Mechanical product design for founders & product businesses
Turn mechanical ideas and design problems into practical, manufacturable solutions — from early concepts and CAD through prototyping and production-ready design.
Mechanical design experience since 2004
3DM Design works with founders, product businesses and engineering teams that need experienced mechanical design capability.
Whether you’ve got an idea that needs engineering, a difficult design problem to solve, or an internal team that’s already at capacity, you work directly with the person doing the design.
No handovers. No layers. Just practical engineering focused on making the product work.
Proven in the real world
WAKEYE — designed, launched and sold internationally into more than 40 countries
Tallon Marine — developed from an initial sketch into a commercial product range, with 3DM as the main design resource
Tectrax — mechanical design taken through to manufacture for an amphibious vessel system
And many more…
Need mechanical design capability without building a bigger engineering team?
I work with founders, product businesses and engineering teams that need experienced mechanical design support.
You might have an idea but not know how to engineer it.
You might have a product that needs redesigning or a difficult mechanical problem to solve.
Or your internal engineering team might simply have more work than available capacity.
Whatever the starting point, you work directly with the person doing the design.
How we can help?
Turn an idea into an engineered product
Develop an early concept into a practical mechanical design, with CAD, materials, manufacturing and real-world use considered from the start.
Solve a mechanical design problem
Work through mechanisms, packaging, movement, strength, manufacturability or other design challenges that are holding a product back.
Prototype and refine
Develop and test prototypes, identify problems early and improve the design before committing to production.
Prepare for manufacture
Refine the design for manufacturing processes, assembly and production requirements.
Engineering design • 3D CAD • Prototyping • Industrial design • FEA • 3D scanning
Why 3DM Design?
You work directly with the designer
There’s no sales handover and no junior designer sitting between you and the engineering work.
I’m the person discussing the problem with you, developing the concepts and doing the design.
That keeps communication simple, decisions quick and the design thinking close to the problem.
My approach is straightforward:
Understand the real problem first.
Keep the design as simple and efficient as possible.
Develop solutions that work in the real world.
Design with manufacture, assembly and use in mind.
Prototype, test and refine where needed.
How we work
A practical path from idea to working design
1. Understand the problem
Clarify what the product needs to do, the constraints and what success looks like.
2. Develop the design
Create and evaluate concepts, CAD models and practical engineering solutions.
3. Prototype and refine
Test the design, identify weaknesses and improve it before production.
4. Prepare for manufacture
Refine the product around materials, processes, assembly and production requirements.
Got a product idea or mechanical design problem?
If you need experienced mechanical design capability without adding a full-time engineer to your team, get in touch.
Email: contact@3dmdesign.co.nz
Phone: +64 4 2376 591
