# Cad Crowd

> Freelance marketplace for CAD, 3D modeling, and product design — clients hire experts through design contests, fixed-price services, hourly contracts, and job posts.

Cad Crowd connects businesses and individuals with vetted CAD freelancers worldwide. Designers build profiles, enter contests, sell packaged services, and apply to job listings. Clients post work, compare submissions, and pay through the platform.

## How Cad Crowd works

- [How it works](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works): Overview of every way to hire on Cad Crowd.
- [Design contests](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/contests): Crowdsourced competitions — designers submit entries and clients award prizes to winners.
- [Hourly & contract work](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/hourly): Ongoing CAD work billed by the hour or under contract.
- [Private projects](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/private): One-to-one engagements with a chosen freelancer.
- [3D printing services](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/printing): Design-for-print, prototyping, and print-ready deliverables.
- [CAD services](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/cad-services): Outsourced drafting, modeling, and general CAD production.
- [Manufacturing](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/manufacturing): Design support tied to manufacturing and production.
- [Patent drawings](https://www.cadcrowd.com/how-it-works/patent): Patent-oriented illustration and design documentation.

## Hire designers

- [Hire by skill](https://www.cadcrowd.com/hire): Skill directory (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Rhino, etc.) linking to relevant experts.
- [Browse profiles](https://www.cadcrowd.com/profiles): Search freelancer profiles by category, software, and expertise.
- [Leaderboard](https://www.cadcrowd.com/leaderboard): Top-ranked designers by platform activity and results.
- [Designer signup](https://www.cadcrowd.com/designers): How freelancers join Cad Crowd and publish a portfolio.
- [Local experts](https://www.cadcrowd.com/l): Find CAD freelancers by country, state or province, and city.

## Browse listings

- [Design contests](https://www.cadcrowd.com/projects): Active and archived public design contests clients have posted.
- [Freelance jobs](https://www.cadcrowd.com/jobs): Job board organized by CAD and 3D design skills.
- [Post a job](https://www.cadcrowd.com/post-job): Client workflow to publish a new freelance job listing.
- [Fixed-price services](https://www.cadcrowd.com/services): Packaged gig-style CAD services offered at set prices.
- [3D model gallery](https://www.cadcrowd.com/3d-models): Public gallery of uploaded CAD and 3D models.
- [Design categories](https://www.cadcrowd.com/s): Category hub for contests, hourly work, private projects, and printing by discipline.

## Start a project

- [Get a quote](https://www.cadcrowd.com/quote): Request a custom quote for CAD or 3D design work.
- [Launch a contest](https://www.cadcrowd.com/contest/launch): Post a new design contest with brief, prize pool, and timeline.
- [Contact us](https://www.cadcrowd.com/contact): Sales, support, and general inquiries.

## Community

- [Forum](https://www.cadcrowd.com/forum): Community Q&A and discussion for CAD Crowd members.
- [Blog](https://www.cadcrowd.com/blog/): Articles on CAD, 3D printing, freelancing, and product design.

## Company & policies

- [About Cad Crowd](https://www.cadcrowd.com/company/about): Company background and mission.
- [Testimonials](https://www.cadcrowd.com/company/testimonials): Client and designer success stories.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.cadcrowd.com/page/privacypolicy): How Cad Crowd collects and uses personal data.
- [Terms of service](https://www.cadcrowd.com/page/termsofservice): Platform rules and legal terms.

## Discovery

- [HTML sitemap](https://www.cadcrowd.com/sitemap): Curated index of major site sections (experts, forum, blog, jobs, services, models).
- [XML sitemap](https://www.cadcrowd.com/sitemap.xml): Full machine-readable URL index for crawlers.