Case Studies
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» Advanced Micro Devices Solutions: SolidWorks Premium & Enterprise PDM Industry: Electronics Summary: “It used to take hours to transfer files back and forth among the various locations,” Yusufali recalls. “With SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software, sharing and accessing files is down to a matter of minutes because the vault updates daily, and only changed files are updated. The software’s search capabilities are also excellent. The indexed search is very fast, and it’s now much easier to find specific design files. The system makes collaboration both more efficient and effective.” |
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» Bresslergroup Solutions: SolidWorks Professional & Simulation Pro/Premium Industry: Product Design & Engineering Services Summary: “Integrated analysis is a powerful tool that gives us a real leg up by saving money for both our company and our clients,” Schiff points out. “The direct integration between core SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation is key to making design optimization runs more efficient and practical.” |
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» Cardiovascular Systems, Inc Solutions: SolidWorks & 3DVIA Composer Industry: Medical Summary: “I was attending a ‘What’s New in SolidWorks’ seminar, conducted by our reseller (Symmetry Solutions, Inc.), when I saw 3DVIA Composer™,” Narveson recalls. “I immediately understood how we could benefit from it. We have so much time and knowledge invested in our CAD models that it only makes sense to leverage the technology to create better work instructions to improve our assembly operations.” |
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» Design Dreams, LLC Solutions: SolidWorks Simulation Premium & Flow Simulation Industry: Product Design & Engineering Services Summary: Together, Woodruff’s CFD expertise and SolidWorks Flow Simulation software enable Design Dreams to produce time and cost savings for its customers. For example, Design Dreams consulted on an issue related to sealing lids on aluminum beverage cans, which are assembled at a rate of 3,000 per minute. |
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» HayssenSandiacre Solutions: SolidWorks 3DVIA Software Industry: Machinery Summary: “The ability to create process animations is also a big advantage,” he adds. “In a 20- to 30-second animation, our customers can see the actual process. Instead of trying to process written instructions, they can actually see on the screen what they are looking at on the machine and understand what they need to do.” |
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» Leenaars Marine & Offshore Design BV Solutions: SolidWorks Premium Industry: Automotive & Transportation Summary: Using SolidWorks Premium, Leenaars Marine & Offshore Design has also achieved many of its design improvement goals, such as reducing steel weight and introducing innovations. For example, the firm’s LNG module supports, which serve as the interface between the vessel and multiwheel transporters, is 15 to 20 percent lighter and eliminates 10 lost ship days, or $450,000 in cost. |
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» CH Products Solutions: SolidWorks Professional & Premium Industry: Industrial Controls & Simulation Products Summary: CH Products needed to integrate a 3D design environment with its manufacturing facility, which is equipped with injection molding, tooling, production assembly, and quality control systems. “We wanted a 3D design platform that was user-friendly—to facilitate the transition—but also robust enough to develop sophisticated products.” |
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Allmand Bros. Inc Solutions: 3DVIA Composer Industry: Heavy Equipment Summary: “Until recently, we struggled with publishing and updating our parts books,” Kelso recalls. “Our assemblies are quite large. Using traditional engineering drawings made it difficult to keep up with design and equipment changes, leaving our parts manuals in a state of flux. Some were out-of-date, and we faced a growing backlog of updates that we needed to make . . . |
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Howe and Howe Technologies Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design Industry: Extreme Vehicle Fabrication & Robotics Summary: After evaluating the Pro/ENGINEER® and SolidWorks® 3D design packages, Howe and Howe Technologies chose SolidWorks Premium software as its 3D solution because the software is easier to use, outputs more compatible design data, and integrates well with the firm’s fabrication systems. Since implementing . . . |
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Remington
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Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design Industry: Footwear Summary: Remington’s engineering group sought out a 3D product development platform that would help them accelerate time-to-market, control costs, and strengthen customer service, they chose SolidWorks® Professional software because it is easy to use & makes product development more efficient . . . |
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Alliant Engineering Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design & Simulation Industry: Engineering Services Summary: Alliant Engineering added SolidWorks Simulation because it is one of the most efficient finite element analysis (FEA) packages, is easy to use, and interfaces well with SolidWorks design software. Since then, the integration has become virtually seamless . . . |
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Southmedic Inc. Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design Industry: Medical Southmedic, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical instruments, designs, builds, and molds its own components, then assembles them prior to shipping. |
