2D CAD Conversion

Professional Outsourced 2D CAD Conversion Services

Do you have a professional outsourced team of engineers that can handle your 2D CAD conversion needs? There are so many different reasons why you might need a conversion, but a good outsourced company can handle all of your project’s demands. For the best results, you can trust CAD/CAM Services and our CAD Perfect CAD Conversions®.

Our 2D CAD conversion services can take your existing 3D models, 2D models, paper drawings, or ideas and convert them into professional 2D CAD files.

2D CAD conversions are often overlooked in the world of engineering, but they can be the most important details when it comes to manufacturing. A well-made 2D engineering drawing can save a ton of time and money in the machine shop, too. Not to mention, it makes the whole fabrication process easier from the initial quote to receiving the final product.

What Are 2D CAD Conversion Services?

2D CAD conversion outsourced services involve paying an outside company to generate, convert, and optimize your 2D manufacturing drawings. These services can take your legacy drawings, existing 3D CAD models, parts you have in your warehouse, or ideas in your head and convert them into professional-grade 2D CAD files that you can use for fabrication.

At CAD/CAM Services, we’ve created millions (yes, millions) of 2D CAD files over our 35+ years in business. We specialize in CAD Perfect CAD Conversions®, and we can convert almost anything into a professional 2D CAD file.

Our 2D CAD files are made with design for manufacturing (DFM) best practices in mind. That means lower costs and faster turnaround times when you ultimately have these parts manufactured in a machine shop.

2D CAD files are often the only thing that a machine shop uses to fabricate your parts, so they need to be perfect. It doesn’t matter how good a 3D model looks — if the 2D manufacturing drawing isn’t perfect and optimized, you’ll waste time and money during manufacturing.

At CAD/CAM Services, we take your existing drawings, 3D models, physical parts, or ideas and convert them directly into 2D files on your CAD program of choice. Currently, we have licenses for:

CATIA
SolidWorks
Siemens NX
PTC CREO
Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD
Many exotic and legacy CAD programs

By using your CAD program of choice to make the 2D CAD file, you’ll have more functionality within each file. You can access material information, automatically change the 2D drawing as your 3D model changes, and bring in your own title blocks for cohesion across your drawing library.

Why 2D CAD Conversion Services Matters

As we mentioned, 2D CAD drawings are the most important document for any machine shop when it comes to manufacturing. As a result, 2D CAD files are incredibly important if you plan on fabricating any of your designs.

If you go with an inexperienced or shady outsourced company, a few things will happen: firstly, they’ll waste your time and money by overcommitting and underdelivering. Next, they could steal your intellectual property and share your trade secrets. Finally, they could get aggressive and demand payment when the work isn’t even satisfactory.

At CAD/CAM Services, we refuse to do anything except deliver CAD Perfect® drawings at affordable rates and impressive turnarounds. We’re not here to trick you into a contract then extort you for money, like some of these untrustworthy outsourced CAD companies will do.

When you choose CAD/CAM Services, you’re signing up for high-quality work that you’ll appreciate. We always go the extra mile to ensure every 2D or 3D file is perfect before sending you anything. Our drawings go through internal quality assurance reviews, plus peer reviews from other engineers. Why? To make sure every detail is perfect.

We offer 2D CAD conversion services within your CAD program of choice. We have over 100 engineers and drafters to expedite the project without sacrificing any of the quality.

What Goes into 2D CAD Conversion Services from CAD/CAM Services?

Our 2D CAD conversion services often start with a consultation conversation. This quick chat will cover details about your project, such as the parts you’re looking to convert, how many CAD conversions you need, and your rough timeline.

After that, our engineers will get to work. You simply give us all of the data that needs to be converted, and we’ll take it from there. Whether you need one or one thousand 2D CAD files generated, we’ll handle it.

After each drawing is done, we’ll go through an internal quality check which includes a peer review. These checks will allow us to catch any issues before we send you a drawing, so we’re saving you time by avoiding the back and forth.

Each file will be shared through a DoD-trusted encrypted filesharing platform. This is just another way to keep your data safe and secure, without adding any inconvenience.

Our 2D CAD Conversion Services Include:

2D CAD Modeling
3D to 2D CAD Conversion
2D Scanning and Document Digitization
Mylar to CAD Conversion
Raster to Vector Conversion
CAD Perfect CAD Conversions®
And Much More (Including Custom Services)

More About 2D CAD Conversion Services

Another type of 2D CAD conversion we offer revolves around 2D scanning. If you have old Mylar hand-drawn engineering drawings, we can scan and then digitize every drawing. In addition, we can create every drawing from scratch in your 2D CAD program of choice.

Need 3D models to go along with our 2D CAD files? Not a problem — we can handle it all at CAD/CAM Services.

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With our expert team, you can generate a folder filled with high-quality 2D CAD files. Our 2D CAD conversion services are built with you in mind, and we have a lot of flexibility and room for customization. Reach out to us to get started, and allow our team to start converting your 2D CAD files today.

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Benefits of 2D CAD Conversion Services from CAD/CAM Services

When you choose CAD/CAM Services for your next 2D CAD conversion project, you’ll notice a lot of massive benefits:

Faster turnarounds.

With over 100 engineers and drafters working on staggered shifts, our doors are open and we’re running 24/7. That means much faster turnarounds on every project.

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Exceptional quality.

We take a lot of pride in our quality. We want to be the highest-quality outsourced company in America, and you’ll notice the quality difference when you choose CAD/CAM Services.

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We can handle bigger, more challenging projects.

Our massive talent pool is highly experienced, which allows us to take on massive, challenging projects. No matter how large or difficult your 2D CAD conversion needs are, we’re here to help.

