--- title: Automate CAD file conversion and optimization. | daily.dev description: A walkthrough demonstrates how to automate CAD file conversion and optimization for Unity using an event-driven pipeline. It covers creating a pipeline from a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/automate-cad-file-conversion-and-optimization--pn4v8hmtw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Automate CAD file conversion and optimization. | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough demonstrates how to automate CAD file conversion and optimization for Unity using an event-driven pipeline. 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It covers creating a pipeline from a template, testing it manually on a CAD asset, setting up an event-based trigger for when an asset version is submitted, and letting the system automatically convert and optimize new 3D files in the background, removing manual conversion work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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