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CAD Design
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
SME Engineering Solutions
Your external engineering department
Your External Engineering Department
CAD Design, Manufacturing Drawings and Engineering Support for Manufacturing Workshops.
Whether you need CAD design, customer drawing reviews, manufacturing drawings, quotation support, production engineering or help solving workshop problems, GilMan Engineering becomes the engineering department your business can rely on whenever engineering work is needed.
Customer problems
Problems We Solve Every Week in Manufacturing Workshops
The same practical engineering problems come up every week in welding, fabrication, CNC, laser cutting, sheet metal, and machine-building workshops.
- 01Customer only sent a STEP file.
- 02We need CAD before we can manufacture it.
- 03Manufacturing drawings are missing.
- 04We are unsure how to quote the job.
- 05Customer drawings don't make sense.
- 06We need DXF files for laser cutting.
- 07Nobody is available to make CAD changes.
- 08Suppliers keep asking engineering questions.
- 09Production has stopped because of drawing problems.
- 10We need engineering help quickly.
Why this happens
Growing workshops often need engineering support without employing full-time engineers.
The workload changes from job to job, but customer questions, RFQs, drawings, and production decisions still need quick answers.
- Engineering demand changes every week.
- Hiring engineers is expensive.
- Customers expect increasingly complex documentation.
- Production teams need technical decisions quickly.
- RFQs arrive faster than engineering work can be completed.
- Workshops receive incomplete customer information.
CAD / DRAWINGS / WORKSHOP SUPPORT
Get the CAD, drawings, and answers your workshop needs.
Bring in practical engineering help for a customer job, an urgent production question, or a busy run of RFQs.
How GilMan Engineering helps
Engineering Help Exactly When You Need It
From CAD and manufacturing drawings to quotation questions and production problems, use the engineering help your workshop needs without employing a full-time engineer.
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Manufacturing Drawings
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Assembly Drawings
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Welding Drawings
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Customer Drawing Review
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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RFQ & Quotation Support
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Production Engineering
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Engineering Problem Solving
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Supplier Engineering Support
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
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Technical Documentation
Practical engineering work prepared around your customer job, production needs, and workshop deadlines.
What you receive
Drawings and engineering information ready for your workshop.
Each output is shaped around the immediate need while adding dependable engineering capacity to your business.
3D CAD Models
OUTPUT 01
3D CAD Models
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Manufacturing Drawings
OUTPUT 02
Manufacturing Drawings
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Workshop Drawings
OUTPUT 03
Workshop Drawings
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Assembly Drawings
OUTPUT 04
Assembly Drawings
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
DXF Files
OUTPUT 05
DXF Files
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Customer Drawing Reviews
OUTPUT 06
Customer Drawing Reviews
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Engineering Recommendations
OUTPUT 07
Engineering Recommendations
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Production Documentation
OUTPUT 08
Production Documentation
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Quotation Support
OUTPUT 09
Quotation Support
Clear information prepared to move the work into its next practical stage.
Typical projects
Typical Workshop Jobs We Support
From a single customer RFQ to continuous production support, each project is structured around the technical decisions and practical outcomes your business needs.
Sheet Metal Parts
Sheet Metal Parts
CAD and drawings ready for folding, forming, and fabrication.
Welded Structures
Welded Structures
Workshop drawings that make welded frames and structures clear to build.
CNC Machined Components
CNC Machined Components
Models and manufacturing drawings for CNC machining and inspection.
Laser Cut Parts
Laser Cut Parts
CAD, flat patterns, and DXF files ready for laser cutting.
Fixtures & Jigs
Fixtures & Jigs
Practical fixtures and jigs that make workshop jobs easier and repeatable.
Machine Frames
Machine Frames
CAD and fabrication drawings for machine bases, guards, and frames.
Assemblies
Assemblies
Assembly models and drawings that show how manufactured parts fit together.
Replacement Parts
Replacement Parts
Replacement-part CAD and drawings when the original information is missing.
Production Equipment
Production Equipment
Engineering support for workshop equipment and production tooling.
Workshop Improvements
Workshop Improvements
Practical changes that remove production problems and improve the way work flows.
Engineering process
A practical process from customer information to workshop support.
Understand Your Requirement
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Understand Your Requirement
Tell us what the customer, job, or workshop needs and when you need it.
Review Customer Information
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Review Customer Information
We check the STEP files, customer drawings, RFQ details, and missing information.
CAD Design & Engineering
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CAD Design & Engineering
We create or update the CAD and make the practical engineering decisions.
Documentation
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Documentation
We prepare manufacturing drawings, DXF files, and the information production needs.
Manufacturing Support
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Manufacturing Support
We answer workshop, customer, and supplier questions while the job is manufactured.
Ongoing Engineering Partnership
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Ongoing Engineering Partnership
Call on us again whenever CAD, drawings, quotations, or production problems need engineering input.
Engineering capabilities
Workshop engineering capability without the full-time overhead.
CAD design, drawing review, production support, and flexible engineering capacity for the work on your shop floor.
Engineering capability areas
3D CAD Modelling
CADCAD Design
- 3D3D CAD Modelling
- CACAD Changes
- ASAssembly Design
- MAManufacturing Drawings
Drawing Review
SHOPWorkshop Support
- DRDrawing Review
- RFRFQ Support
- ENEngineering Advice
- SUSupplier Support
Manufacturing Engineering
PRODProduction Support
- MAManufacturing Engineering
- WOWorkshop Documentation
- PRProcess Improvement
- ENEngineering Problem Solving
Ongoing Engineering Support
FLEXFlexible Engineering Capacity
- ONOngoing Engineering Support
- TETemporary Engineering Capacity
- PRProject Engineering
- COContinuous Improvement
Frequently asked questions
Questions before we start.
Can you create CAD from a STEP file?
Yes. We can review a customer STEP file, make the required CAD changes, and prepare the manufacturing information your workshop needs.
Can you review customer drawings before we quote?
Yes. We check customer drawings, tolerances, materials, and missing information so your team can prepare a quotation with fewer unknowns.
Can you produce manufacturing drawings?
Yes. We produce clear manufacturing, workshop, assembly, and welding drawings for your production team and suppliers.
Can you create DXF files for laser cutting?
Yes. We can create checked DXF files for laser-cut and sheet-metal parts from customer information, existing CAD, or a new design.
Can you support our workshop when engineering work increases?
Yes. You can bring us in for one urgent job, a busy run of RFQs, or ongoing CAD and production engineering capacity.
Can you work directly with our customers and suppliers?
Yes. With your agreement, we can answer engineering questions, clarify requirements, and keep customer, supplier, and workshop information aligned.
Can you help solve production problems?
Yes. We review the drawings, parts, process, and workshop feedback, then provide practical changes and documentation to get production moving.
Can you become our external engineering department?
Yes. GilMan Engineering can become the engineers your team calls for CAD, drawings, quotations, customer questions, and day-to-day workshop problems.
Need engineers your workshop can call whenever work comes in?
Tell us about the CAD, drawing, quotation, or production work holding up your next workshop job.