Never bought drafting before? Here's exactly how a job runs, from the first phone call to drawings on the workshop floor. No jargon, no surprises.
Send whatever you've got - a sketch on a job sheet, a photo of a worn-out part, a 3D model, or just a description over the phone. Rough is fine. That's the point.
You get a clear picture of what it'll take before any work starts - what's involved, what it costs, and when you'll have it. If something's unclear, it gets sorted with a quick call, not assumptions.
The part gets built as a 3D model in SolidWorks and sent through for your approval. This is where changes are cheap - move a hole, change a plate thickness, adjust a bracket. Nothing gets cut until you've signed off.
Once the model's approved, the manufacturing drawings get produced - dimensions, tolerances, weld symbols, bend allowances and a bill of materials, laid out the way a fabricator actually reads them.
If the workshop has a question halfway through the build, they get an answer from someone who's stood where they're standing. And if something shifts on site, the drawings get updated to match.