The way designs get built and changed
AI labs learn the most from material showing engineering judgment, more than from finished drawings:
- Your CAD models and how they were revised
- Bills of materials and calculation spreadsheets
- Simulations checked against what testing showed
- Review notes that record the reason behind a change
- Inspection data and schematics from your own product lines
Client-owned designs can stay out
Any design owned by a client or covered by an NDA can be left out on a project by project basis. You and your lawyers decide whether client projects fit within your contracts. Legal advice on this is not something we offer. Often the simplest place to begin is your internal methods and your own products.
Names become placeholders
The copy swaps every name, whether client, vendor or engineer, for a placeholder, along with any addresses and account numbers. Your original files remain in your vault without ever leaving your systems, and no one asks for passwords. Before anything is shared, you sign off on a sample of the finished version.
Anything export controlled is kept out
Certain programs have restrictions on exporting their technical data. Such a project can be kept out of scope entirely, and you are the person who identifies it. When in doubt about a project, keep it out.
Where to begin
Request the estimate first, and on the first short call sort out which projects are plainly yours and which belong to others. Try a simple list with four groups: in house products, client programs, NDA projects, export controlled projects. That first group is where scope tends to start. Projects can be added or removed later, but preparation starts only once the list is agreed, and sharing waits for your approval of the sample. At no point do your engineers need to stop working.
Questions we hear from principals
Does it cost anything?
No. There is no cost to you, and everything starts under NDA.
Are we giving up our IP?
No. Buyers license a prepared copy of what you approved. The originals and the ownership stay in your hands.
Can we exclude one client fully?
Yes. Any client, project, system or folder can be excluded.
Check where my firm starts.
Begin with your headcount. Your discipline has no effect on the number.
How many employees does your company have?
Indicative estimate based on your answers. Not an offer or guarantee.