Professional Design, 3D Modelling and Drafting Services

[Propforward]

Hello and Greetings.

The model engineering and home fabricator / machinist community is a highly skilled set of people. Many of you have designed tools, engines, fixtures and the like. Plenty of people at home have CAD, some do not.

I offer professional drafting services to industry, and would like to offer this service to the forum. If you were to approach most consulting designers or draftspersons you would find their rates way out of reach for home projects.

However, I have very, very low rates for hobbyists who may want to document things they have done, or want professional drawings made from their sketches, or who maybe need some CAD modelling.

I work in Solidworks, and you can rest assured that you will have full ownership of all drawings and models I make on your behalf.

If you have been considering this, feel free to reach out by private message and we can discuss your needs.

 

[djc]

Given that Solidworks' native file format is highly proprietary, maybe it would be good to discuss or state what is a reasonable expectation of a delivery format which has maximum interchange possiblities for one of your clients, but that does not take you an excessive amount of your time to produce (in other words what is the most economic balance).

 

[Propforward]

I will gladly export files to any format already supported by Solidworks. It is a "save as" to do that. Step (.stp) is the most common. In that situation, the client would still get the native solidworks files as well. The main point I was trying to get across is that the client will own the design, lock stock and barrel. I'm offering inexpensive documentation and drafting services - essentially. Although if someone wants me to engineer something I'll gladly do that, but that is a much more expensive service. PDF's of the drawings will also be included in any project

I will post a list of "cost included" export file formats. Later on - also some simple examples of prior work.

 

[Kevinb71]

Can you give us an idea of what you would need from me/us in the way of information to do a drawing? In my limited experience with drawings it would seem that i would need to give you a drawing so you can do a drawing? Maybe as simple as a sketch on a napkin so to speak!

 

[Propforward]

Gladly! I don't need much. If you have already done any kind of hand sketch in order to visualise it, that will be enough. Simple text descriptions also work. Even photographs of things with main dimensions noted. Once a first pass model and drawings are made, it's then pretty easy for the client to redline those and get it the way they want - for the case of documenting something that has been made. For a design project, a statement of work (sounds grand) - really a description of what is to be achieved is enough to create a from scratch drawing.

I will post some examples over the weekend to better explain.

@Kevinb71 do you have a project you need documented?

 

[Kevinb71]

Not specifically at the moment. It just always seems like i am saying i wish i had a better drawing when i'm in the shop working on something. Please do give us more info on your costs and formats.
Thanks!