SolidWorks CAD Outsourcing & Long-Term Engineering Support
Guenzo Engineering provides outsourced SolidWorks CAD and mechanical engineering support for manufacturers, OEMs and in-house engineering teams that have more design work than their own engineers can complete. We take over recurring modelling, assemblies, drawing production, revisions and engineering changes — as ongoing monthly capacity or as a defined project — and deliver native SolidWorks files, manufacturing drawings, BOMs and STEP/DXF release packages in your own CAD standards.
Based in Liepāja, Guenzo supports engineering teams in Riga and across Latvia remotely, as well as manufacturers and product companies throughout Scandinavia, Europe and internationally.
Why clients work with Guenzo
- EU-based mechanical engineering team working in English and Latvian
- NDA signed before reviewing product data when required
- Native SolidWorks deliverables, not drawings-only drafting
- Independent company and founder profiles you can verify
Ways to Work With Guenzo
Cooperation is set up around your workload rather than a fixed package. Most clients start with a short pilot task and then settle into one of these arrangements.
- Pilot task: One part, assembly or drawing set completed first, so you can check quality, standards and communication before committing to more.
- Defined CAD production work: Clearly scoped modelling, drafting, drawing updates or CAD conversion, priced per task or by the hour.
- Fixed-price projects: Defined products, machines, assemblies or drawing packages with an agreed scope and quotation.
- Overflow support during peaks: Extra engineering capacity for product releases, staff shortages, leave cover or a drawing backlog.
- Recurring weekly or monthly capacity: An agreed weekly batch of tasks or monthly block of engineering hours, adjusted as your pipeline changes.
- Dedicated external CAD capacity: A regular block of capacity integrated with your team, standards and workflows, kept with the same engineers where possible.
What Engineering Overflow Support Means
Engineering overflow is the mechanical design work an internal engineering department cannot get to: the drawing backlog, the revision sweep before a supplier change, the variants and configurations waiting behind new development. Guenzo takes that work on as external engineering capacity. It is delivered remotely as an engineering service rather than as staff placed with your company, and released through your own review and approval process.
- Your engineers can stay on concept work and decisions while Guenzo produces and updates the detail models and drawings
- Work arrives in your templates, part numbering and folder structure, ready for PDM check-in
- Capacity drops back to task-by-task work in quiet periods and scales up during peaks, subject to agreed availability
- The same engineers stay on your products where possible, so product knowledge is retained
Who this service is for
- Engineering departments with a CAD backlog or hiring freeze
- Manufacturers and OEMs needing recurring design and drawing capacity
- Machine builders with seasonal or project-driven peaks
- Product companies without a full-time SolidWorks engineer
Problems we solve
- Projects slipping because your engineers are stuck in drafting work
- Hiring a full-time CAD engineer is slower and costlier than the workload justifies
- Drawing updates and revisions piling up behind new development
- Legacy models and drawings that nobody has time to clean up
- No spare capacity when a product launch or supplier change lands
Deliverables
- Native SolidWorks files (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW) built to your CAD standards
- 2D manufacturing drawings with GD&T and title blocks in your template
- Drawing revisions, engineering change updates and BOM maintenance
- STEP, Parasolid, DXF, STL and PDF release packages
- Sheet metal flat patterns and fabrication documentation
- Cleaned-up legacy models with rebuilt, editable feature trees
Software we use
- SolidWorks (parts, assemblies, drawings, sheet metal, weldments)
- SolidWorks Simulation (FEA) for stress and deflection checks
- DraftSight / AutoCAD for 2D drawings and DXF
- KeyShot for product renders when required
- PDM / shared cloud folders for revision control
Supported manufacturing methods
- Sheet metal: laser cutting, bending, welding
- CNC milling and turning
- Welded steel and aluminium fabrications
- 3D printing for prototypes and jigs
Example projects
- Take over drafting for a machine build while the in-house team focuses on concept work
- Model a full sheet metal enclosure family from an existing sample part
- Run a drawing revision sweep across a product line before a supplier change
- Carry a recurring monthly block of modelling and drawing work for an OEM
Process
- Scope: Review the workload, standards, templates and priorities.
- Pilot: Start with one part or drawing set to align on quality.
- Run: Work in weekly batches or an agreed monthly capacity block.
- Release: Deliver files in your naming and folder structure, ready for PDM.
Long-Term SolidWorks Engineering Support
Guenzo is not only a one-project freelance CAD service. A large part of our work is recurring: companies send us a weekly or monthly stream of engineering tasks and we keep their CAD and documentation moving alongside their internal team. Typical ongoing engineering support is €35–45/hour, with clearly defined CAD production work starting from €30/hour and fixed-price quotations available for defined project scopes.
