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Why every design decision was made
Design reviews, calculations, simulations and test results show how engineers make decisions. Labs are looking for exactly that reasoning. Export-controlled and NDA-bound work can be excluded.
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What tends to qualify
Which of these go in is your call, and skipping any of them is always fine.
- Revision history and CADHow parts and assemblies are modeled and changed over time.
- Design reviewsThe reasons a design changed, the debate and the outcome.
- Calcs and bills of materialsHow engineers size parts, pick materials and check margins.
- Test and simulation resultsHow expected performance stacks up against results on the bench.
What firms ask most: client work under NDA
Plenty of engineering work is owned by clients or bound by NDA. During scoping that material is reviewed and can be excluded, while client names in the copy are swapped for placeholders.
Where your work involves defense, aerospace or other controlled programs, that technical data can be excluded completely. Deciding what is appropriate to include rests with you and your counsel.
How the copy is made
Everything starts under an NDA. Any project, product line or period can be held back. You approve a sample before anything goes out, and your originals stay in your vault and file shares.
Short answers
What owners usually ask
Will anyone need access to our PDM?
No. You will never be asked for a login or password.
Must we include CAD files?
No. Reviews, calculations and test records can be enough to start.
Do we pay anything for this?
No. It is free for you, and requesting an estimate commits you to nothing.