Technical design, material expertise and process optimisation come together to deliver results.

It all starts with CAD

• To work with - and benefit from - advanced production techniques, first you need to start with a 3d digital file. This file is commonly designed in CAD (computer-assisted design) or 3d scanned from an existing object (for reverse engineering or assembly compatibility).

Expert tools for any job

• Using class-leading software tools like Solidworks and Fusion360, Fabriworks offers access to years of expertise and experience in designing for digital fabrication.

• Always operating at a human-scale, we care about your project as much as you do. Fabriworks is accessible for start-ups or individuals with a product idea. We can take your idea through from conception, through to 3d CAD, and on to a working prototype. Our engineering design office can help guide you at every step, on time and on budget.

Technical development

• Fabriworks provides consultancy and proof-of-concept services to industry, allowing companies to maximise advantage and optimise additive manufacturing processes – in-house or with preferred partners.

• To implement additive manufacturing (3d printing) effectively in a production environment requires many distinct tools and the expertise to use them to your advantage… software tools for design, simulation, pre-print processing, management and verification all must be brought together to create the right process for your part.

Transform the way you work and save time and money

• We offer our years of expertise and experience to solve your production challenges and prepare you for the future. From time-saving jigs and fixtures on the factory floor, to simulation, analysis and optimisation of individual parts, through to building robust processes designed to maximise additive manufacturing opportunities and driving cost-saving efficiencies for scale manufacturing.

3d scanning and reverse engineering

• Reverse-engineering a physical object into 3d CAD allows our clients to adapt, to improve, to re-manufacture parts. The raw scanned point-cloud data can be converted into feature-rich CAD files so that designs, materials and geometries can be analysed and optimised to improve performance and drive efficiencies.

Designing for additive

• Additive manufacturing opens up opportunities to design geometry that can’t be manufactured by traditional methods, such as injection moulding or casting. Generative design - where part geometry is optimised according to stresses and loads - is also greatly influenced by additive manufacturing for successful and cost-effective production.

• Design Thinking methodology plays a big part at Fabriworks, allowing our team to come up with solutions that best respond to the challenges in the shortest timeframe. (For the true value of additive manufacturing to be realised, design philosophy and approach has to adapt to take advantage of the new opportunities available.) 

• Additionally, Fabriworks has its own on-site digital workshop which brings two major advantages: firstly, quality iterations and prototypes are readily available for testing and evaluating; and secondly, years of production experience is included in the design intent - saving time and money from the very beginning of the project.