Engineering & Design
Design & Engineering
3D design, topology optimization and design for manufacturing (DFM/DFA), from early design to production.
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Our approach
We work from early concept through to industrialization: product architecture, 3D design on the market’s leading CAD platforms, 2D drawings, bills of materials and manufacturing preparation. Every design is made to be manufacturable and assemblable (DFM/DFA) and secured through product and process FMEA. When structural performance must be proven, our designers iterate in short loops with structural analysis to optimize mass without compromising performance.
Our references cover automotive seating, body-in-white, interior plastics, industrial packaging and reverse engineering of existing parts: concrete examples are shown in our case studies.
What we deliver
- 3D CAD models and 2D drawings
- Bills of materials and definition files
- DFM/DFA studies and process selection
- Product and process FMEA
- Industrialization files
- CAD reconstruction from scans (reverse engineering)
Which CAD environments do you work with?
The market’s leading CAD platforms, on our licenses or yours, and within your PLM environments when needed.
Can you take over an existing design?
Yes. We rebuild usable CAD models from scans or drawings (reverse engineering), then continue the development from that base.
How do you guarantee manufacturability?
DFM/DFA rules are applied from the first sketch, an FMEA is run with your teams, and suppliers are involved early to validate processes and tolerances.
Can you get involved at the concept stage?
Yes: sketches, feasibility studies and first architectures, then detailed design up to the definition file. The earlier we get involved, the better the manufacturing choices are controlled.
Do you deliver drawings and tolerancing?
Yes: dimensioned and toleranced drawings to ISO GPS standards, bills of materials and complete definition files, ready for supplier quotation.
Do you perform topology optimization?
Yes, to lighten a part at equal stiffness or find the most efficient shape before drawing, especially for casting, plastic injection and additive manufacturing. The resulting shape is then validated by simulation.
What kinds of products do you design?
Automotive, aerospace, rail and industrial equipment: seats, sheet metal, plastic parts, packaging, inspection fixtures and tooling.
How are files exchanged?
In your platform's native format or a neutral format (STEP, IGES), through your PLM or a secure exchange space, always under a non-disclosure agreement.
Content written and reviewed by the VSOLUTION engineering team. Technical direction: Hervé Foucart, founder and managing director, over 20 years of automotive, aerospace and rail projects.