Send your models — whatever shape they're in.
We don't need a clean asset library to start. CAD, STEP, IGES, a folder of photos, or a walk-through video of the machine — we work with what already exists on your drive.
Send files through our intake form, or just drop a link to wherever they already live — no special export required.
Within 2 business days you get a short readout: what's ready to build from as-is, what needs cleanup, and what (if anything) we'd need to model from reference.
You get a fixed quote and delivery date before any optimisation work (step 02) begins.
What actually happens when your files arrive
Day one: triage
Your assembly goes through an import check before anything else. We confirm the structure survived the export, that no sub-assemblies are missing, and that the scale is right. That report comes back to you within a couple of days, and it is the point at which a problem costs a re-export rather than three weeks of rework.
Nothing to prepare
Send the files as your engineers hold them. Simplifying CAD for a different purpose — an FEA mesh, a drawing set — usually strips exactly the surfaces a buyer looks at, so we would rather start from the production assembly and make those decisions ourselves.
How to send them
Whatever suits: a link to your own file server, a transfer service, or a drive in the post if the assemblies are very large. We sign an NDA before anything moves if that is how your company works, and we do not need your drawings, your costings or your supplier list — only the geometry.
What comes back with the quote
A fixed price, a machine-by-machine schedule, and a note on anything in the CAD that constrains what is possible. If an assembly arrived fused and cannot be opened, you learn that before signing.
Common questions
What CAD formats do you accept?
STEP (AP242 or AP214) is the most reliable. We also work from native SolidWorks, Inventor, CATIA, NX, Creo and Parasolid. What matters more than format is that the assembly structure is preserved rather than fused into a single solid.
Do we need to clean up the CAD first?
No. Send it as it is. Deciding what to remove is the skilled part of the work, and a simplification done for another purpose typically removes the surfaces that matter most visually.
How large can the files be?
There is no practical limit. Production assemblies of several gigabytes are normal. Use your own file server or a transfer service.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes, before any files move. We only need geometry — not drawings, costings, supplier information or anything commercially sensitive beyond the shape of the machine.
How quickly do we hear back?
A triage report and a fixed price within a few working days of the files arriving.
That's fine too. Tell us the make, model and what you need it to do — we can model from spec sheets, reference photos, or a short site visit.