs, automating the design process.

The integration solution with IPS Search (Developer of ODO "Intermech") will ensure the transfer of data on the composition of the product and design documentation developed in CAD "Max," allowing you to automate the process of making changes to the design documentation at all stages of the product life cycle. The updated solution is aimed at application in the fields of helicopter construction, railway transport and large players of the defense industry.

Typesetting connectors are an important element of electrical engineering used in the industries automotive industry and design of railway. transport This functionality allows you to configure the dialed connector at the time of design in accordance with the tasks that the designer solves. In this case, the CAD "Max" will automatically select the connector contacts and insulating materials (seals) corresponding to the section of the connected wire, and in the unused contacts - will automatically select the required size of the sealing plug.

The functionality of automatic selection of types of insulating and protective materials (braids, tubes, etc.) for wire bundles and harness segments has been expanded, which significantly reduces labor input and simplifies the work of the designer.

The algorithms for calculating the weight of materials of auxiliary elements (tapes, braids, sealant, etc.) are supplemented taking into account the physical and design features of the materials, which makes it possible to increase the accuracy of calculating the weight of the product as a whole.

The functionality for automatic selection of the cable tags size has been expanded depending on the diameter of the harness segment, as well as the series of material that is acceptable for use.

2022: Transfer of rights to the product "Digital Manufactory"

As representatives of Digital Manufactory JSC clarified to TAdviser, on July 29, 2022, the rights to the Max CAD were transferred to the Digital Manufactory by Aerospace Systems.

2020: Integration with Compass-3D solution

On May 26, 2020, Aerospace Systems announced the development of an integration solution for seamless interaction between the cable network design system and the Max and KOMPAS-3D pipeline systems.

According to the developer, the solution will allow users to access the design to data CAD "Max" directly from the KOMPAS-3D interface to create 3D models a harness, as well as transfer the calculated wire lengths and bundle layout back to the CAD "Max" to form a complete set of design documentation.

"For a comprehensive solution to the problem import substitution , customers do not need individual domestic products, but complex integrated solutions that provide the release and support of design, technological and operational documentation in electronic form as part of a single one. IT infrastructures Following the requirements of the market, we are developing the direction of work with domestic CADPDMPLM manufacturers//systems. In particular, within the framework of the technological partnership with the company ASCON , it is possible to directly exchange data with the 3D CAD KOMPAS-3D system. As of May 2020, an integration solution with a PDM system is being developed. PILOT: PLM Direct integration allows you to eliminate the possibility of error due to human factors, increases the speed and convenience of design, allows you to exchange data from the usual interface of systems, eliminating the unreliable mechanism of use or files paper. Implementation of such integration projects will facilitate and accelerate the transition the Russian industrial of corporations to domestic software digital design, " noted' Dmitry Shevelev, general designer of the Aerospace Systems Design Bureau

"ASKON in the product line does not have solutions for tasks that close the CAD" Max "in the field of cable systems. This is very specific and narrow functionality. We are open to cooperation in terms of creating integration links KOMPAS-3D with other products. With the release of the Aerospace Systems Design Bureau solution, enterprises for which the functionality of the Max CAD is relevant will be able to solve other problems in ASCON products and in KOMPAS-3D in particular, " noted Dmitry Ginda, Head of Marketing at ASCON

2019: Astra Linux Compatibility

On December 24, 2019, Astra Linux and Industrial Technologies Corporation announced the conclusion of an Astra Linux technological partnership with Aerospace Systems Design Bureau and the successful completion of tests for the correct functioning of Max CAD in the Astra Linux operating system environment. According to the test results, the systems were officially recognized as compatible. Testing and subsequent certification of Max Server software and the Max software product were the first steps in the implementation of the cooperation agreement signed earlier by representatives of Astra Linux GC of Companies and Aerospace Systems Design Bureau. The partnership provides for the development of the business direction for the formation, promotion, implementation and maintenance of domestic solutions for the creation of automated secure systems based on operating systems of the Astra Linux family.

According to the company, the main task of CAD Max is to automate the design of cable networks and pipeline systems in the engineering departments of enterprises engaged in the design and manufacture of complex electrical and hydraulic systems and equipment. The implementation of this development allows user enterprises to reduce the number of errors in the design documentation, speed up its development, form an information model of the product containing its electronic structure, characteristics of components and information about the relationships between them. For the first time in such systems, requirements management and change management functions are implemented. One of the most important advantages of using Max CAD, possible thanks to integration with 3D design systems and data management systems, is the transition to end-to-end digital design technology. The Max CAD ensures optimal use of design engineers' working time by fully automating the routine documentation process.

CAD Max allows automating the development of all types and types of diagrams in full compliance with the requirements of the Unified Design Documentation System, industry standards, as well as enterprise standards, automatic generation of lists of elements and design documentation for harnesses and pipelines, the operation of all departments involved in the development of cable networks and pipeline systems in a single information space and the use of a single data model and data synchronization throughout the project, maintain a replenished component database with the ability to set the number and attribute types of database objects support for a full multiplayer online mode that allows you to simultaneously work with one project, a product, sheet to several users, including remotely separated, Export harness data to external 3D CAD and import the harness routing and layout results from 3D CAD, as well as perform process checks and engineering calculations.

Multiplayer mode and work distributed between several sites on a single project in CAD Max were tested and worked out in the format of interaction between design bureau and production at the enterprises of Industrial Technologies Corporation: JSC OKB Aerospace Systems, JSC Promtech-Dubna and JSC Promtech-Ulyanovsk. Thanks to the full compliance with domestic standards for issuing design documentation and the adopted design process, the system proved to be more effective than foreign analogues: it was possible to reduce the labor intensity of scheme development by 30%, to design a set of design documentation for bundles as a whole - by 70%, as well as reduce the statistical number of improvements in the manufacture of bundles by 50%.

In mid-2018, a number of large customers of the aviation, space and engineering industries showed interest in the development. In order to provide industrial enterprises with engineering personnel who own modern tools and design methods, training in CAD "Max" is included in the programs of leading engineering universities: MAI, Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman. The immediate plans include an expansion of the product line: the release of a specialized version of CAD for shipbuilding enterprises, as well as a tool for calculating the reliability and failure safety of complex technical systems.

CAD Max is a the Russian computer-aided design system that not only natively operates on the Astra Linux operating system, but also allows you to integrate engineer workplaces PLMPDM with/-systems, ECAD systems and CAMCAE CAD//-systems. The use of the certified Astra Linux operating system allows you to organize workplaces with increased requirements for information security. told Roman Mylitsyn, Product Director of Astra Linux GC

As of December 2019, the total volume of the Russian engineering software market (CAD/CAE/CAM/PLM systems) is estimated at about 4.5 billion rubles annually. At the same time, the share of domestic software in the total volume of purchases does not exceed 10% (according to the unified information system in the field of procurement). We predict that as the line and capabilities of domestic engineering software expand, the number of products supporting work on Russian OS will also grow. Thus, the risks of switching to Russian OS will decrease and it will be possible to achieve a real economic effect without losing productivity during import substitution at industrial enterprises. CAD "Max" - CAD compatible with Astra Linux OS. We have opportunities for mutual promotion at industrial enterprises that solve the problem of import substitution. told Dmitry Shevelev, general designer of the Aerospace Systems Design Bureau