Peter Brinkhuis
Owner at Businessclub Jong Gedaan
Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
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Top SchoolPeter Brinkhuis is a mechanical engineer-turned-software entrepreneur who founded CAD Booster to automate repetitive SOLIDWORKS tasks and double drawing speed with tools like Drew. Based in Enschede, he combines nine years of hands-on product engineering with practical software development to build intuitive, one-click workflows and a performant Fastener Models alternative to Toolbox. He also founded Spotlight, a community-focused coworking space, showing his knack for turning technical problem-solving into people-centered businesses. Peter’s background in mechatronics and medical device design gives him a strong systems-thinking approach, and he’s an official SOLIDWORKS partner who publishes practical guidance like an ebook on performance.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Automation, Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Automation at Universiteit TwenteBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering at Saxion Hogescholen
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (64)
filesystem10
autocad10
dxf10
windows10
testing10
dotnet10
solidworks10
obfuscation10
google-chrome-extension10
fs10
mocks10
tdd10
powertoys10
cad10
solidworks-api10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CAD-Booster/SolidDNA
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Simplifies building SOLIDWORKS add-ins
Contributions:3 releases, 147 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 8 months
solidworksaddinscadsolidworks-apisolidworksapi
CAD-Booster/airtable.net.signed
Feb 2023 - Dec 2025
Contributions:15 pushes, 2 branches, 3 tags in 2 years 9 months
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