Engineering and design firms
The reasons behind a design change live in your records
Your CAD, BOMs, design reviews and tests, with controlled data and client designs screened up front.
Start my estimateWhy engineering records matter
A textbook teaches the principles. It seldom shows a working team moving a part from requirement to release, through the test that failed and the review that solved it.
Beyond the change itself, your reviews, tests and revisions capture the reasoning that drove it.
Where the value usually sits
- CAD files and revisions. How parts and assemblies get modeled and toleranced.
- BOMs and calculation sheets. How parts get sized and materials picked.
- Test and simulation results. What the model said against what the test showed.
- Design review notes. What was debated and decided.
A common first question: client designs covered by NDA
Plenty of your work may be owned by clients or bound by an NDA. Your contracts decide whether any of it fits in scope, and reading them is for your counsel. We do not give legal advice. Material your clients own is checked as scope is set, and it can be excluded.
If your work touches defense or aerospace programs, export-controlled technical data is flagged and excluded.
Your options to hold back
- Client-owned designs. Left out by default, unless you and your counsel decide to include them.
- Export-controlled data. Marked and kept out.
- Product lines you treat as core. Any project or period can stay out.
How it runs
You fill in the estimate form, and a specialist from License Your Data calls within minutes to book a 15-minute call under NDA. License Your Data next makes a de-identified copy of your in-scope records. First you approve a sample. After that, buyers can license the copy.
Owner questions
- Does someone need a login to our PDM vault?
- No. No passwords are asked for or shared.
- Is any prep needed from us?
- No. Knowing your team's tools and roughly how long you have used them is enough. You will not be asked for an export.
- Do we pay for this?
- No. It is free for you.
- Do we keep our IP?
- Yes. Your originals never leave your systems and remain yours. Buyers license only a de-identified copy.