- Recurring weekly or monthly CAD workloads with an agreed capacity
- Ongoing SolidWorks modelling of new parts, variants and configurations
- Assembly work as components, interfaces and suppliers change
- Drawing production and continuous drawing updates
- Product revisions, design changes and engineering change work
- Sheet metal parts, flat patterns and fabrication detail
- Machine design support for frames, guarding, mechanisms and jigs
- Manufacturing documentation kept current with what is actually produced
- Supplier-driven changes: new components, new processes, new tolerances
- Product-family updates across a range of related models
- CAD backlog reduction so your engineers get back to development
- New-product development from concept geometry to release
- Prototype-to-production updates after test and pilot builds
An Extension of Your Engineering Department
Outsourced CAD only saves time if the output arrives in your format. We set that up at the start and keep working inside your system rather than ours.
- Your company drawing templates and title blocks
- Your part-number and file-naming conventions
- Your CAD standards, layers, fonts and drawing views
- Your design libraries and standard components
- Your revision procedures and change history
- BOM structures that match your ERP or purchasing setup
- Shared cloud folders or your project folder structure
- PDM workflows where the client's system allows external access
- Your review and approval process before release
- Supplier requirements and client manufacturing standards
Consistent Engineers and Retained Product Knowledge
On recurring work we aim to keep the same engineer or engineers on your projects. That means product knowledge, design history and your standards stay with the people doing the work, so later updates are faster and you do not re-explain the product every time. Where workload or availability requires a second engineer, the handover happens internally using the documentation and standards already agreed with you.
Quality Control for Ongoing CAD Work
Recurring work is reviewed before anything is released to you or your suppliers.
- Design review against the agreed requirements before release
- Manufacturability (DFM) review for the intended process
- Drawing checks: dimensions, tolerances, GD&T, views and title block data
- Revision tracking so every change is traceable
- Deliverable checklists per release package
- Client review milestones on larger scopes
- Controlled release of native SolidWorks, STEP, DXF, PDF and BOM files
Outsourced CAD Prepared for Real Manufacturing
Our outsourcing work is done by mechanical engineers who deal with fabricators and machine shops, not by a pure drafting bureau. The output is intended to be quoted and built.
- CNC-ready models with machinable geometry and realistic tolerances
- Sheet-metal models with correct bend allowances and DXF flat patterns
- Welding and fabrication drawings with weld symbols and cut lists
- GD&T where function requires it, not everywhere
- BOMs matched to the assembly structure
- STEP and Parasolid exports for suppliers, DXF for cutting
- Native SolidWorks files handed over with the project
- Prototype iteration and design updates after test builds
- Supplier feedback incorporated into the CAD and drawings
- DFM review before release to production
When Does CAD Outsourcing Make Sense?
- Temporary workload peaks that do not justify a new hire
- A recurring drawing backlog that never reaches the top of the list
- Difficulty hiring experienced SolidWorks engineers locally
- Product-development peaks before a launch or trade fair
- Vacation, parental leave or sick-leave coverage
- A need for specific SolidWorks skills such as sheet metal or weldments
- Converting legacy 2D drawings or scanned parts into parametric CAD
- Supplier and manufacturing support during quoting and production
Starting a Long-Term CAD Cooperation
- Review workload and example files: We look at real drawings, models or a backlog list to understand scope and standards.
- NDA and confidentiality: Signed before we review sensitive product data, if required.
- Align CAD standards: Templates, part numbers, file naming and folder structure agreed up front.
- Complete an initial scope: A first part, assembly or drawing set that shows the expected quality.
- Review output and workflow: You check the files, we adjust conventions and communication rhythm.
- Continue with agreed recurring capacity: Weekly or monthly workload continues under the agreed model.
Transparent Engineering Rates
For long-term CAD and mechanical engineering cooperation, Guenzo typically works in the €35–45/hour range. Defined CAD production and drafting work can start from €30/hour. Fixed-price quotations are also available for clearly defined project scopes.
Ongoing CAD & Engineering Support
€35–45/hour
Suitable for:
- Recurring SolidWorks work
- Long-term engineering support
- CAD overflow
- Design updates
- Manufacturing drawings
- Product development
- Engineering-team extension
Defined CAD Production Work
From €30/hour
Suitable for:
- Drawing production
- CAD conversion
- Clearly defined modelling tasks
- Repetitive CAD work
- Drawing updates
- Structured production work
Fixed-Price Projects
Quoted based on scope
Suitable for:
- Defined products
- Machines
- Assemblies
- Drawing packages
- Reverse-engineering projects
- Other projects with clear deliverables
Rates depend on project complexity, engineering responsibility, required software, workload volume and duration of cooperation.
Guenzo combines European mechanical engineering and native SolidWorks capability with competitive outsourcing rates. Typical long-term engineering support is €35–45/hour, while clearly defined CAD production work can start from €30/hour.
- 100% Job Success and Top Rated Plus on founder Guntis Endziņš' Upwork profile
- Native SolidWorks deliverables
- EU-based engineering team in Liepāja, Latvia
- NDA available before reviewing product data
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- Mechanical CAD outsourcing cost guide — Pricing models, cost drivers and what changes the budget.
