Design Services

At Protocase, we transform your concepts into custom physical products with speed and precision.

Our design services are ideal for engineers, designers, and professionals who require custom electronic enclosures, panels, and components, delivered with industry-leading turnaround times.

What is Protocase Design Services?

Protocase Design Services is a service where our expert team designs your custom part or enclosure for you.

We work from your initial concept, which can be anything from a simple sketch or verbal description to a set of components and boards.

As our Design Services team has a deep understanding of Protocase's manufacturing capabilities, they ensure your final design is perfectly optimized for production according to your specific requirements.

How does Protocase Design Services work?

For an affordable hourly rate, our Design Services team will:

Understand your concept

We review your sketch, description, or components to fully understand your requirements.

Create a professional CAD design

Our expert team creates a manufacturable design optimized for production.

Deliver a final file

You receive CAD files in your preferred format, ready for manufacturing.

3D Scanning Available: We can also use 3D-scanning technology to accurately recreate an existing part or component if you don't have a CAD file.

See how we bring your projects to life

Who should use Protocase Design Services?

This service is perfect for you if you are:

Bringing a design idea to life based on a sketch or vision

Designing an enclosure or part around components and boards

Creating a CAD file of an existing part

Converting a PDF into a CAD file

With Protocase Design Services, you get an easy, fast, and cost-effective solution for your prototyping and product development needs.

From Idea to Product in Hand,
Faster Than You've Ever Thought Possible

Those who have been through successful product development understand two things:

• A faster time-to-market lowers cost
• Great products only happen after multiple iterations

Protomentum makes this easy. We turn ideas into real products fast, cutting down the usual months to weeks.

Protomentum combines our expert Design Services, ultra-fast custom manufacturing and skilled assembly services to remove all of the latencies in bringing your idea to life.

Protocase Design Services FAQs

What can I get designed by Protocase?

Our Design Services can design anything from sheet-metal enclosures, parts and panels to CNC machined parts, 3D printed parts and more.

What do I need to provide in order to get Protocase to design my part or enclosure?

Essentially, you should have a sense of what you need designed. It’s okay if you don’t know all of the specifics. But to start, it helps to supply things like rough sketches, data sheets, photos or drawings. You should let us know if you have a specific material in mind for your project (as well as a corresponding thickness, if you know that already).

Do I get a quote of the Design Services work ahead of time?

Yes. We will provide you a price quote of the Design Services project based on the information you provide. If the scope of the project changes, we may need to adjust the estimate. You will be advised as soon as possible.

If you do the design for me, will I have a chance to review the design before it's manufactured?

Yes. You must approve the final drawing before it enters manufacturing. We will not move forward unless you approve.

Do I own the final design and drawings once they are produced?

Yes. When you work with Protocase Design Services, you own all drawings that are produced.

How much does Design Services cost?

Protocase Design Services is an hourly rate of $120. The number of hours required for your project will depend on the complexity of the design and its components.

What tools or technology do you have onsite for Protocase Design Services?

Our Design Services team will deploy different technology and tools in order design what you need. If you are sending us parts that need to be modelled, our 3D scanners will quickly generate a CAD model. We also use different instruments like calipers to measure dimensions.

Can I use Design Services, but not have my parts manufactured by Protocase?

Yes. While customers typically use Protocase’s one-stop custom manufacturing for their parts, you may also take your design once finalized to another manufacturer. Remember – you own all parts of the design(s) created with Protocase Design Services.

Protocase Design Services Terms & Conditions

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• When engaged to provide design services, Protocase will supply drafting services to create CAD designs, under your direction, using design details, drawings or sketches, verbal descriptions, components, or other guidance or information provided by you.

• You own any and all CAD drawings produced as a result of this engagement.

• You must approve the final drawing before it enters manufacturing. It is your responsibility to ensure that the final design is suitable for your purposes.

• Quotations are based on the information provided by you at the time the quote was given. Should the scope of the project change, Protocase reserves the right to adjust the estimate.

• Quoted prices include time to create the design, plus two iterations. If further iterations are required, Protocase reserves the right to adjust the estimate.

• Should it become necessary to adjust our estimates, Protocase will make every effort to inform you as soon as possible.

• Please note that additional lead time is required for design services. The total time to have a design services enclosure built is the sum total of the design services lead time, time that you take to approve the design, plus the manufacturing lead time.

• Protocase will make every effort to maintain customer privacy in the normal course of business. However, if there are specific requirements for secrecy or non-disclosure, then arrangements should be made in advance.

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If you have any questions about these terms, please contact our team for clarification.