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CAD Design
From a sketch, a sample, or an idea to a manufacturable model and print.
Need a part designed but don’t have CAD? Send a sketch, a photo, a sample part, or just the requirements, and the team will design it — a clean 3D model and a dimensioned print that you own outright. Design work is quoted up front in 24–48 hours, and when the design is ready, the same team can quote the parts.
Updated June 2026
From sketch to STEP file
Plenty of good parts start as a pencil sketch, a photo with measurements scribbled on it, or a sentence like “it has to bolt to this and clear that.” You don’t need CAD to get a custom part designed — that’s the point of this service. Send whatever you have through the quote form, describe what the part has to do, and the team takes it from there.
What comes back is real engineering documentation: a 3D model (STEP, with native SolidWorks available) and a 2D PDF print with dimensions, tolerances, and material called out. You review it, mark it up, and it gets revised until it’s right — the loop runs on email, not meetings.
Designed to be made, not just drawn
A model can look perfect on screen and still be expensive to turn into a part — sharp internal corners no standard tool can reach, tolerances tighter than the function needs, walls thinner than they have to be. Because this team quotes machined parts every day, those habits are baked out of the designs from the start: standard stock sizes, sensible radii, tolerances only where the part actually earns them.
That overlap matters when it’s time to buy. The print is built to survive contact with a real quote — and you can get that quote from the same people, usually within 24–48 hours, with DFM feedback already accounted for.
Fixtures, jigs, and the unglamorous work
Part design gets the glory, but a lot of this work is tooling: drill jigs, weld and assembly fixtures, alignment aids, go/no-go gauges, test stands. If your crew is improvising with clamps and hope, a fixture designed around your actual parts pays for itself quickly — describe the operation, what gets held, and what keeps going wrong, and the team will design around it and quote getting it made as one job.
You own the files
Every deliverable is yours: the model, the print, the revision history. Take them to any supplier — there’s no lock-in, no license, and no release fee for your own design. When you want the parts quoted here, send the files back through the quote form whenever you’re ready.
Questions
Before you send a job.
01 What do you need to start a design job?
Anything that communicates the part: a sketch with rough dimensions, photos of a sample, the mating parts it has to fit, or a plain-English description of what it does. The more constraints you share — loads, clearances, materials — the fewer revision rounds it takes.
02 Do I own the CAD files?
Yes, completely. The STEP model and PDF print are yours to keep, use, and send to anyone. Nothing is held back and nothing is licensed.
03 What file formats do you deliver?
STEP and PDF as standard. Native SolidWorks (SLDPRT) and DXF for flat parts are available — say what your workflow needs and the deliverables match it.
04 Can you design from a physical sample?
Yes — send the sample and the team will measure and model it. A straight recreation of an existing part is the reverse engineering service; “like this, but better” is a design job. Both end in files you own.
05 How is design work priced?
Quoted per job, up front, like a part: scope, price, and timeline come back within 24–48 hours of sending what you have. No hourly meter running while you wait.
Get Started
Send us your files.
We’ll take it from there.
A quote in 24–48 hours, no minimums. Like the quote, and we’ll make your parts and ship them to you.
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