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CAD Design & Technical Modelling
A part is only as good as the file behind it. Parametric CAD, dimensioned drawings, and exports a manufacturer can quote against without ringing you back with questions.
CAD Design & Technical Modelling
Got a part to make and no drawings, or drawings nobody can manufacture from?
Problem
Got a part to make and no drawings, or drawings nobody can manufacture from?
Solution
Parametric CAD from a sketch, a measurement or a broken original. Dimensioned drawings, watertight STLs for printing, and files a manufacturer can actually quote against.
What you actually get
Parametric models, not fixed shapes
Dimensions are driven by parameters, so changing a bore or a wall thickness updates the model rather than starting it again. That matters on revision three, which there always is.
Files your supplier can use
STEP for machining and injection moulding, STL for printing, DXF for laser and waterjet, and dimensioned drawings with tolerances for anyone quoting the job.
Reverse engineering
A broken original, a part nobody makes any more, or something measured with callipers turned into a clean model you own the file for.
Design for how it gets made
Draft angles, wall thickness, overhangs, tolerances and fits, considered for the process actually being used. Most manufacturing problems are file problems.
How it works
Same principles, whatever the job.
- 01
Establish the constraints
What it mates with, what it has to withstand, what it is made from and how it is being manufactured. These decide the model before any geometry gets drawn.
- 02
Model and review
You see it on screen with dimensions marked before anything is committed. Where it helps, a printed test part checks fit in the real world for the cost of an afternoon.
- 03
Package the files
The exports your process needs, drawings included, plus the source file so you are never dependent on me to make the next change.
Questions
Yes, that is common. Measured with callipers, modelled parametrically, then a test print to confirm fit before anything goes to manufacture.
STEP for machining and moulding, STL for 3D printing, DXF for flat cutting. If you are not sure, tell me who is making it and I will send what they need. Suppliers rarely ask twice for a well-packaged set.
Yes. Source file, exports and drawings, all yours. You are not locked into me for the next revision, which is the point.
That is most of the value. Wall thickness, part count, draft angles, whether it can be printed instead of tooled at your volume. Design decisions set the unit cost long before anyone quotes you.
Yes, in-house, which shortens the loop considerably. Model, print, check the fit, adjust, print again, all inside a day rather than a week of postage.
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