DesignBench
For companies

Keep senior engineers focused on high-value design decisions

Mechanical-design production support for defined, repeatable CAD and documentation backlogs under your team's technical direction and final approval.

When DesignBench fits

The best early pilot fits know what needs to be done but need reliable managed production-support capacity to protect deadlines and reduce senior-engineer burnout.

Your internal designers are stuck in release, ECO, or drawing backlog work.

A machine project needs CAD production support before build under your team's standards.

You want a paid trial before committing to a longer engagement.

You need an embedded designer for weekly collaboration windows.

A reviewer should sample critical drawings before customer release.

Legacy CAD, BOM, or redline cleanup keeps stealing senior-engineer time.

Approved drawing-package updates need reliable production capacity.

Start with a small, low-risk backlog project—no long-term commitment required.

A focused pilot makes scope, communication, file handling, and review rhythm easier to test.

Redline updates

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

Drawing packages

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

BOM cleanup

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

ECO backlog

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

Legacy CAD conversion

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

Detailing from approved models

Suitable when requirements, reviewer, approver, and ready-for-review expectations are defined.

Supported project types

Drawing creation and revisionRedline processingBOM creation and cleanupECO and revision supportLegacy CAD conversionManufacturing documentationFile and PDM cleanupSimple part modellingManufacturing drawingsDrawing updates and redlinesGuards, frames, bracketsMounts and change partsAssembly detailingMachine design supportConveyors and change parts

Project risk screen

The initial service is built for structured, reviewable production work. Intake captures who reviews, who approves, what the designer may decide, and what must be escalated.

Green

Structured production support suitable for DesignBench: drawings, redlines, BOM cleanup, file/PDM organization, legacy CAD conversion, and simple updates from approved requirements.

Yellow

Bounded design support that can fit when the client provides active review: brackets, guards, mounts, change parts, assembly detailing, and limited modelling choices with clear escalation rules.

Red

Not suitable for the initial service: independent final engineering approval, stamped engineering, safety-critical calculations, lifting-device certification, pressure-system certification, public-safety work, unclear concept work with no client reviewer, or independent professional engineering responsibility.

Hourly engagement models

Initial engagements use transparent hourly billing, with an optional written not-to-exceed budget for added cost control.

Managed hourly

Approved production-support hours are billed weekly or biweekly at the agreed client rate.

Hourly with not-to-exceed budget

Approved hours are billed at the agreed rate, with written client approval required before the budget ceiling is exceeded.

Matching, trial, and responsibility

DesignBench keeps scope, approval, and professional responsibility explicit so the service does not overpromise.

Confidentiality and file security

Intake captures NDA needs, PDM/VPN access, software access, export-control notes, and customer-display restrictions. Private uploads are designed for Supabase storage with signed URLs rather than public exposure.

Final approval remains defined

DesignBench provides CAD, drafting, documentation, and bounded mechanical-design production support. The client retains technical direction, engineering standards, supervision, review responsibility, final approval, and decisions about licensed oversight.

Submit a request

Send a short request now or add detailed planning information when it is already available. DesignBench will follow up before matching begins.

Capacity request

Tell us what design capacity you need

Start with a short request. Add detailed planning information only when it is useful and already available.

Prefer to talk first?

Skip the intake and contact DesignBench directly. We can collect the project details with you.

Request length

Only company name, contact name, business email, and the submission confirmation are required. All project questions are optional; DesignBench will follow up for anything needed to review the work.

A sentence or rough description is enough. You can leave this blank and we will ask.

Choose what seems closest. DesignBench will recommend the practical structure after reviewing scope and dependencies.

One designer can clear a defined backlog. A Project Pod adds a designated lead and coordinated contributors when useful work packages can proceed in parallel. Additional people do not guarantee that every project can be accelerated.

Allowed: PDF, images, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ZIP, TXT, CSV, STEP/STP, and SolidWorks files. Max 25 MB each.

New requests are reviewed before matching begins.