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Virginia Tech University Solutions: SolidWorks Education Class Pack Industry: Education Summary: RoMeLa chose SolidWorks® Education Edition CAD software because it exposed students to a design solution with a broad, established presence in industry and helped them advance robotics research. By giving students access to SolidWorks . . . |
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DJO Incorporated Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design Industry: Consumer Products DJO transitioned to the SolidWorks® 3D design system because it is easy to use and provides the tools that the company needs to achieve its objectives. By choosing SolidWorks, the company reduced its design cycles by more than... |
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Clover Industries, Inc Solutions: SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Industry: Machinery Clover Industries selected SolidWorks® Enterprise PDM software, implementing 100 licenses system-wide, because it is easy to use, is completely integrated with SolidWorks software, and supports multisite access to design data. By choosing SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, Clover Industries has reduced its... |
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ioSafe, Inc Solutions: SolidWorks 3D Design & Simulation Industry: Electronics ioSafe chose SolidWorks design, SolidWorks Simulation, and SolidWorks Flow Simulation computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis software because the integrated solution would enable the company to meet its business and technology objectives. By deploying SolidWorks, ioSafe cut time-to-market by 75... |
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»PRADCO Outdoor Brands Solution: Objet Desktop 3D Printer Industry: Consumer Goods Challenges: The need for a faster turnaround time between design changes drove PRADCO to explore rapid prototyping technologies and consider bringing a 3D printer in house. They needed not only a faster solution, but also one that could deliver all the details of a living creature. |
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»Orchid Design
Solution: Objet Desktop 3D Printer Industry: Medical Challenges: Help clients accelerate time-to revenue for orthopedic innovations. Solution: The Alaris30. “Now we can print very high-resolution prototypes right in our office in a matter of hours. With the Alaris30, it’s feasible for us to produce prototypes for every project, which has a major impact on the quality of our designs.” |
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AB Solution: Objet Desktop 3D Printer Industry: Communication equipment During product development, Peltor focuses on both function and aesthetics, enabling it to create advanced, comfortable communication and protection solutions that are also attractive to use. As a result, when it comes to prototypes, how they look is just as important as their fit, form, and function. |
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Notch Design AB Solution: Objet Desktop 3D Printer Industry: Industrial Design Top Notch Design delivers advanced prototypes and plastic products to clients, with a specialty in high end plastic parts. Many of the products they develop are particularly small and contain electronics. The confidentiality of their clients’ designs is ensured by using Objet’s Alaris30 in house. |
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Logitech Ireland Services Solution: Eden 3D Printer Industry: Electronics “It was clear to us that fit, form & function tests were essential to our design process and so we absolutely had to have a system that could produce highly accurate, high-resolution parts . . . |
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Rietveld Architects LLP Solution: Eden 3D Printer Industry: Architecture During the course of a typical project, Rietveld, like other architecture firms, builds numerous models in increasing detail and scale that help clients to visualize designs. And, like other firms, they had traditionally built these models by hand – a task that usually required two employees to spend upwards of two months . . . |
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Zebco Solution: Eden 3D Printer Industry: Fishing tackle The need for a more reliable, high-quality prototype that resembles the finished product was required to support their R&D efforts led Zebco to explore new 3D printing technologies. Objet’s technology has proven to be indispensable for Zebco, . . . |
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Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
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Instruments Corporation Solution: Eden 3D Printer Industry: Design and manufacture stringed instruments and amplifiers Frustrated by the time and expense of outsourcing, Fender decided to bring its prototyping in house. With the Eden 3D Printer, the Fender design team can prototype a part within hours versus weeks. . . |
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Solid Prototype Solution: Connex 3D Printer Industry: Service Bureau Our models look, feel and work like real end products. Every business needs good models to sell their ideas. We can produce them more quickly and for the same cost as the generic-looking . . . |
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Vista Technologies, LLC Solution: Connex 3D Printer Industry: Service Bureau The Connex 3D Printer gave Visa Technologies the ability to prototype complex parts, including overmolded parts and living hinges, that were impossible (or cost-prohibitive) to prototype in the past; parts can now be designed for overmolding, which means more prototyping business. . . |
