Concept Drawings to CAD Detailed Engineering of Retail Furniture, UK | Case Study

Client Challenges

Understand the original design intent and accommodate innovations within.
Limited floor space and fitting room furniture should complement existing store furniture.
Accelerate manufacturing with minimum ECOs and generate comprehensive manufacturing drawings in 2D CAD.

Business Needs

CAD conversion from papers sketches and pdf files
Design intent interpretation from hand sketches and model it with accurate geometry
Create manufacturing drawings for fitting room of a retail store

Our Detailed Engineering Solution and Approach:

The client, a leading designer and manufacturer of retail furniture from the UK, partnered with our furniture design engineers to transform their conceptual sketches into detailed CAD drawings with manufacturing details and instruction. Our furniture design teams with rich experience in SolidWorks drafting services prepared comprehensive drawings and shared with the client.

Project engineers collaborated with the client to understand their design requirements for form, fit and finish.
3D models and rendered images in SolidWorks was prepared and shared with the client for approvals with RFIs for design intent clarity.
2D manufacturing drawings with BOMs and exploded isometric views were created for modular manufacturing designs and site assembly.

Our engineers, thus, created a standard CAD library for client’s furniture 3D models for future needs and enabled modular furniture design approach which saved costs. It also enabled easy transit of manufactured furniture to installation site from warehouse.

Business Impact

The furniture manufacturer was reduced transportation costs by 45% due to knockdown design approach, 60% design costs and 30% on inventory benefits with modular design approach. Also, overall design cycle was shorted by 70% due to offshore design development.