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Sohbi Craft Poland (SCPL), a part of the Sohbi Group, is a global manufacturer specializing in precision metal components and industrial automation. Operating across Poland, Japan, and the Philippines, the company supports complex production needs for global OEMs.
In 2023, SCPL’s production engineering team was under pressure to innovate fast. They needed agile design tools to keep up with increasingly customized production lines and growing global demand. Enter: Shapr3D.
The first milestone came when Marcin, an experienced production engineer with no prior CAD experience, used Shapr3D to design, simulate, and implement a complete production line in under four months—all without relying on CAD specialists or external resources. He modeled while traveling between sites in Poland, Japan, and the Philippines, using Shapr3D to communicate ideas clearly and visually to stakeholders.
His success proved something big: when CAD is accessible, innovation happens faster.
“I didn’t need training or help. I just opened the app, started modeling, and showed my ideas to people who immediately understood them,” Marcin explains.
That early win planted the seed for a much larger transformation.
What began as a single-user solution has since become a company-wide shift in how SCPL designs, collaborates, and trains. Today, Shapr3D is used daily by engineers, robot programmers, and technicians, many of whom had never used a CAD tool before.
“Most of the guys didn’t have much prior knowledge of CAD. They just started using it right away,” says Marcin. “Even people who hated CAD in school found Shapr3D easy and even fun to use.”
Jakub and Szymon, industrial robot programmers, now design and optimize robot grippers using Shapr3D. They test ideas visually, speed up integration with production lines, and reduce downtime by iterating on the fly.
“Each product needs custom grippers. With Shapr3D, we design, test, and correct them ourselves. What used to take up to 20 hours now takes just 2–5,” says Szymon.
Grzegorz, another team engineer, collaborates with customers using Shapr3D to deliver production simulations, helping SCPL unlock €24,000 in simulation-based revenue in 2024 alone.
Arkadiusz, the Production Engineering Manager, oversees the entire team and credits Shapr3D with enabling more independent, confident work across the board.
As Shapr3D adoption spread, the benefits multiplied:
“We used to draw everything by hand. Now, we can see it in glorious 3D. It really changes how people collaborate.”
SCPL’s production line development involves Sales, Production Engineering (PE), Design, QA, and Logistics teams. Here’s how Shapr3D fits into the workflow:
With Shapr3D at the core of its production toolkit, Sohbi Craft Poland is improving not just how it works but also who gets to create.
“The ability to create your own models quickly and efficiently—that’s the first step toward real digital transformation,” says Marcin.
Whether designing grippers, simulating new lines, or training the next wave of engineers, SCPL is proving that when design is accessible, progress becomes exponential.