Example client projects
- Long-term mechanical engineering support for EFSEN — Three years of ongoing support across multiple machine-development projects, in SolidWorks and Onshape.
- Pneumatic stamping press with CNC fixture — Machine design, aluminium extrusion frame and machining documentation.
- Sheet metal shrimp counter machine — Sheet metal assembly with flat patterns and fabrication drawings.
- Custom gravel bag conveyor and hopper system — Welded structures, mechanisms and production documentation.
- Adjustable welded steel table frame — Weldment assembly with drawings released for fabrication.
- Simple welding robot for straight welds — Low-cost linear welding carriage: stepper drive, guides and support frame.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Guenzo provide ongoing outsourced mechanical engineering support?
Yes. Guenzo can support recurring SolidWorks and mechanical engineering workloads and work as an extension of an internal engineering team rather than only completing one-off projects. That typically covers modelling and assemblies, drawing production and updates, product revisions, engineering changes and manufacturing documentation.
Can Guenzo support an in-house engineering department during workload peaks?
Yes. Overflow support is one of the most common reasons companies contact us. When a product launch, supplier change, leave period or drawing backlog leaves your engineers with more work than they can complete, Guenzo takes on defined parts of it — detail modelling, drawings, revisions or variants — so your team can stay on the work that needs them. Capacity is agreed for the peak and can drop back to task-by-task work afterwards.
Can you work as an extension of our in-house engineering team?
Yes. We work in your drawing templates, part-number and file-naming conventions, and follow your revision and approval process. Communication is usually a regular call or written status on the running task list, so your engineers always know what is in progress.
Can Guenzo take over recurring CAD and drawing work?
Yes. Recurring work is usually agreed as a weekly batch of tasks or a monthly block of engineering hours, sized to your project and workload, and adjusted as the pipeline changes. Typical recurring scopes are new part and assembly modelling, drawing production, drawing updates, BOM maintenance and engineering change work.
Can Guenzo provide outsourced SolidWorks CAD and production drawings?
Yes. We model in SolidWorks and produce the 2D manufacturing drawings from the same models, with GD&T where function requires it, in your title blocks and templates. You receive native SLDPRT, SLDASM and SLDDRW files, together with STEP, Parasolid, DXF and PDF outputs where your suppliers need them.
Can you follow our drawing templates and engineering standards?
Yes. During onboarding we set up your templates, title blocks, layers, part numbering and folder structure, then run a first part or drawing set so you can confirm the output matches your standard before recurring work starts.
Can you support our PDM or revision-control workflow?
We work with SolidWorks PDM and shared cloud workspaces where the client provides access, and otherwise deliver files in your naming, revision and folder structure so they can be checked in by your team. We do not claim to operate PDM systems we have not been given access to.
What happens if our engineering workload increases or decreases?
Capacity is reviewed as the workload changes. Quiet periods can drop back to task-by-task work, and busy periods can be scaled up by adding engineers from our team, subject to availability agreed in advance.
What information does Guenzo need before starting?
Usually a short description of the workload and a few representative files: example drawings or models, your drawing template and title block, part-numbering and file-naming rules, and the deadline or recurring volume you expect. For new design work, add the requirements, target manufacturing process and any sketches or existing CAD. If the data is confidential, we sign an NDA before reviewing it. A first pilot task then confirms the standards before recurring work begins.
Can you sign an NDA before we share project details?
Yes. We routinely sign NDAs before reviewing concepts, sketches, or existing CAD data.
Can Guenzo work remotely with European manufacturers?
Yes. CAD outsourcing work is delivered remotely from Liepāja, Latvia, to manufacturers and engineering teams across Scandinavia, Europe and internationally. Work runs through email, video calls, shared cloud folders and, where you provide access, your PDM system. We work in English and Latvian.
Do you provide SolidWorks support for companies in Riga and across Latvia?
Guenzo is based in Liepāja and provides remote CAD and mechanical engineering support to companies in Riga and across Latvia, as well as companies throughout Scandinavia, Europe and internationally.
How much does CAD outsourcing and ongoing engineering support cost?
Typical ongoing CAD and mechanical engineering support is €35–45/hour. Clearly defined CAD production or drafting work can start from €30/hour. Fixed-price quotations are also available for projects with a well-defined scope. Final rates depend on project complexity, engineering responsibility, workload volume and duration of cooperation.
What files and documentation can Guenzo deliver?
Native SolidWorks parts, assemblies and drawings (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW); 2D manufacturing drawings in PDF with GD&T where required; bills of materials matched to your assembly structure; STEP, IGES and Parasolid files for suppliers; DXF flat patterns for laser and waterjet cutting; STL for 3D printing; and supplier-ready release packages that combine them.
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Discuss Your Engineering Workload
Send examples of your current CAD workload, drawings, product backlog or engineering requirements. We can recommend whether hourly support, recurring capacity or a fixed-price scope is the most practical model. Email info@guenzo.com or call +371 29830475.