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 Documentation Support
Documentation, drawing updates and control-panel layout assistance only where specifically scoped and within demonstrated competence. No website claim is made for functional-safety design, installation, commissioning, verification or certification.
Technical Documentation
Engineering drawings, production information, revision updates and clear supporting technical content.
Manufacturing Support
In-house FDM prototypes and suitable parts, plus supplier quotations, technical communication and coordination for specialist or low-volume manufacture.
Defined starter service
CAD conversion & drawing pack.
A clearly bounded route for converting supplied sketches, marked-up PDFs, legacy drawings or approved geometry into agreed CAD and drawing outputs.
Suitable inputs
Legible sketch, marked-up PDF, existing drawing, measurements or approved source geometry with the intended output explained.
Typical deliverables
An agreed CAD model or exchange file and/or dimensioned PDF drawing, with file formats and revision stated in the quotation.
Included review
One consolidated comment and revision stage unless the written quotation states a different allowance.
Important exclusions
Conversion does not validate loads, materials, tolerances, standards, regulatory compliance or fitness for purpose unless those checks are expressly included.
Price and turnaround are quoted after reviewing the source information. No fixed public price is claimed until the offer has been tested on real enquiries.
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. In-house FDM work is accepted only where the material, process, geometry and intended use are suitable. Other manufacturing routes are separately assessed and, if agreed, sourced from an independent external supplier; no established supplier network is claimed.