Extended Reality (XR) has proven effective in reducing cognitive load, enhancing spatial perception, and improving decision-making within mechanical engineering environments. However, hardware and software limitations have slowed its widespread adoption in industrial manufacturing. In particular, there is a notable gap in enabling non-programming stakeholders to create immersive, process-oriented experiences from CAD models for use in design meetings. Futhermore, the cost of traditional XR development workflows is proving prohibitive with respect to industry-wide implementation. This paper details the design, implementation, and evaluation of a no-code workflow that enables the creation of Virtual Reality (VR) experiences from CAD models for early-stage design reviews. Although developed to meet the rigorous requirements of equipment design engineering, the underlying philosophy is adaptable to other manufacturing domains working with CAD data. By integrating an enterprise-grade CAD-to-mesh translation tool with a freely available, cross-platform XR Software Development Kit, we have developed a reusable VR software container that allows CAD models to be imported without any programming expertise. Documented no-code instructions and pre-programmed XR components simplify the creation of VR-based Equipment Design Review (VR-EDR) experiences. Our research demonstrates that transforming industrial equipment design reviews using XR is feasible and efficient when supported by a container-based software solution and context-specific no-code guidelines, as validated through continuous qualitative assessments.