CAD Design Services
Parametric, production-ready 3D models and drawings built around real constraints, fit, tolerances, and how the part will actually be made.
Based in Martinsville, Indiana — serving Indianapolis, Greenwood, Mooresville, Bloomington & Central Indiana, plus remote clients across the U.S.
CAD design turns an idea, a sketch, or a set of requirements into a model that can actually be built. Not a pretty render — a real, dimensioned, manufacturable design.
DCD handles CAD work from Martinsville, Indiana for customers around Indianapolis and Central Indiana, and remotely for clients anywhere in the U.S.
Designed to be made
The difference between a model that looks right and a model that can be produced is the part people underestimate. Wall thickness that a mold or a cutter can handle. Bend radii a press brake can actually hit with the tooling in the shop. Tolerances that are tight where function demands it and loose everywhere else, because every unnecessary tight tolerance costs money. Material choices that match the load, the environment, and the budget.
Designing with manufacturing in mind from the first feature is cheaper than discovering the problem at the quote stage.
Parametric, so it can change
Models are built parametrically, which means the design is driven by dimensions and relationships rather than frozen geometry. Change a thickness or a hole spacing and the model updates, along with the drawings that reference it.
That matters because designs always change. A part that took a week to model and five minutes to revise is worth far more than one that has to be rebuilt every time a requirement moves.
What CAD design covers
Modeling parts and assemblies from sketches, samples, scans, or written requirements. Sheet metal design with correct flat patterns and bend allowances. Assembly modeling to verify fit and clearance before anything is cut. Manufacturing drawings with dimensions, tolerances, notes, and bills of materials. File conversion and cleanup when existing CAD is a mess or came from another system.
What you receive
Native CAD files, neutral formats such as STEP or IGES that any shop can open, dimensioned 2D drawings in PDF or DWG, and DXF cut files for flat parts. Tell me what your shop or vendor needs and the files will arrive in that format.
Starting from almost anything
You do not need a drawing to start. A napkin sketch, a photo of the space a part has to fit into, a broken sample, a description of the problem — any of those is a workable starting point. Most projects begin with a conversation about what the part has to do rather than what it should look like.
Send what you have and I will tell you what I would need to turn it into a real design.
CAD Design projects
Have a cad design project?
Send a part, a sketch, or a scan — I'll tell you how I'd approach it.