Monday, 23 February 2015

Create more aesthetically appealing products!!



For some products, especially those in the consumer market, fashion often takes precedence over function. SolidWorks Premium provides the capabilities you need to make products more aesthetically appealing:
SolidWorks software allows you to create complex solid geometry such as sweeps and blends, as well as free-form curve-continuous surfaces for industrial designers all in the same modelling environment. This is not all, with SolidWorks software, you can create photo realistic images and view your model in real time. By working in a 3D environment that renders products lifelike, you can analyze your design choices and make alterations that may not have otherwise occurred to you. If you select chrome for a product’s finish, for example, the SolidWorks software photorealistic display could indicate that the overall effect is too shiny and convince you to select an alternate material.
one more point I would like to address which is Reverse engineering and output for rapid prototyping and CNC tools. Since many designers still sculpt and work in non-digital formats, ScanTo3D allows you to scan concept sketches and handcrafted models into SolidWorks software, re-create the geometry, and complete the designs in 3D solids. Then you can send these models to rapid prototyping or CNC, or create moulds and dies from the geometry.













  
 “Make products more efficient or environmentally responsible”- stay tuned to know how!!!

Friday, 20 February 2015

Provide products that fit together correctly the first time!!!



When it comes to product assembly, customers and manufacturers want to avoid surprises. Parts that do not fit together as intended whether in mass-production or specialized custom-production environments can cause major setbacks and delays that jeopardize the company’s reputation or financial performance.
With SolidWorks Premium, you can be sure that products will fit together correctly the very first time, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming rework (Which will save lots of your time) These powerful capabilities enable you to perform automatic checks for interference, collision, hole alignment, and clearance.
The TolAnalyst™ functionality allows you to conduct automated tolerance stack-up analysis and determine the effects that tolerances have on parts and assemblies, including maximum/minimum worst-case and RSS maximum/minimum tolerance stack-up analysis. With TolAnalyst, you can verify tolerances and dimensioning schemes, and then quickly make necessary changes until you achieve the desired tolerance stack-up results.
















SolidWorks Premium also includes rich assembly documentation capabilities. The 3D assembly models can quickly and easily display “exploded” drawing views, allowing assemblers and fabricators to zoom in and hide parts from view so they can see details with greater clarity. Using eDrawings files and animation tools, you can interact with models, rotate them, see animations of a machine in operation, even virtually walk through your designs to gain a better understanding of how things fit together.
Given the associative capabilities of SolidWorks Premium, an accurate and current BOM is guaranteed. Whenever you make changes to parts and assemblies, the BOM is automatically updated!!

Sunday, 15 February 2015

Simulation and Validation capabilities!!



What if, you can perform first-pass design checks without incurring any manufacturing costs and validate the structural integrity of components along with improved product quality. Yes, with SolidWorks its possible! Because it have capability of identifying areas prone to weakness and failure.
SolidWorks Simulation also provide stress, strain, and displacement analysis capabilities for parts and assemblies.

 SolidWorks Motion.
This software enables you to study the physics of moving assemblies, helping you to refine designs and enhance reliability. With SolidWorks Motion, you can estimate peak motor torque, analyse robotic performance during operation, size motors/actuators, and determine power consumption. In addition to laying out linkages and developing cams, you can analyses gear drives, size springs/dampers, determine how contacting parts behave, and minimize force imbalances in rotating systems.
Motion analysis can be solved using two different solution paradigms, time based motion and event based motion:
In a time-based analysis, external actions occur at a pre-set time irrespective of the assembly motion.
In an event based motion analysis, the motion of the assembly triggers the external action.