Capabilities
Built around the problem, not the process.
We take responsibility for the design problem — from concept and requirements through CAD, iteration, prototypes and validation to manufacturing handoff. When a project needs a specialized process or supplier, we bring in the right one.
01 / Product Development
Product Design & Development
For teams starting with an idea, a sketch, a requirement, a technical problem or a rough prototype. We take an unclear physical-product problem and turn it into something concrete and buildable.
- Product requirements
- Concept development
- Design development
- Component architecture
- Mechanical packaging
- Iterative design
- Prototype coordination
- Physical validation
- Manufacturing preparation
02 / CAD & Design
CAD & Design Development
For teams who know roughly what they need and want it designed properly. We own the design problem — fit, constraints, iterations — not just the hours in CAD.
- 3D CAD
- Component design
- Assemblies
- Design revisions
- Design optimization
- Technical drawings where appropriate
- Fitment development
- Packaging constraints
- Iteration
03 / Reverse Engineering
Reverse Engineering & Redesign
For when an existing part is the starting point. Scanning is one step; the goal is a better or buildable design.
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- Recreating obsolete components
- Recreating and modifying existing parts
- Adapting a part to a new application
- Manufacturable CAD from an existing object
- New geometry designed around an existing component
- Improving or redesigning legacy parts
04 / DFM
Design for Manufacturing
For designs moving from CAD to repeatable manufacturing. The goal is something that can be reliably made — by the right process and the right supplier, not a particular machine.
Production may be coordinated through Batchform or another appropriate manufacturing partner.
- Design for manufacturing (DFM)
- Material selection
- Manufacturing process selection
- Tolerance considerations
- Prototype refinement
- Supplier coordination
- Manufacturing documentation and production files
- Technical drawings
- BOM support where appropriate
- Manufacturing handoff
05 / Prototyping
Prototype Coordination
Prototypes are how a design proves itself. We plan what each prototype needs to answer, get it made through the right process, check fit and function, and feed what we learn back into the design.
- Prototype planning
- Making prototypes through the right process or partner
- Fit and function checks
- Test-fit on the real assembly or vehicle
- Design refinement between rounds
Engagement model
Ongoing product-development support
For small teams that regularly need product-development help but don't need a full-time internal designer, 9OneFour provides ongoing design and technical support across multiple projects. Available for ongoing engagements.
Discuss Ongoing Support- CAD revisions
- Product improvements
- New product concepts
- Prototype coordination
- Technical drawings
- Supplier communication
- DFM
- Production preparation
- Technical research
- Troubleshooting
- Design iteration
How engagements work
No packages and no price list — every project is scoped and quoted on its own.
- 01
Tell us the problem
A sketch, photos, CAD, an existing part — or just a description. Email, text or the project form.
- 02
We define it together
We ask the questions that shape the design: what it must do, where it lives, what it has to fit, and what done looks like.
- 03
Scoped proposal
Every project is quoted individually, with the stages, deliverables and decision points written down before work starts.
- 04
Work in stages
Design, prototypes and reviews in steps you can see, with direct contact throughout — through to documentation and manufacturing handoff.
Have something worth building?
Send us a sketch, photo, CAD file, existing part — or just explain the problem.
Start a Project