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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Stereolithography (SLA) Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) Stereolithography (SLA) Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)CAD Services
Reverse Engineering & 3D Scanning DFM & DFAM Optimization 3D CAD Modeling & Design 2D Drafting & GD&T DrawingsCNC Milling
Materials & Alloys Post-ProcessingDesign for Manufacturing (DFM) Services
We optimize your CAD models for the process that will actually make them — 3D printing, CNC milling, waterjet, or laser cutting. Fixed pricing from $150, informed by our own production floor.
Designed for the Process That Makes It
A part that models beautifully can still print poorly, machine expensively, or fail in production. Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) close that gap: your model is reworked so it can be produced efficiently by the process you've chosen.
Because we run FDM, SLA, SLS, and MJF printers and CNC mills in-house, our recommendations come from parts we've actually built — not simulation alone. The result: higher yields, improved design quality, less material waste, and shorter production cycles.
Optimized for Your Process
Tell us how the part will be made — or ask us to recommend the best-fit process for your volume and requirements.
3D Printing (DFAM)
FDM, SLA, SLS, and MJF. Orientation, overhangs, wall thickness, and support reduction — validated on our own printers.
CNC Milling
Tool access, internal corner radii, feature depths, and tolerance strategy that keep machine time — and cost — down.
Waterjet & Laser Cutting
Kerf, nesting, and profile geometry tuned so flat parts cut cleanly and assemble correctly.
How It Works
Submit Your Model
Send your CAD file and target process (or ask us to recommend one) through the quote form.
Get a Fixed Quote
A per-deliverable price from $150, locked before work begins.
We Optimize
Your model is reworked for manufacturability and cost, with the changes noted for your review.
Receive Updated Files
Optimized .STEP and .STL files plus a free standard drawing. Ready to quote and produce.
Why DFM Pays for Itself
Higher Yields
Parts designed for their process fail less — fewer reprints, fewer scrapped blanks, fewer surprises at scale.
Lower Unit Cost
Less material, less machine time, and simpler setups compound across every part you order.
Shorter Cycles
Production problems caught in CAD are fixed in minutes. The same problems caught on the floor cost days.
Frequently Asked Questions
DFM and DFAM optimization starts at $150, priced per deliverable — never hourly. Your quote is fixed before work begins, based on part complexity and the target manufacturing process.
3D printing (FDM, SLA, SLS, MJF), CNC milling, waterjet cutting, laser cutting, and more. We run 3D printers and CNC mills in-house, so recommendations come from production experience rather than theory.
DFM (Design for Manufacturing) optimizes a part for traditional processes like CNC milling — tool access, fillets, tolerances, and stock sizes. DFAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) targets 3D printing — orientation, overhangs, wall thickness, and support reduction. We do both, matched to how your part will actually be made.
The free DFM checker runs automated 3D-printability checks on your file in the browser — wall thickness, overhangs, and geometry flags. The paid service goes further: an engineer modifies your model to fix the issues and optimize for cost, and you receive the updated CAD files.
Yes. You receive the optimized model in .STEP and .STL formats plus a free standard drawing. You own the files.
More CAD Services
Reverse Engineering & 3D Scanning
Physical parts and meshes rebuilt as editable CAD. From $99.
Learn More →3D CAD Modeling & Design
New models designed from scratch with DFM built in. From $200.
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Livermore, CA 94551 - (By Appointment Only)
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