Dewan B.
Mechatronic Engineer and CAD Designer (Sheet metal, 3D Printing, CNC Machining and Injection Molding
Johannesburg,
South Africa
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About
Efficiency and optimization focused CAD Designer with experience creating fully parametric, optimized for manufacturing ready designs and production drawings.
With over 7 years experience designing products of different niches, I have become a versatile CAD designer with expertise in multiple sectors including sheet metal, fibre laser cutting, sheet metal bending, CNC milling and CNC turning as well as 3D printed enclosures for outdoor applications.
Software that I've worked with:
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk Inventor CAM Suite
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- Ultimaker Cura
- Keyshot
Tasks / roles that I can fulfil:
- Drafter / Drafting Tasks
- Product Design
- Sheet metal and bending designer
- Reverse Engineer / Reverse Engineering
- CAD Design
- DFM / Design For Manufacturing
- Design for 3D printing
- Design for CNC Machining and CNC Turning
- Design for Injection Moulding
I was involved in:
- Creating flat patterns for laser cutting,
- Bend drawings for the bending team,
- Assembly instructions for the assemblers
- Steel tube cut list's for the manufacturing team,
- Designing parts and then programming and running them on our CNC milling machine,
- Designing optimised parts for 3D printing
- Keeping an eye open for design optimisations in general
I refined my skills further with my time working hands on with the production process, seeing and deeply understanding the processes involved in building your final product. This has taught me to always imagine the assembly process and keep an eye out for any design choices that could make manufacturing more difficult or downright impossible. My hands on experience comes from spending time working on a Sheet Metal Fibre laser, producing the flat parts for assembly as well as hand on assembly in an IoT device that was manufactured using 3D printing.
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With over 7 years experience designing products of different niches, I have become a versatile CAD designer with expertise in multiple sectors including sheet metal, fibre laser cutting, sheet metal bending, CNC milling and CNC turning as well as 3D printed enclosures for outdoor applications.
Software that I've worked with:
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk Inventor CAM Suite
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- Ultimaker Cura
- Keyshot
Tasks / roles that I can fulfil:
- Drafter / Drafting Tasks
- Product Design
- Sheet metal and bending designer
- Reverse Engineer / Reverse Engineering
- CAD Design
- DFM / Design For Manufacturing
- Design for 3D printing
- Design for CNC Machining and CNC Turning
- Design for Injection Moulding
I was involved in:
- Creating flat patterns for laser cutting,
- Bend drawings for the bending team,
- Assembly instructions for the assemblers
- Steel tube cut list's for the manufacturing team,
- Designing parts and then programming and running them on our CNC milling machine,
- Designing optimised parts for 3D printing
- Keeping an eye open for design optimisations in general
I refined my skills further with my time working hands on with the production process, seeing and deeply understanding the processes involved in building your final product. This has taught me to always imagine the assembly process and keep an eye out for any design choices that could make manufacturing more difficult or downright impossible. My hands on experience comes from spending time working on a Sheet Metal Fibre laser, producing the flat parts for assembly as well as hand on assembly in an IoT device that was manufactured using 3D printing.
Experience
- 3D Printing Designer for Fusion 360 iWeathar · Full-time Aug 2025 – Present 4 mos George, WC, South Africa 3D Printing optimised part design and development. Moved to freelance in 2020 and have been working on converting the parts to injection molding.
- CAD / CAM Coordinator IE-Tec · Full-time Mar 2025 – Present 9 mos George, WC, South Africa Worked on designing parts for various machines that we manufactured. Parts included sheet metal, CNC milled, CNC turned parts. Developed strong design ethics and processes during this time.
Education
- University Of South Africa Bacherlors Of Science, Computer Science and Mathematics 2024 – 2028 (expected)
- University Of South Africa Diploma, Mechatronics 2017 – 2024
Other experience
- Worked with Machining Worked in machine shop, designing, programming, setting up and running parts on a 3 Axis CNC Machine
- Worked with Sheet Metal Manufacturing Worked in a factory assembling and manufacturing machines for the construction and mining industries primarily made of Sheet Metal
Licenses & Certifications
- Autodesk Certified Professional in Inventor for Mechanical Design Mar 2021 – Present
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Joined: August 30, 2025
Last seen: December 4, 2025
Area of Expertise
3D Printing Design
General CAD Drafting
Electrical Drafting
Industrial Design Services
3D Rendering Services
3D Design Services
Internet of Things (IoT)
Sheet Metal Design
CAD Conversion Services
3D Models of Machine Parts
Assembly Drawing Services
Assembly Modeling Services
3D Presentation Design
Machine Drawing Services
Mechanical Design Services
Mechanical CAD Design
Manufacturing Drawings
3D Product Modeling
2D to 3D Modeling
3D Scan to CAD Service
Languages
English Native or bilingual proficiency
Afrikaans Native or bilingual proficiency
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa