Friday, February 10th
11:30 AM Complimentary Lunch
12:30-4:00 PM Informational Event
Alignex Offices, Edina, MN
The idea of adopting new CAD technologies has always been a daunting proposition. We’ll show how we helped leading computer hardware manufacturer, Silicon Graphics, seamlessly migrate from PTC to SolidWorks, gain new functionality, innovate faster AND save 50% on their maintenance costs!
In this live environment showcase (a file server, multiple workstations and multiple computer projectors), follow along as we search, find and re-use design data from an old CAD system and use it in our new CAD system, SolidWorks, while also automatically coordinating version history and metadata and change control between dissimilar CAD systems. Along the way, you'll see SolidWorks design tools, various FEA capabilities, manufacturing and technical publishing tools with Enterprise PDM managing this collaborative process.
No one else shows this level of functionality, live. Don't miss it!
We’ll show you valuable techniques to help reduce your time to market, drive down costs, and improve the innovation experience.
Topics Covered Include:
• Document search multiple CAD systems.
• Coordinate CAD document control.
• Coordinate data migration.
• “Promote” data from old system to new.
• Data reuse.
• Revision Coordination between different systems.
Featured Technologies:
SolidWorks 2012
With SolidWorks 2012, you can work more efficiently and have the data you need to make better design decisions throughout your product development process. Work smarter and faster and improve your success.
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Enterprise PDM
Help your team more easily find and repurpose files, parts, & drawings, share design information, automate work flows and ensure manufacturing always has the right version.
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3DVIA Composer
3DVIA Composer helps organizations to more effectively communicate complex product details, including leveraging existing 3D CAD data across your organization to create polished content and animations by non-engineers.
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AligneXpress
AligneXpress is an administration console for configuring custom, automated functions within SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM). It is produc-tion-proven at many Alignex customer sites ranging from 4 to 200 users with both single and multi-site deployments.
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SolidWorks Simulation
With SolidWorks Simulation, you can easily subject your designs to the same conditions that they'll experience in the real world. Raise the quality of your products while you reduce your costs for live prototypes and testing.
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SolidCAM
SolidCAM's revolutionary iMachining module provides a real breakthrough in tool path technology that allows cutting 2 to 3 times faster and deeper by optimizing tool cutting angles and feed through the entire tool path. You can use your existing equipment to run faster and deeper with even the smallest tools in the hardest materials.
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Pre-registered attendees of this event will receive two relevant and informative Aberdeen Group Published studies:
“Dynamic and User-Centric Publishing Strategies”
“Visualization and the Enterprise Value of 3D Product Models”
Each a $399 value-free of charge!
What clients say about the products you'll see...
We have achieved real benefits with the transition to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. We have been able to speed up data mining dramatically, the full-function version management prevents errors and facilitates team collaboration.
Felix Vogelsanger, Designer
Acutronic
We obsolete ourselves by developing new products every 12 to 18 months, and 3DVIA Composer enables us to create more visual, up-to-date, and effective instructions.
Christopher Narveson - Design & Engineering Services Manager
We prefer to reuse designs whenever possible to reduce our design times and costs. With [SolidWorks] Enterprise PDM ’s search capability, it’s easy to find an existing design, using an attribute like material, size, or function.
Richard Trnka, CAD Systems Manager
Anderson Dahlen Inc.
It’s critical to avoid conversion problems between the 3D CAD solution we choose and the existing plant design systems we will keep. With SolidWorks, that interface runs very smoothly.
Terje Orbeck, CAD Manager
Grenland Group
