2D CAD & Drawings
Manufacturing drawings, fabrication drawings, drawing conversion, legacy updates, detail drawings and controlled revisions.
Flexible additional engineering capacity
Support when your engineering team is busy.
SOLIDSTEAD provides defined CAD, design and documentation support for manufacturers, machine builders, fabricators, automation companies, engineering firms and product startups.
A flexible addition to your team
Extra capacity without replacing internal knowledge.
Use SOLIDSTEAD for small jobs that are difficult to prioritise, short-term peaks in workload, drawing backlogs, prototype tasks or a clearly defined one-off design package.
Defined CAD job+Agreed deliverables+Clear review stages
Work is scoped around the requirement rather than an open-ended consultancy arrangement.
Business capabilities
CAD, engineering and manufacturing support.
3D CAD & Mechanical Design
Components, assemblies, mechanical arrangements, product design, concept development and design revisions.
DFM & Prototypes
Manufacturing preparation, process-aware design review, prototype development and design refinement.
Electrical Design Support
Control-panel design support, electrical documentation and related engineering assistance where within scope and competence.
Technical Documentation
Engineering drawings, production information, revision updates and clear supporting technical content.
Manufacturing Support
Supplier quotations, technical communication, process coordination and externally fulfilled prototype or low-volume manufacture.
Where we fit
Useful support for work that needs moving forward.
Drawing backlog
Convert marked-up, legacy or incomplete information into updated controlled drawings.
Small CAD jobs
Complete defined tasks that are important but repeatedly displaced by larger internal priorities.
Prototype work
Develop or revise CAD for prototypes, trials, fixtures and early product-development stages.
One-off design
Deliver a defined component, assembly or drawing package without adding permanent resource.
Short-term overflow
Add capacity during workload peaks, staff absence or project deadlines.
Manufacturing coordination
Prepare production data and manage agreed technical questions with suitable external suppliers.
Working route
Clear input, scope, review and delivery.
1
Requirement
Share the task, standards, existing data and required output.
2
Scope
Agree responsibilities, assumptions, deliverables and interfaces.
3
CAD / Design
Complete the defined work using the supplied and agreed information.
4
Review
Resolve comments and complete the included revision stage.
5
Delivery
Issue the agreed files or proceed to manufacturing support where included.
Professional boundaries
Scope and competence remain explicit.
Regulated, safety-critical or specialist work is accepted only where the required competence, standards, validation, traceability and insurance can be satisfied. Manufacturing is coordinated through selected external partners rather than represented as in-house machinery ownership.