With over 25 years working in the industry, we’ve created hundreds of drawings for many customers. If you use our 2D CAD drafting services, we can bring our wealth of knowledge to your product. How does this help you? There are three main reasons:
- Design best practices and quality are embedded in your drawings from the start
- We can make your product as simple to manufacture as possible
- The simpler your product is to manufacture, the lower your costs will be
We only use Solidworks, the best CAD software available, for your sheet metal drawings
To ensure your manufacturer has all the details required to make your parts, all your drawings will usually include the following information:
- Metal specification, e.g. thickness, material type and grain direction
- Bend radiuses
- Dimensions
- Bend tables
- Custom properties
- Bend direction and fixed face direction
We use weldments to create complex frames and structures using standard or custom profiles. With this method, we can produce detailed material cut lists, saving you hours of operator and machine time in production.
Every component on your drawing can be given a unique ID code, from with a comprehensive bill of materials (BOM) can be created within the assembly, again saving you time and effort. If you have existing drawings, we can import them and convert them to a standard format used by sheet metal manufacturers. If your drawing only exists on the back of an envelope, we can help there too.
A high-quality product drawing is a powerful tool. Not only does it ensure accuracy in manufacture, but it also provides a perfect visualisation of your final assembly. Being able to see your product from all angles enables the rapid development in understanding how it can be built. Also, you'll be able to identify any risk of interference between components. Being able to carry out these assessments at the drawing stage reduces risk to both your money and time before any physical prototypes are made.
Once you have your drawing in place, it can then provide additional information such as exploded views, detailed views, section views, DXF profiles for laser patterning, or other pre-defined views, giving you an all-round sheet metal design solution.