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Our designs will be less expensive and easier to manufacture.

We use Design for Manufacturing (DFM) best practices in each drawing, to cut down on your lead times and costs associated with manufacturing.

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We handle P&IDs and electrical schematics too.

We also have electrical and process engineers on-staff that can handle P&IDs, electrical schematics, process workflow diagrams, and much more.

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FAQ's

CAD Conversion FAQs

What do you need to provide me with an accurate quote?

We need to know source CAD and target CAD software. Since large quantity orders can be discounted by us you can provide us with the number of parts you need to be converted.

If you tell us the desired purpose of the conversion we can offer you some conversion options. We can also convert your files into vendor-neutral file types (.STEP, .STL, etc,).

Please email us even cell phone photos, and the rough size of what you wish scanned and converted sales@cadcam.org.

What do I get?

You get native Cad Perfect™ files with the full-featured model tree (where applicable, since some file types have no trees), and features can be fully parametric. It all depends on your goals. We prefer to not translate any files. Our goal is to deliver to you a file that you do not have to touch. Our work is exactly as if you had reproduced that work in-house.

Which CAD file formats do you work with?

All the CAD file formats are listed on this page but bear in mind that we also work with exotic and legacy CAD systems. After 31 years of providing CAD Services, we have run into almost any CAD file format.

Which CAD systems do you work with?

We support all the modern CAD systems including SolidWorks, Catia, Siemens NX, PTC Creo, Inventor, Revit, AutoCAD, and many others.

I have some weird CAD files from the previous century, can you help me?

Yes, absolutely. We can perform legacy CAD conversions. Just send us some example files, and what CAD system we need to wind up in, and let us design the best solution for you.We have worked with old Computer Vision tapes, Anvil, and many other 1980’s systems.

General CAD Questions

How do I send a sample, in order to get a quote?

Fill out our quote form, attach your files, or simply send us an email. Tell everything about your project, like the model purpose.

For smaller files < 15 MB you can simply email them to us. For something larger, just drop them in any number of drop boxes like Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and others. Or if you would like, just contact us for a private, hardened link.

It is fine to use most any time of compression such as *.zip, *.rar, *.tar, *.7z, *.arc, *.LBR, and even *.iso images.

A direct email is sales@cadcam.org

We also use a hardened OwnCloud web file sharing platform for unlimited file transfers. We provide unique and very private Web Storage Portals, this also supports file syncing for extreme convenience for you. Because so much of our work is DOD or weapons design work, Security – and confidentiality is very important to us.

Will CAD / CAM Services Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

Yes. NDAs are a common part of our business. All data is yours – not ours, and treated as proprietary data and not for public consumption or use. Probably 70% of our work is under NDA agreements. We can generally get these signed within the day.

What is the estimated delivery time?

It depends on the scope of work:

2D drawings – small quantity, normally 48 hours. We have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 4-8 drafters busy full time.
3D models – complexity dependent, but smaller jobs in 2-3 days. Some models we have spent months on. Again, we have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 6-10 3D CAD designers busy full time.

Simple jobs have a lead time of 48 hours. Larger projects are delivered and invoiced weekly.

Did you really own the trademark Cad Perfect™, Cad Perfect CAD Conversions™ and Cad / Cam Services™?

Yes, we did back in 2008. We started using Cad Perfect™ back in the early 1990s because all of our customers wanted only real Cad Perfect™ work. Back then the buzz words were terms like machine ready, or DXF Traceover and others.

The problem is, nobody wanted that. They all wanted drawings and models that they did not have to touch. Everybody wanted drawings just as if they hand redrew the work themselves.

Thus, Cad / Cam Services™ was the first company to start offering ONLY Cad Perfect™ work.

Do you support the PPD-21 Directive?

Yes we do, and have now for several years. In addition, we also support the industry specific plans as well.

Digitizing FAQs

What is the average raster to vector (R2V) 2-D conversion price?

The typical AEC D & E size sheet is $225. There are possible discounts depending on the job size. The more you convert the less you pay. The bulk of the files we produce are for AutoCAD.

Creating models and drawings over scanned analog documents seem so easy – why such a low price?

In order to make an accurate representation, you have to calibrate the original drawing, which may have deformed during its storage period. Non-dimensioned mediums need to be thoroughly calibrated before digitizing.

Parts of scanned data may be lost due to time and other factors. Because it is important to recreate the design intent, we need to recreate lost data.

You ONLY receive Cad Perfect™ files – as if you had drawn these by hand.

Do you support BIM modeling?

Using Revit, yes we do. Think of BIM as an intelligent 3D model of your building. We know exactly where all of the HVAC is, IT cabling, electrical, the cost of doors and windows, when mechanical systems need to be serviced, all the way to a room number with a phone number and IP in that room. In addition to our Ray Tracing technology to support some very life-like photo renderings.

What is DHS – Critical Infrastructure Products

The Department of Homeland Security protocol PPD-21 requirement has deemed that sixteen (16) industries and services are critical to our US Nations security.

These industries require additional security protocols when creating CAD files. CAD / CAM Services follows all of these requirements. Think of industries and info structures such as power, water, along with fourteen (14) other industries. For a full list please see Critical Infrastructure Products.

What is a “Calibrated” Mylar image?

Mylar films can be stored in climate-controlled facilities. However, films get skewed and change sizes over time – ironically not linear. So what changes on one end, does not apply to what is in the middle, or the other end. We have seen ‘J’ size Aerospace Mylars (about 48×180”), vary by a full inch.

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CAD/CAM Services utilizes a proprietary process to make Mylar raster images dead on a 5” or 10” grid. Our process was developed in conjunction with, and approved by Boeing engineers.