📍 Macomb County, MI · Remote Available
RigidEngineering™ — Licensed SOLIDWORKS Consulting

SOLIDWORKS Consultant
in Macomb County, Michigan

Licensed SOLIDWORKS Design Standalone. 30+ years mechanical engineering across automotive, aerospace, defense, and biomedical. CAD modeling, FEA, DFMEA, scan-to-drawing — delivered as fixed-scope projects with no hourly billing surprises.

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Why Local Matters

The difference between a reseller and an engineer.

✖ What You Usually Find
  • GoEngineer, TriMech — SOLIDWORKS resellers, not engineers
  • Freelancers on Upwork with no local accountability
  • Hourly billing with no scope control
  • No NDA until you push for it
  • Deliverables in formats that need conversion
  • No cross-industry context
✓ RigidEngineering — Kavanagh Industries
  • Licensed SOLIDWORKS Design Standalone (commercially billable)
  • 30+ years cross-industry: auto, aerospace, defense, biomedical
  • Fixed-scope quotes before work begins — no surprise invoices
  • Mutual NDA standard on every engagement
  • Native .SLDPRT + STEP + PDF drawing package
  • Macomb County based, in-person available
Services

Every SOLIDWORKS deliverable, fixed price.

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CAD Modeling & Assembly
Single parts to complex assemblies. From napkin sketch or reference photo to manufacturing-ready SOLIDWORKS model. STEP, IGES, and PDF drawing included. From $450.
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FEA — Stress, Thermal, Modal
Structural, thermal, and modal simulation using SOLIDWORKS Simulation. Full PDF report with raw data exports. Boundary conditions, mesh strategy, and results documented. From $750.
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DFMEA
Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to automotive and aerospace standards. Full DFMEA table with severity, occurrence, and detection ratings. Risk mitigation recommendations. From $1,200.
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Scan-to-Drawing
Physical part → SOLIDWORKS model → dimensioned engineering drawing. Works with our Einstar VEGA 3D scanner. GD&T annotation on request. From $450.
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DFM Review
Design for Manufacturability assessment. Wall thickness, draft angles, undercuts, feature tolerancing, material selection. Written report with specific revision recommendations. From $600.
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Engineering Retainer
Ongoing CAD support for product teams. Monthly hours with priority scheduling. Essentials from $499/mo · Studio from $1,299/mo. Cancel anytime.
30 Years. Every Industry.

The cross-industry context you will not get from a specialist.

Most SOLIDWORKS consultants specialize in one vertical. The insight that comes from 30 years across automotive (GM Advanced Vehicle Development — Cruise Origin), aerospace (GE Cincinnati jet turbines), defense (MRAP vehicles), and biomedical (DePuy, Biomet implants) is that every industry has already solved problems the others have not encountered yet.

When you bring a fixturing challenge from automotive to someone who also designed surgical implants, you get solutions that would never come from a single-vertical specialist. That is the value behind thirty years of breadth.

30+
Years
Mechanical design experience
4
Industries
Auto · Aero · Defense · Med
1
Patent
USPTO Provisional filed 2026
5–15
Days
Typical project turnaround
All deliverables include a RigidVault IP provenance record — a cryptographic timestamp proving the work product existed on a specific date under your account. Useful for patent applications, supplier disputes, and IP chain-of-custody documentation.
Common Questions

SOLIDWORKS consulting — answered.

Yes. RigidEngineering runs on SOLIDWORKS Design Standalone (commercially licensed via SWYFT Solutions / Dassault Systèmes, activated 2026). All work product is deliverable to clients — this is not a student license or educational seat. The license is node-locked to our production machine.
After the free 30-minute discovery call, we send a written scope of work with a fixed project price. You approve the scope before any work begins. If scope changes mid-project (added features, additional analysis), we issue a change order before proceeding — you never see an invoice for work you did not approve.
Yes, and we include a mutual NDA as standard on every engagement. Your design intent, reference materials, and deliverables are never shared or retained beyond the project. All files are archived in RigidVault under your account with cryptographic timestamps.
Yes. We deliver native SOLIDWORKS (.SLDPRT / .SLDASM), STEP (.STP), IGES, PDF drawing packages, DXF for flat patterns, and STL for 3D printing. Tell us what your downstream shop or manufacturer needs and we match their format requirements.
Both. Most projects are fully remote — you send reference materials, we deliver files. In-person meetings are available in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties for initial scope sessions, design reviews, or on-site scanning (using our Einstar VEGA 3D scanner for scan-to-drawing projects).
CAD modeling: 3–7 business days. FEA: 5–10 business days. DFMEA: 7–14 business days. Scan-to-drawing: 3–5 business days after scan. Sprint delivery is available if you need faster turnaround — mention it on the discovery call and we will build it into the scope.

Need SOLIDWORKS work done in Macomb County?

The discovery call is free. 30 minutes. You get a scoped quote with no obligation.

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