Computer Aided Design
Detailed development of your product idea to confirm overall design direction before commencing expensive prototyping.
Using industry standard CAD software, your idea will be developed in 3D . The resulting model can be viewed from all angles for review and potential iterative improvement.
What it will do for you? – Develop your concept into a virtual model that is viable to produce, appealing to users and ready for prototyping.
The CAD model can be manipulated so that mechanisms can be simulated, component clashes found and designs optimised before prototyping. Different materials and finishes can be simulated through rendering to give a photorealistic image of how the product is likely to look in production.
One of the Benefits of CAD is to Draw to Scale. The advantages of CAD include: the ability to produce very accurate designs; drawings can be created in 2D or 3D and rotated; other computer programmes can be linked to the design software.
This means that, once the CAD model is built, it can be used for multiple other key elements of the development process including: patent drawings; photorealistic rendering; 3D printing machines for making prototype parts and later, the model can be used for the design of production tooling.
Once complete, prototyping is the next step in bringing your idea to life.
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