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Engineering data modernisation · for manufacturers

Data debt solved. Your teams future unlocked.

30 years of combined experience across Australia, New Zealand and the UK taught us where control breaks down — data you can't trust, siloed systems, no single source of truth. We connect it, give you oversight of it, and make every engineering decision one you can stand behind.

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restore → transform → connect
01 — The failure mode · bottom of the pyramid

Engineering data is usually the real limit on how fast a manufacturer can change.

Old, siloed, in the wrong format, broken. It's the pattern we see most: the data underneath can't keep up, so everything built on it slows down. None of the top of the pyramid is reachable while the foundation is cracked.

Siloed data Rigid supply chains Reactive maintenance High waste Manual planning Slow decisions Quality defects
AI & autonomy
Digital twins
Predictive maintenance
Real-time visibility
The foundation — where we work
Clean, connected engineering data
Your potential

Everyone sells the top. We fix the foundation that makes any of it reachable.

02 — The transformation

Old data in. Working data out.

Before
Old· Disorganised· Siloed· Wrong format· Legacy· Broken· Skills shortages· Unscalable
in practice → slow changes, manual rework
After
New· Organised· Centralised· Common format· Fixed· Upskilled team· Scalable
in practice → fast changes, automation-ready
03 — What we do

The journey from broken to fixed.

Each one is a failure mode we've catalogued across hundreds of engineering environments — and the fix we apply.

See the full journey →
wrong format → common format
Data Interoperability / Translation
Move models between systems without losing geometry or intent — so the next tool in the chain can actually use them.
heavy / complex → simplified
Data Simplification
Defeature and lighten heavy models for simulation, visualisation and exchange — without breaking what matters downstream.
dirty / broken → clean
Data Clean-Up
Repair broken geometry and bulk-fix errors so data imports cleanly and behaves predictably — at the scale of a real vault.
siloed → flowing
Pipeline & Workflow Optimisation
The connective tissue between the specialist tools — data flows from stage to stage with no manual handoffs.
disorganised → centralised & managed
Product Data Management
One controlled source of truth — versioning, access and revision history configured to how your team actually works.
fragile → robust & automation-ready
Model Remediation & Rebuild
Native CAD, down to the sketch — the prep that makes automation reliable.
manual → automated
Design Automation
Configure-to-order, rules-driven design and automated drawings — reliable because the models underneath are built for it.
resisted → adopted & governed
Governance & Systems Change Coaching
Getting your people to actually follow the new workflow — compliance issues end and trust in the data is restored.
Engineering data

CAD models, assemblies and drawings — your core CAD and PDM stack. Your sharpest, most quantifiable proof of capability.

Business & compliance data

Contracts, certification records, handbooks, manuals and specifications — migrated, digitised and managed. The same discipline fixes the rest of your records.

It's not just CAD. We start with your hardest data problem — and the same discipline fixes everything the business runs on.

04 — Proof · earned, not asserted

Aussie Lifts: bespoke lift configuration, automated.

We rebuilt the models to be robust and parametric-ready, then automated configuration and drawing generation with DriveWorks Pro. Work that ran for days now runs in minutes — manual planning replaced by a reliable, repeatable pipeline.

Read the Aussie Lifts story →
Manual → automated
Manual configuration & drawingsdays
DriveWorks automationminutes

// real figures from the Aussie Lifts engagement are in the full case study — no invented metrics here.

05 — The front door

A secure place to start.

A quick discovery, an NDA handled automatically before you upload, then a secure CAD handover. No email back-and-forth — your IP is protected from the first click.

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1
Discovery
Quick form — and a “where are you on the pyramid?” check.
2
Auto-NDA before upload
Signed automatically — your IP is protected the moment you arrive.
3
Secure CAD upload
Hand over files in a place obviously built to hold them safely.