He was an xDesign challenge winner, and went to Milan Italy in April 2018! Congratulations Eric!ĭue to the Superhero status that Design Guidance gives to engineers, it is one of my favorite features in xDesign. He unabashedly describes himself as a “3D CAD/CAM nerd.” Later this year, I’ll be publishing another blog on Eric Beatty’s xDesign experiences. Eric is currently a Senior Mechanical Designer for Omax Corporation, a leading manufacturer of CNC abrasive waterjet machining centers, and has recently returned to the leadership role in SASPUG. This video was created by Eric Beatty, one of our longest customers, who has been using SOLIDWORKS since March 1996 as an educator at North Seattle Community College, where he founded SASPUG, the very first SOLIDWORKS user group. Take a look at how easy Design Guidance is to use in the video below.
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Rather than making an educated guess at the design, and then testing it, they simply put the desired parameters into the software using Design Guidance, and let xDesign do the work for them! It’s like design optimization on steroids!Ī shape will emerge that will withstand the loading parameters that the engineer defines, and what could have taken several design iterations in traditional CAD/CAE tools is done in a fraction of the time and effort. With SOLIDWORKS xDesign, the engineer has the freedom to look at things from the other side. Same thing if the product is overdesigned, and the engineer wants to reduce material.
If the result is that the model will fail, the engineer will tweak a dimension or change the material and try again. Traditionally, engineers design a model, then simulate the environment around that model to see how it reacts, and whether it will withstand the forces upon it. What is Design Guidance, you ask? It is a thinking-outside-the-box innovative idea where the user defines parameters about the strength they need their product to withstand, and the software automatically builds the model based on the strength it needs to have. It’s a LOT.Įvery CAD tool has time-saving and productivity-enhancing tools, which helps to become a Superhero, but I’m “super” excited about xDesign for its Design Guidance. We engineers balance fit, form & function while choosing materials that will stand up to the environment-all while managing the project data, revisions, and timeline. Sometimes being an engineer and designing a new product feels like being a Superhero. They save the world and amaze everyone around them.
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