In today’s design environment, the ability to leverage a design up and down the design process is critical. But, for many companies, there is a real challenge here; they need to overcome the difficulties of managing interoperability between different environments and tools.
Having to work with non-native CAD files can be a frustrating process. The problem is clear; you have CAD data that you need to work with, but it was created in a different CAD tool to the one that you use. Having a tool that enables you to work with non-native CAD data, without having to recreate it can be invaluable, saving you time and money
With a large assembly, there are a lot of interconnected parts, which makes it very complex to work with. Often, the model is so complex and it has so many parts that it’s hard for your CAD system to load it all up easily or quickly. This wastes time and means you can’t get on with your work. Also, with large assemblies, it is harder to ensure that all of the different parts work together. With more parts, there are more chances for things to go wrong.
If you’re an engineer, you know you’re pretty important to the product development process. But, as well, there are lots of other people who need to be involved in the project. First of all, there are other engineers in your team.
Creo Layout is the Creo App for 2D conceptual engineering. Many companies, even though they use 3D solid modeling as their preferred engineering tool, still maintain some 2D CAD in house. In this case, what they want to do is take advantage of the flexibility that 2D CAD offers them; being able to make large, unpredictable changes and explore multiple design options.
Does your company still use a standalone 2D CAD tool before working on the design in 3D? Even though 3D solid modeling has become the standard for complex engineering tasks, your company may still have a 2D CAD system in your tool set. It’s fairly common to use 2D for upfront conceptual engineering. The problem that this has traditionally caused is that when you finally want to transition the concept from 2D to 3D, you either need to perform a complicated import of 2D data into a 3D tool or manually recreate the design from scratch in 3D.
Creo Options Modeler is a dedicated app for creating ad validating modular product assemblies, regardless of the complexity of the assembly. It helps you to deliver personalise products, which meet your customer's needs. Whether these are market based or regional based requirements, Creo Options Modeler can help you to deliver them.
Companies develop products with modular architects, using Creo Options Modeler, meaning that they can deliver competitive differentiation to market. At the same time, they are able to keep cost and complexity under control. When you combine Creo Options Modeler with Windchill, you can generate and validate precise 3D representations of product designs that are actually connects to the Bill of Material from the Windchill environment.
From humble beginnings to advanced CAD technology, product design tools have come a long way. The tools now used in product design have developed significantly to the sketches and drawings first used by designers. In this blog post, we’ll look at how product design tool have changed and the impact this has had on product development process.
Today we are going to talk about simulation driven design. What we are seeing people try to do now is to bring simulation in at an earlier stage of the design process. So, it is no longer restricted to later stages, such as design validation and verification. By introducing simulation earlier in the design process, it opens up the possibility of making a lot more changes; using it to drive the overall design instead of limiting it to the backend of the process.
Until recently the use of direct modeling was limited to animation. But, now, designers of all types are starting to use direct modeling. Improvements in the tools now mean it is easier that ever before for designers to create the products that their customer's want.