http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ FEA Forums » Tag: solidworks - Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:13:15 +0000 http://www.FEA-Forums.com/topic/25#post-30 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:07:53 +0000 admin 30@http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ <p>Swedish knife manufacturer reduces new product design time and costs </p> <p>CONCORD, Mass. , Sept. 12, 2007 — Mora of Sweden is getting a handle on more ergonomic, higher performing knives used in professional kitchens, woodshops, carpentry, and the outdoors using SolidWorks® 3D CAD and COSMOS® design analysis software. </p> <p>With roots dating back to the 1600s, Mora knives have a global reputation for balance, durability, and precision. Based in the town of Mora, the company chose SolidWorks Office Premium to accelerate new product development, reduce costs, and improve their knives’ feel in users’ hands. </p> <p>“We design handles that work best for those who use them for long periods of time,” said Olov Larsson, Mora of Sweden’s design manager. “SolidWorks gives us much better surface and freeform modeling capabilities than other products, so we’re able to refine our grips based on knife function and user feedback. That’s a tremendous advantage in this industry.” </p> <p>The company also uses COSMOSWorks® design analysis software to ensure each knife it designs will stand up to everyday use. Incorporating both design and analysis in product development has helped the company reduce expensive prototyping costs because it can ensure the designs are accurate before actual manufacturing begins. </p> <p>The software’s intuitive interface, coupled with SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT), helps Mora of Sweden designers who don’t work with CAD every day, as well as new hires, quickly learn and master 3D product development, according to Larsson. SWIFT also helps speed design time by automating routine processes. </p> <p>The company is also converting older 2D designs (that often have insufficient documentation) into 3D SolidWorks models to make it easier to improve existing product lines with accurate, up-to-date information. </p> <p>“Mora of Sweden is born from a centuries-old tradition, so it certainly has a reputation of expertise to uphold,” said Simon Booker, SolidWorks marketing manager, Europe. “Relying on dependable 3D CAD and design analysis software to bring better products to market faster is an investment in strengthening that reputation.” </p> <p>Mora of Sweden relies on authorized SolidWorks reseller SolidEngineer AB for ongoing software training, implementation, and support. </p> <p>About Mora of Sweden </p> <p>Mora of Sweden is a modern company that combines traditional craftsmanship with rational manufacturing. By constantly adapting the company’s products to the market’s requirements in terms of quality and design, Mora of Sweden has been able to create a modern, flexible manufacturing facility. The company is active in four business areas: ice, tools, outdoor, and food industry. For more information, visit the Web site (www.moraofsweden.se). </p> <p>About SolidEngineer AB </p> <p>SolidEngineer AB provides companies with integrated CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, and the training and support for those products. SolidEngineer is a reseller for SolidWorks 3D CAD systems as well as SmarTeam PLM systems in Sweden. Founded in 1996, the company has offices in Stockholm, Karlstad, Helsingborg, Jönköping, Sundsvall, and Gothenburg. For more information, visit the Web site (www.solide.se). </p> <p>About SolidWorks Corporation<br /> SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000). </p> http://www.FEA-Forums.com/topic/13#post-18 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:09:37 +0000 admin 18@http://www.FEA-Forums.com/ <p>Newest version of product data management solution maximizes global design teams’ productivity</p> <p>CONCORD, Mass. , Sept. 24, 2007 – SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled PDMWorks® Enterprise 2008, a new version of its product data management system with new features for managing bills of material, replication of data across sites, foreign language support, data connectivity, platform support, and overall performance.</p> <p>“These important new features improve collaboration and workflow throughout the manufacturing enterprise, making everyone significantly more productive,” said Jeff Barker, PDMWorks Enterprise project leader, Paper Converting Machine Co., Green Bay , Wisc. “For us, the bottom line is designing better products and getting them to market faster, and PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 is obviously engineered with the same priorities in mind.”</p> <p>Fully integrated with SolidWorks® 3D CAD software and reflecting numerous customer requests, the PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 product data management system helps large, geographically dispersed engineering organizations securely manage engineering information, leverage existing designs, connect global teams, streamline workflow, audit documents, and search intensively, all with SolidWorks’ trademark ease of use.</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 enhancements include:</p> <p>• Better control and management of bills of material</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 has a wide range of new capabilities supporting the creation, editing, viewing, and management of bills of material (BOMs). These tools dramatically improve communication and collaboration within design engineering and beyond, including the manufacturing, quality assurance, and purchasing departments.</p> <p>Organizations working on an assembly can now customize BOMs for each department, route them for approvals, and enable multiple reviewers to edit them without installing SolidWorks software. BOMs can now include units of measure for non-modeled items (e.g., glue) and can also display part thumbnails when a user hovers his or her mouse over an item listed in the BOM.</p> <p>• Improved replication across multiple sites</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 features faster, more powerful replication of design files across distributed organizations. It optionally replicates only the latest version of design files for faster, less processing-intensive downloads. New capabilities enable design engineers to easily find the current version of any part or project, eliminating confusion and errors.</p> <p>• Foreign language support</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 nearly doubles support for native languages. The product now enables documents in multiple languages to reside on a single server, making it easy for international companies to connect their design engineers globally. Supported languages include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Swedish, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Czech, and Brazilian Portuguese.</p> <p>• New data connectivity to external systems</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 provides out-of-the-box tools to simplify sharing of data with external systems, such as manufacturing resource planning (MRP) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, via industry-standard XML files. This data-sharing capability reduces time, errors, and expense of duplicative manual entry to help automate high-value workflows. For example, a design engineer can send an XML-formatted BOM material to an ERP system, initiating ordering, purchasing, approval, and manufacturing planning automatically upon drawing release. Likewise, PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 can import data through the same process, enabling engineers to manage costs at the design level by automatically calculating material costs as they work.</p> <p>• Performance improvement</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 has improved performance in deleting, accessing, moving, and rewriting files, as well as clearing caches. Search is faster due to new Microsoft Indexing Service support and richer now that searches from the SolidWorks software interface retrieve materials from the PDMWorks Enterprise vault.</p> <p>“PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 is the ideal way for large, distributed engineering organizations to manage their product data for powerful, productive collaboration,” said Jeff Ray , SolidWorks CEO. “The result is smoother coordination and better products arriving more quickly to market with new efficiencies at every step.” </p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise customers include: FL Smidth, Munters, Mikuni, Spartan Motors, Tigercat, Automatic Systems, Ulma, Vestas, and Paper Converting Machine Company.</p> <p>Availability and platforms</p> <p>PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 is available now for purchase in 14 languages worldwide through SolidWorks authorized resellers. PDMWorks Enterprise 2008 now runs on the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system in either 32- or 64-bit versions and continues to support Microsoft Windows XP®. Contact a SolidWorks authorized reseller for pricing. To locate one in your region, visit <a href="http://www.solidworks.com/locateVAR/" rel="nofollow">http://www.solidworks.com/locateVAR/</a> .</p> <p>About SolidWorks Corporation<br /> SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).</p> <p>## ## ##</p> <p>SolidWorks and PDMWorks are registered trademarks of SolidWorks Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2007 SolidWorks Corporation. </p>