CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 March 2007
Product News
Fishbowl Solutions® Releases DXF Flat Pattern Automation for Pro|ENGINEER®
Fishbowl Solutions announced the release of DXF Flat Pattern Automation for Pro|ENGINEER (DXF FPA). DXF Flat Pattern frees up engineers' time so they can focus on value-added tasks.
Manufacturing companies typically rely on CAD users to create DXF output from Pro|ENGINEER for downstream sheet metal fabrication. Though the creation of DXF files is often required for manufacturing purposes, it is a non-value added task. DXF Flat Pattern automates DXF creation of a 1:1 flat pattern from every Pro|ENGINEER sheet metal part in an assembly.
According to Rick Passolt, Business Development Manager of Fishbowl Solutions, "One of our customers reduced the time they spent creating DXF output by 4 to 6 hours (and sometimes more) across their process. They turned this tedious manual task into a quick and easy automated operation."
DXF Flat Pattern Automation for Pro|ENGINEER allows companies to:
• Deliver reliable information downstream to manufacturing.
• Eliminate or greatly reduce the time spent with DXF creation.
• Automate the DXF creation of a 1:1 flat pattern for every Pro|ENGINEER sheet metal part in an assembly.
• Launch DXF Flat Pattern directly from Pro|ENGINEER or
• Run DXF Flat Pattern as a server side process that automatically executes upon an event like "Promote" to "Released" within Pro/INTRALINK or Windchill PDMLink.
"Eliminating non-value added activities is a key factor for US manufacturers to stay competitive," said Tim Gruidl, President of Fishbowl Solutions. "By automating this manual process, valuable engineering resources will be able to focus on more strategic work rather than creating DXF's."
To learn more about DXF Flat Pattern please visit: http://www.fishbowlsolutions.com/dxfflatpattern_webcopy.htm .
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