Conversions
Personal modelling instructions
Save your modelling preferences once and use them on new conversions, with or without a company.
Last updated 09/11/2026
Personal modelling instructions apply to new conversions you start in personal and company workspaces.
Save your personal instructions
- Open 3D Modeling Instructions and find Personal modelling instructions at the top.
- Enter the modelling instructions you want to reuse, then click Save personal instructions.
- To remove your instructions for future conversions, clear the text box and save.
Which instructions take priority?
- Part brief for the part you are converting.
- Personal modelling instructions from the account starting the conversion.
- Company modelling defaults for the company workspace.
Voluminate combines the applicable instructions into a single brief. When two instructions conflict on the same modelling decision, the brief tells the model to follow the higher-priority instruction for that decision only. All other compatible instructions still apply.
The combined brief has a 2,000-character limit, including headings.
Two examples
Personal instructions override one company default
The company asks for 5 mm corner radii and chamfered hole entrances. Your personal instructions ask for 3 mm corner radii on CNC parts. On a CNC part, the 3 mm instruction takes priority for the corners. The company's chamfer instruction still applies.
The part brief overrides one personal instruction
Your personal instructions say to use the midpoint of the specified tolerance range for CNC dimensions. The part brief says to use the nominal diameter for the main bore. The part brief takes priority for that bore. The tolerance midpoint instruction still applies to other CNC dimensions with specified tolerances.
Preview and review instructions
Before converting, check Instructions for this conversion and expand Combined brief to see the combined text.
On the part page, open Modelling instructions. For the next conversion previews the current instructions. Used for this model shows the saved instructions for the selected model. Expand View exact brief to see or copy the full text. People with access to a shared part can see the saved instructions for its models.
See Company modelling defaults for how company owners and admins set shared defaults.