CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 November 2005
Implementation Investments
Bergmeier Slashes Costs and Design Cycle 50% With Dynamic Modeling
CoCreate Software, Inc. announced that Bergmeier Maschinenbau has adopted OneSpace Designer Modeling as its 3D software of choice.
Bergmeier Maschinenbau GmbH based in Hiddenhausen, Germany, designs and produces specialized egg-handling machinery and plants for the food industry. Renowned eateries and retailers all over the world use foods prepared with Bergmeier machinery.
"In the past, we worked with 2D drawings, but many of our customers can't read 2D easily," said Gerd Bergmeier, owner and CEO of Bergmeier Maschinenbau. "So, we bought a popular parametric 3D CAD tool to better share our ideas with customers."
After starting a new project, Bergmeier discovered he needed all new hardware to handle the parametric system, and that the training he received failed to prepare him to use the software. He hired a designer experienced with the parametric system only to discover that changes couldn't be incorporated late in the design. The seasoned designer asked to stop the project until every imaginable change could be documented, then start again from scratch.
"Clearly, the popular CAD choice wasn't going to work for us," said Bergmeier. "It wasn't compatible with my complex products, nor did it offer the flexibility I need." Bergmeier swapped the parametric system for OneSpace Designer Modeling, supplied to him by Klietsch GmbH, a partner of CoCreate distributor, ACADIS in Wiesbaden.
"With the other software, I was unsuccessful after one week training; but within just three days, I was fully productive with Designer Modeling," said Bergmeier. "We were lucky. We were in the midst of a complex project, but with Designer Modeling, we finished on time. Product development cycles and costs dropped 50 percent."
Bergmeier cited considerable differences between dynamic modeling and history-based systems. With OneSpace Designer Modeling designers could:
• Make changes late in the design process.
• Load 3D data in 4 seconds compared to 4 minutes.
• Generate designs of much lower data volume-6 MB in Designer Modeling compared to 120 MB in the other system.
• Navigate large assemblies easily.
• Work without any system crashes. The parametric system went down 3-4 times daily.
"We are more than happy with Designer Modeling," said Bergmeier. "We can concentrate on how best to design a product instead of how best to do the job."
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