Description
GotStuffUK UKCA Technical Files Desktop Software
UKCA technical file software for 3D printing can help small 3D printing businesses, makers and manufacturers organise product records and supporting information in one convenient place.
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is a Windows application designed to make it easier to create, organise, maintain and export technical records for 3D printed products.
Instead of keeping product information, filament details, photographs, risk assessments and supporting documents across different folders, the software brings your records together in one organised desktop application.
Create a separate record for each product, update information when something changes, maintain batch information and keep supporting documentation relating to the materials and manufacture of your products.
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is a documentation and record-management tool. It does not certify products, perform laboratory testing, determine whether UKCA or CE marking is required, or guarantee that a product complies with UK legislation.
UKCA Technical File Software for 3D Printing
The software has been developed specifically with small manufacturers, 3D printing businesses and independent makers in mind.
When creating a product record, you can enter information about the product, its manufacture and the filament or materials used. You can add product photographs, record age grading and supervision information where relevant, work through risk-assessment information and keep supporting records together.
As your product catalogue grows, this provides a much more structured way of maintaining and updating your documentation.
Key Features
- Create and manage individual product technical records
- Record product descriptions and manufacturing information
- Record filament brands, colours and material information
- Maintain your own filament brand and colour database
- Record age grading and adult-supervision information where relevant
- Build and record product risk assessments using guided assessment tools
- Maintain product batch and traceability information
- Add and manage product photographs
- Keep supporting product and material information organised
- Export technical records as PDF documents
- Generate printable UKCA labels where UKCA marking is applicable
- Record manufacturer and business information
- Copy existing technical files when creating similar products
- Change filament brands and colours in copied product records
- Built-in software update checking
How GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop Works
The software provides a straightforward workflow for building and maintaining your product documentation.
1. Add Your Business Details
Enter the manufacturer or business information that needs to form part of your records.
2. Create Your Product
Add the product name, description, photographs and relevant manufacturing information.
3. Record Materials and Filaments
Select or record the filament brands, colours and materials used to manufacture the product.
4. Record Safety and Risk Information
Work through the relevant risk-assessment information and record identified hazards, age grading, supervision information and safety considerations where appropriate.
5. Maintain Supporting Records
Keep product photographs, material information, batch details and other supporting documentation organised with the product record.
6. Export Your Technical Record
Create an organised PDF technical record that can be retained, reviewed, archived or printed.
This gives you a repeatable process that can be used across your product catalogue instead of building documentation from scratch for every product.
Designed for 3D Printing Businesses
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is particularly useful for businesses producing multiple 3D printed products and variations.
For example, you may manufacture the same basic design using different filament colours, brands or materials. Rather than creating another technical record from the beginning, you can copy an existing technical file and update the relevant product, filament and colour information.
This can save considerable time as your catalogue grows while helping you maintain more consistent records.
The application also allows filament brands and colours to be recorded, making it easier to document which materials were used for a particular product or production batch.
Product Risk Assessment Records
Risk assessment is an important part of considering product safety.
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop provides guided tools that allow you to record identified hazards, risk information, safety considerations and measures used to reduce or control identified risks.
Depending on the product, considerations may include issues such as small parts, sharp points or edges, breakage, moving or articulated components, pinch points, choking hazards, flammability, material-related hazards and foreseeable misuse.
The software helps you record and organise the manufacturer’s assessment. It does not automatically determine whether a product is safe or compliant.
The manufacturer remains responsible for carrying out an appropriate assessment and determining whether additional assessment, testing, professional advice or conformity-assessment procedures are required.
Product and Batch Records
For businesses manufacturing products repeatedly, batch records can provide useful traceability between a finished product and its manufacturing information.
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop allows batch information to be maintained alongside your product documentation.
This can be particularly useful if you change filament brand, material, supplier or another manufacturing detail because you can retain a record of which materials were associated with particular production batches.
Product photographs can also be stored with your records, providing a visual reference for the product covered by the documentation.
PDF Technical Record Export
Technical records created within GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop can be exported as PDF documents.
This provides a convenient way to retain, review, archive or print the information recorded for a product.
Depending on the product and applicable requirements, the exported information may form part of the manufacturer’s wider technical documentation.
Generating a PDF using the software does not, however, certify the product or automatically establish that the manufacturer’s technical documentation is complete.
Printable UKCA Labels
The application includes a facility for creating printable UKCA labels.
This feature is provided for products where the manufacturer or responsible business has determined that UKCA marking is applicable and that the necessary requirements for applying the marking have been satisfied.
The presence of a UKCA label generator within the software does not mean that every 3D printed product requires UKCA marking.
Manufacturers should first establish which product legislation applies and whether conformity marking is required or permitted for the particular product.
UKCA, CE and Product Compliance
Different legislation, standards and conformity-assessment requirements can apply depending on what you manufacture, its intended purpose, its intended users and where it will be placed on the market.
The manufacturer or other responsible business remains responsible for identifying the requirements applicable to each product.
This may include identifying applicable legislation and standards, assessing foreseeable risks, obtaining appropriate assessment or testing where required, maintaining technical documentation, providing necessary warnings or instructions, completing required declarations and correctly applying regulatory markings.
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is designed to help organise and maintain records associated with this process.
It does not replace laboratory testing, professional compliance advice or a conformity-assessment procedure required by applicable legislation.
For current regulatory requirements, manufacturers should also refer to the relevant official UK Government product-safety and product-marking guidance.
Windows Desktop Application
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is designed for:
Windows 10
Windows 11
Your working technical-file information is stored locally on your computer, giving you control over your product documentation.
The application also includes a built-in update checker, allowing new software versions to be made available as features are improved or added.
Everything in One Desktop Application – Just £5
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop costs just £5 as a one-off purchase.
There is no monthly subscription.
Your purchase includes:
- GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop for Windows
- Licence for use on up to 2 Windows computers
- Create and maintain multiple product technical records
- PDF technical-record exports
- Product risk-assessment recording tools
- Filament brand, colour and material records
- Product photographs
- Batch and traceability records
- Printable UKCA labels where applicable
- Built-in software update checker
- Future application updates made available through the update system
£5 once. No monthly subscription.
This makes GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop an affordable option for small 3D printing businesses and independent makers who want a more organised way to manage their product documentation.
Who Is It For?
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop has been designed primarily for:
- Small 3D printing businesses
- Independent 3D print sellers
- Craft and market traders
- Online sellers
- Small manufacturers
- Makers producing their own products
- Businesses maintaining records for multiple 3D printed products
Whether you manufacture a handful of designs or maintain a growing catalogue with multiple colours and variations, the software provides a central place to organise information associated with each product.
Important Compliance Information
GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop is a documentation and record-management tool, not a certification or testing service.
The software does not certify products, issue UKCA or CE approval, perform laboratory testing, provide legal certification, determine whether conformity marking is required, or guarantee that a product complies with UK legislation.
The manufacturer, importer or other responsible business remains responsible for determining which legislation, standards and other requirements apply to its products.
The responsible business must also carry out or obtain any required conformity assessment or testing, maintain appropriate technical documentation, provide required warnings and instructions, complete any required declarations, apply regulatory markings correctly and ensure products placed on the market comply with applicable law.
Use of GotStuffUK Technical Files Desktop does not replace professional product-safety, testing, regulatory or legal advice where this is required.
Billy lyons –
Great bit of software, makes it all easier to understand and create your required tech files