3D Design & Engineering
From the Heart of NYC

3D printing allows the designer a greater degree of flexibility when it comes to evaluating their design. Because of the relatively rapid turnaround time a designer can iterate through designs at a faster pace than would otherwise be possible through more traditional methods. Being able to interact and handle your part in the real world greatly increases its potential for success.

This depends what stage your project is on as well as the complexity of the scope of your project. In our experience design projects can take as little as a few days and as long as several months to a year. It all comes down to the scale of what you are trying to do and the requirements for the final design.

3D printing is available in a few different technologies. The most common ones used today are FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), SLA (Stereolithography), and SLS (Selective Laser Sintering). Each of these technologies has its pros and cons so understanding your design is crucial in choosing which technology to use.

We do all our CAD designing in Solidworks. We use a few other programs in order to do certain tasks as well if we find that Solidworks is not able to accomplish what we need.

A prototype refers to a preliminary physical representation of a design. In general, your design either starts on paper or in CAD software. Once a design has reached a point of testing viability it can be made through a variety of different processes. Some of the most common ones are, 3D Printing, CNC Machining, and Casting.

We generally provide all the design files associated with your project that we have used in throughout the design phase. If there is something specific that is required, we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

CAD stands for Computer Aided Design. This refers to a variety of different software packages available to designers, where they can create 3D models of their designs.