Questions from engineering firms
Does anyone get into our PDM vault?
No. Nobody asks for passwords or logins, and your originals stay in your systems.
Could we exclude one product line?
Yes. Any project, product line, client or period can stay out.
Are PDFs enough, or do you need native CAD?
That depends on what buyers are looking for. The 15-minute call is where your formats and systems get discussed.
Records to look at
Where the valuable history lives
You do not need every one. A single system kept in good order may be enough to start.
CAD and model files
How assemblies and parts get designed, toleranced and changed.
Calculations and BOMs
How engineers size parts, pick materials and check margins.
Review records
What was debated, what was decided and why.
Inspection and test results
How expected performance matched up with results on the bench.
Designs under client NDA
A lot of engineering work is owned by clients or covered by NDA. Whether any of it can be included depends on your contracts, so check with your own counsel. Client owned material can be left out.
Controlled technical data
Work for defense, aerospace and certain other programs may be export controlled. It is flagged in scoping and can be excluded entirely.
Ground rules that never change
It all starts under NDA. Nothing goes out until you approve a sample, and there is no cost to you.
Why it matters
What makes it useful to labs
Models built for engineering need the reasoning behind a design, not just the drawing: why a tolerance changed, what load case decided it, what testing found. Design reviews and calculation files record that in a way public sources never do.
Next steps
What happens from here
Answer four questions to get an estimate. A specialist from License Your Data phones within minutes to book a 15-minute call. If you continue, License Your Data prepares a de-identified copy, you approve a sample, and buyers license the copy.