SUMMARY
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. continues to further its mission to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in the product development process. The SolidWorks® Premium suite of design and analysis tools helps bridge the gap between product designers and other disciplines, eliminating the inefficiencies of differing design systems and revolutionizing the design process.
Introduction
I n the product design industry, mechanical CAD (MCAD) tools are in high demand for successfully conceptualizing and manufacturing consumer products. As a designer of consumer products, you have needs and deliverables that vary greatly from those of your mechanical engineering counterparts who design machinery and equipment. In fact, you often need more complex modeling functionality. Knowing that your concept could change or be rejected, you must be able to quickly create and modify your design. When many factors and specifications are already determined, MCAD tools can efficiently accommodate a certain amount of change. But if your concept is in a high state of flux, making conceptual changes can bring your MCAD system to a halt. This is why most product designers still conceptualize with pen and paper, along with foam or clay modeling, instead of MCAD software. For those who have the talent to draw and sculpt, these traditional tools are often more efficient than computer-based tools.
Today, many initiatives in the MCAD industry focus on capturing the design intent earlier in the process, thereby reducing the product design cycle and time-to-market. Because design intent is critical to successfully producing and manufacturing products, DS SolidWorks has made great strides in not only meeting this challenge, but also in streamlining the entire design process. As a result, SolidWorks Premium software can help you easily execute and conceptualize your designs.
Sketching on paper has been, and continues to be, a pervasive medium for capturing initial ideas for others to see. However, the author of the sketch often reads much more into its meaning and understanding than others would. Imagination, along with the sketch as a reference, is the catalyst for making a particular idea more tangible and concrete. By using SolidWorks software early in the design process, you can better convey your ideas to others.
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