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Standardize the Design Process
When you use SolidWorks software, you can integrate more streamlined, standardized procedures to your unique design and approval process. In fact, SolidWorks allows you to structure an entirely electronic process that leverages your native data and provides on-screen viewing and markup tools like SolidWorks eDrawings® files.
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Ensure Compliance with Government & Industry Standards
Adherence to FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 is a primary consideration for medical product design teams. Using SolidWorks product data management, you will have the necessary tools to remain in compliance (electronic signatures, full revision history, and an audit trail).
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Create Conceptual Designs & Configurations quickly
With Instant3D, you can easily put design ideas onscreen as workable conceptual machinery models by translating 2D sketches and photos into 3D solids.
SolidWorks also offers:
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. Quickly locate existing similar designs by file name or attributes.
- SolidWorks Search. Find similar product designs and reuse data.
- DriveWorksXpress®. Automate repetitive design tasks and generation of parts, assemblies, and drawings.
- SolidWorks eDrawings® files, DWGviewer, and 3D Instant Website. Safely and effectively communicate your ideas in 3D to any one, regardless of their CAD platform.
- PhotoWorks™ and SolidWorks animation capabilities. Use photorealistic renderings and animations to demonstrate how your products will appear and operate.
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Create Ergonomic Designs
SolidWorks features powerful surfacing tools that include sweep/loft, bending, stretching, twisting, and tapering. Create complex ergonomic shapes and surfaces by simply pushing and pulling on control points.
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Easily evaluate multiple Design Alternatives
Thanks to SWIFT™ (SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology) and our heads-up interface, you are now able to create and deliver innovative, accurate 3D models, by making fewer selections and clicks. With a small learning curve, this technology allows beginners to design at an expert level.
SolidWorks also offers:
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. Manage design versions, track changes, and avoid accidental overwriting of files.
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Reduce Product Development Costs
From concept to production, SolidWorks allows you to make cost savings throughout your product design process. Using tools like SolidWorks product data management and SolidWorks Search, you can quickly locate existing designs that you can leverage in your current projects.
SolidWorks also offers:
- 3D ContentCentral®, an online repository with thousands of standard components.
- SolidWorks Toolbox, an extensive, shared library of standard fasteners and other parts.
- Fully integrated design validation software. Reduce the cost of repeatedly constructing and testing physical prototypes. Eliminate mechanism and structural design failure with stress, thermal, kinematics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities.
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Bring your Products to the Market faster
SolidWorks can bring speed and high quality to your design process with tools like SolidWorks project data management software. Use it to automate approvals and notifications, reduce compliance overhead, manage revisions, eliminate overwrites, etc.
SolidWorks also offers:
- eDrawings®, DWGviewer, and 3D Instant Website. Safely and effectively communicate your 3D work to anyone. Engage your customers and suppliers earlier in the design process.
- PhotoWorks™ and SolidWorks Animator. Use photorealistic renderings and animations to demonstrate how your products will appear and operate.
- Fully integrated design validation software. Reduce time used to build and test prototypes through stress, thermal, kinematics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities.
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Collaborate effectively & securely
Even widely distributed design groups can function closely with SolidWorks. Tools such as eDrawings, PhotoWorks, and SolidWorks Animator enable designers to securely distribute images for revision and comment(s).
SolidWorks also offers:
- Secure Vault, which allows protected, web-based access to data from any computer.
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Use Standard Components
By logging on to 3DContentCentral.com, you can access a supplier’s latest parts, including functionality and performance specification data. You will also find component costs for use in your estimates.
SolidWorks also offers:
- SolidWorks Toolbox, a comprehensive library of standard fasteners and other parts.
- Smart Fasteners Technology and Smart Components for automated assembly of equipment and components frequently used.
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Publish complete and accurate Documentation
When your products are ready for production and distribution, SolidWorks offers integrated BOM generation capabilities, enabling you to drive on-time component delivery and meet production deliverables.
SolidWorks also offers:
- Design Checker. Ensure that your team’s drawings comply fully with your company’s standards.
- 3DVIA Composer. Create accurate & detailed assembly procedures, technical manuals and consumer instructions.
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Produce high-quality Drawings
Set of clear and specific plan are essential for efficient production. With SolidWorks Design Checker, you can control the compliance of the plan being carried out by your team by the standards of your company.
SolidWorks also offers:
- DimXpert. Automates intelligent dimensioning and tolerancing of 3D models, and then converts the data to 2D drawings.
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Ensure your Designs are Manufacturable
Can your design be manufactured once it reaches the production floor? You can get the answer – and save significant costs – with DFMXpress, which will test your design for machinability.
SolidWorks also offers:
- TolAnalyst integrated tolerance stack-up analysis
- Solution Partners for Mold Design. Single-button integration of automated, 3D MoldBase and electrode design tools.
- Certified CAM Partners integrated with SolidWorks to automatically generate NC code from your files.
- SupplierSource.com. Quickly identify compatible service providers using native SolidWorks.
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