CAD / CAM capabilities

Parts that fit.
Mechanisms that move.

Design, modeling, and manufacturing geometry for work that has to hold a tolerance and survive a load — not just render well.

32+
years of CAD/CAM practice, from board-adjacent 2D to parametric assemblies and toolpaths
01 / Experience

32+ years of CAD/CAM

Three decades of drawing, modeling, and cutting — long enough to have watched the tools change several times over and to know which habits carry across and which don't.

  • Parametric solid and assembly modeling
  • Drawings, GD&T, and fits per ASME Y14.5
  • CAM programming and post-processed G-code
  • Design for machining, printing, and laser
02 / Motion

Mechanism design and modeling

Linkages, cams, gear trains, and detents — modeled as jointed assemblies so the motion is checked in the model rather than discovered on the bench.

  • Jointed assemblies with real degrees of freedom
  • Gear trains, ratios, and tooth geometry
  • Linkage synthesis and path tracing
  • Interference and range-of-travel checking
03 / Analysis

Structural simulation

Finite element work used the way it should be — to compare options and find the weak spot early, with hand calculations kept alongside as a sanity check on the mesh.

  • Static stress and deflection studies
  • Modal and buckling investigation
  • Load path and stress concentration review
  • Hand-check correlation before trusting a result

Selected work

A look at the bench.

Models, mechanisms, and analyses from recent projects. Click any image to enlarge.

Ellen's Clock
Ellen's ClockSkeleton movement, 3D printed and running. Escapement and gear train modelled as a jointed assembly
Capture Mechanism
Capture MechanismModelling in CAD, full-scale prototype built, complex kinematics demonstrated to customer.
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Have something that needs designing?

Mechanism work, modeling, analysis, or geometry that has to come out right the first time.