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CAD/CAM Services for Aerospace and Defense

More engineering capacity. Better technical data. Support for your next program.

Aerospace and defense programs face complex engineering tasks. Teams must meet strict requirements for quality, delivery and technical data.

CAD/CAM Services provides CAD and engineering support for aerospace, defense and other industries. Our team can help you develop new designs, update existing models, recover legacy data and prepare engineering documents for manufacturing.

- Add engineering capacity to your team.

- Improve access to usable engineering data.

- Support your design, sustainment and manufacturing goals.

Explore Our Services

Discuss Your Project

Why Work with CAD/CAM Services?

CAD/CAM Services has provided CAD and engineering services since 1988. Our team supports customers who need engineering resources for new projects and existing products.

  • More than 100 engineers and drafters to support your project needs.
  • Experience since 1988 in CAD and engineering services.
  • 24/7 operations to support projects with demanding schedules.
  • Support for major CAD platforms, including CATIA, Siemens NX, PTC Creo and SolidWorks.
  • 2D drawings, 3D models and engineering documents for design and manufacturing work.
  • Peer reviews and quality checks to help identify errors in engineering deliverables.

Our team can work with your engineers to define the scope, required outputs and delivery schedule.

Engineering Support for Aerospace and Defense

Your team may need extra resources for a new design, a complex assembly or a large drawing package. You may also need help to update an existing product.

CAD/CAM Services can support these tasks with CAD and engineering services.

CAD Design and Drafting

We create and update engineering data for new and existing products.

Our services include:

  • 2D drafting and drawing updates
  • 3D CAD models and complex assemblies
  • CAD conversion and migration
  • Engineering drawings and technical documents
  • Support for CATIA, Siemens NX, PTC Creo and SolidWorks

Use our team to support your engineers when project work exceeds your available resources.

Engineering Analysis and Design Support

Design teams must check that parts and assemblies meet project requirements. CAD/CAM Services can provide engineering support for selected design and analysis tasks.

Our services include:

  • Engineering simulations
  • Tolerance analysis
  • Design for manufacturing and assembly
  • CAD model updates
  • Engineering data preparation

Define the required analysis, input data and expected results before work starts. Our team can then review the project scope with you.

Engineering and R&D Leaders

Add CAD and drafting capacity when your team has more work than it can complete with its current resources.

Support design work without losing focus on your core engineering tasks.

Program and Project Managers

Define a clear scope, schedule and list of deliverables for external engineering support.

Discuss your project needs with an experienced CAD services team.

Sustainment and MRO Leaders

Recover data from existing parts and update legacy engineering files.

Support maintenance and modernization with usable digital data.

Procurement and Quality Teams

Review supplier capabilities, quality credentials and project data controls.

Confirm the requirements that apply to your program before work starts.

Manufacturing and Digital Engineering Leaders

Prepare drawings, models and technical data for production and digital workflows.

Improve the flow of engineering data from design to manufacturing.

Reverse Engineering and Legacy Equipment

Recover Data from Existing Parts

Many aerospace and defense programs use equipment that has been in service for years. Original CAD files may be missing. Drawings may also be out of date or difficult to use.

CAD/CAM Services can help you recover and update engineering data.

Our services include:

  • 3D scanning of physical parts
  • Reverse engineering of existing components
  • Creation of 3D CAD models from scan data
  • Conversion of legacy drawings
  • Updates to existing engineering models
  • Technical data for repair, replacement and modernization work

These services can help your team create usable digital data from physical parts and older technical records.

Support for Sustainment and MRO

Sustainment teams must keep equipment in service. Maintenance, repair and overhaul teams also need accurate data for their work.

We can review your existing parts, drawings and CAD files. We can then define the required digital outputs with your team.

Turn legacy engineering data into usable digital files.

Tell us what data you have, what you need to create and how you plan to use the results.

Engineering Data for Manufacturing

Prepare Designs for Production

Manufacturing teams need clear drawings and accurate product data. They also need engineering outputs that support production processes.

CAD/CAM Services can help prepare and update engineering data for manufacturing.

Our services include:

  • Manufacturing drawings
  • 3D CAD models and assemblies
  • Design for manufacturing and assembly
  • CAD data conversion
  • Model-Based Definition and Product Manufacturing Information support
  • Engineering data updates for existing products

We can work with your team to define the required CAD format, drawing content and technical documentation.

Support Digital Engineering Workflows

Engineering teams often use different CAD systems and data formats. These differences can make it difficult to share or reuse design information.

Our CAD services can help convert and update engineering data for your project.

Make engineering data easier to use across your project workflow.

Discuss your current systems, required file formats and project needs with our team.

Quality, Security and Supplier Requirements

Aerospace and defense projects may require specific quality processes, data controls and supplier credentials.

CAD/CAM Services states that it has relevant quality and security credentials. These include AS9100, ISO 9001:2015, ITAR registration and CMMC Level 2.

Please contact us to confirm the current status and scope of each credential and how it applies to your project.

Points to Review with Your Supplier

  • Quality processes and document reviews
  • AS9100 and ISO 9001:2015 credentials
  • ITAR registration status and scope
  • CMMC Level 2 status and scope
  • Secure project file transfer options
  • Non-disclosure agreements for projects that require them
  • Project-specific data access and handling requirements

Each project may have different rules for data access, export control and security. Define these rules before you transfer technical data or start work.

Review our capabilities against your supplier requirements.

Start a Discussion About Your Next Project

Do you need extra CAD capacity? Do you have old drawings to convert? Do you need to recreate a part or prepare engineering data for manufacturing?

CAD/CAM Services can review your requirements and discuss the services that fit your project.

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Please share:
The type of engineering workThe CAD system or file format
The required deliverables
The target schedule
Any quality, security or data-handling requirements
This information will help us understand your needs and discuss the next steps.
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Contact CAD/CAM Services:‍

Email: sales@cadcam.org
Phone: 800-938-7226

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FAQ's

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.

3D Modeling FAQs
How do you bill 3D CAD services tasks?

Per hour. Hourly rate depends on what CAD software used and typically starts at $75 per hour.  In general, to make this process safer for you, we often provide you a fixed not to exceed the cost as well.  That way, you are protected from an open-ended PO. However, the reality is our fees are based on time. In addition, services in say Catia or NX are more expensive than say Solidworks. Or, simulation services are commonly done by real engineers.

What do you need to give me accurate pricing?

First of all, we need to know the target CAD system and whether you have an existing  template, or set of CAD standards for this project.

The main question is the overall complexity. As each part and assembly consists of different features and elements the best way is to provide us with an example.  Again, a picture is worth a thousand words.

If you already have a model and need us to improve it or update it in any way we need to know which dimensions and features are critical and which can be modified to achieve your desired result.  Even a before and after example works very well. We started with x, and got to this CAD file.

We can also offer you better options if you provide us with the purpose of your project (demonstration, 3D printing, FEA Simulation, CNC manufacturing, etc.).  This helps us better refine the task.

How do you check your models?

We create 2D drawings from our 3D models for QC purposes. We follow aerospace standards and deliver ±.005” accuracy models for all projects.  All of our QC is done by a different person than the designer. On Catia work, we often use Q-Checker for Airbus.

What is the minimum price for your 3D modeling services?

We have a minimum order fee $150.