Solid Ideas LLC · Project guide
Prepare the details that move a project forward.
Browse practical guidance for material requirements, available documentation, project briefs, drawings, references, and assembly inputs. This guide reflects what Solid Ideas currently publishes; it does not define a material catalog, file-format requirement, upload promise, tolerance, or turnaround time.
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Search across both sections for a material, drawing, reference, or project input.
6 guide entries
01
Materials information
Material requirements, available documentation, and finish questions to bring into the brief.
Material requirements and available documentation are useful project inputs.
- Include the material requirements you already know in the project brief.
- For project-level RoHS/REACH compliance support, share stated material requirements and available supplier or project documentation.
- The available evidence and requested scope guide the discussion.
Fabrication includes material and finish guidance as part of the project conversation.
- If your project has a material or finish question, include it in the brief.
- The published fabrication offering includes part review, material and finish guidance, and a path from prototype to small batch.
- The right discussion depends on the requirements and references you can share.
02
File preparation
The drawings, references, and project details that help make the next conversation useful.
You do not need a perfect specification to begin; share what is known and the question you are trying to answer.
- Describe what you are trying to make, test, or improve.
- Include dimensions, materials, references, timing, or the question you are trying to answer.
- Choose the closest project path and share the constraints you already know.
First Article Inspection (FAI) reports are scoped to customer-provided drawings, revisions, and agreed characteristics.
- Share the customer-provided drawing and its revision when FAI reporting is part of the request.
- Identify the characteristics agreed for the project.
- The report scope and required details are clarified with the project brief.
Share drawings, models, photos, or references from a link the shop can open.
- The project request form accepts optional file links as one or more HTTP(S) links.
- Use links to provide the references that help explain the part, idea, or open question.
- The guide does not prescribe file formats or an upload workflow.
Assembly work is scoped from the customer’s parts list, drawing, and acceptance requirements.
- Include the parts list and supplied components you can describe or reference.
- Share the drawing and interface references relevant to the assembly.
- State the acceptance requirements for the requested work.
Next step
Have a part, model, or idea to discuss?
Share the useful version of the story, including the references and constraints you already have.