CAD Design Services for Engineering and Manufacturing
Good CAD is not just a pretty model — it is a model that can be manufactured, inspected and revised. Innovat3D provides 3D CAD design for products, tooling, fixtures and manufacturing equipment.
Work is carried out with real manufacturing experience behind it, across mainstream CAD and CAM systems, so designs suit the processes that will make them.
Problems this solves
- An idea or sketch with no model to quote or manufacture from
- Legacy 2D drawings with no 3D data
- Designs that are difficult or expensive to manufacture as drawn
- No drawings or documentation for parts already in production
- Design capacity shortfalls during busy periods
Typical applications
- Product and component design
- Tooling, fixture and jig design
- Design for manufacture and design optimisation
- Manufacturing and inspection drawings
- Assembly models and exploded views
- 3D data for visualisation and marketing
Benefits
Manufacturing-aware
Designs shaped by how parts are actually machined, printed and assembled.
Clear documentation
Drawings with sensible datums, tolerances and notes.
Design to delivery
The same team can manufacture what has been designed.
Revision friendly
Models built to be edited later, not rebuilt.
Who we work with
- Manufacturers and engineering companies
- Inventors and product start-ups
- Machine builders and toolmakers
- Education and research organisations
How it works
- 01
Brief
Requirements, constraints, budget and volumes discussed up front.
- 02
Concept
Early 3D concepts to agree direction before detail work begins.
- 03
Detail design
Full 3D CAD with materials and manufacturing method decided.
- 04
Drawings
Manufacturing and inspection drawings where required.
- 05
Manufacture
Optional — prototype or produce the design in-house.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I own the CAD data?
- Ownership and file formats are agreed at the outset, and native or neutral files can be supplied on completion.
- Can you work from a sketch or a photograph?
- Yes. Many projects start from a sketch, a description or a physical sample.
- Which CAD systems do you use?
- Mainstream 3D CAD systems, with data exchanged in neutral formats such as STEP where you use something different.
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Send CAD files, drawings, photographs, dimensions, an existing part or simply a description of the manufacturing problem — whatever you have is enough to start. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Innovat3D supports engineering and manufacturing customers throughout the UK.