Methods and systems for ordering expedited production or supply of designed products

A method of use for matching a computer-aided design (CAD) model with at least one supplier, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a computer-aided design (CAD) file from a user, wherein the CAD file is representative of a structure to be fabricated;
• receiving, using a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of user inputted preferences for manufacture of the structure to be fabricated, wherein the plurality of user inputted preferences includes at least a lead time and at least a quantity to be manufactured;
• receiving, at the computing device, an attribute data associated with a plurality of suppliers;
• determining, at the computing device, a plurality of manufacturing requirements associated with the CAD model, wherein determining the plurality of manufacturing requirements includes:
• causing an interrogator operating on the computer system to parse a software model of the structure to be manufactured, wherein parsing the software model comprises:
• identifying a discrete shape from the software model as a function of computer assisted design (CAD) commands associated with the software model;
• wherein identifying the discrete shape comprises calculating, from a plurality of points on the software model, a position of a point of the plurality of points in a three-dimensional space;
• determining a manufacturing requirement for the product to be manufactured as a function of the identified shape, wherein the manufacturing requirement comprises CAD data and user data, the manufacturing requirement further comprising a number of manufacturing process steps;
• determining a second manufacturing requirement from the plurality of user-inputted preferences;
• comparing, at the computing device, the attribute data to the first manufacturing requirement associated with the CAD model and the pricing requirement associated with the CAD model;
• determining, at the computing device, a best supplier of the plurality of suppliers as a function of the comparison of the attribute data to the first manufacturing requirement and the comparison of the attribute data to the pricing requirement;
• and
• populating at least a portion of the GUI with information related to the selected supplier according to the user inputted preferences.