CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 October 2007
Product News
Geometric's DFMXpress Tool for Manufacturability; Analysis included with SolidWorks 2008
Geometric Software Solutions (Geometric), a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services and technologies, today announced that their latest tool, DFMXpress has been included in SolidWorks® 2008. With DFMXpress fully integrated into SolidWorks, designers can easily gain insight to the cost-effective manufacturability of their design. DFMXpress accelerates and enriches the entire design through manufacturing process by automating the iterative design process via a series of rules-based checks for manufacturability. Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is a revolutionary technology framework developed by Geometric for designers, that facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas of a design that are difficult, expensive or impossible to machine.
DFM is engineered to advise the designer on common problems faced in the manufacturing process. It is based on Geometric's industry-leading Manufacturing Feature Recognition technology, and leverages SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFTT) and manufacturing tolerances.
DFMXpress' features include:
. Explanations and recommendations that help designers identify and rectify manufacturing feasibility issues
. Basic set of rules for drilling, milling, and turning
. Configurable rules parameters
. Integrated and designer-centric graphical user interface
"DFMXpress is perfect for the designer who needs manufacturability analysis, but is not necessarily a manufacturing expert," said Mike Coleman, CEO of Geometric's Desktop Products & Technologies Business Unit. "Finding errors and correcting possible manufacturing problems during the design stage is the optimal way to achieve high quality and cost effective products." Fielder Hiss, Manager of Product Management at SolidWorks Corp. added, "I am very excited about the value that DFMXpress will bring to our customers using SolidWorks 2008. Everyone cares about manufacturability and now with DFMXpress users can perform checks on their designs right from within SolidWorks."
As analysis needs change, DFMXpress customers can switch from DFMXpress to Geometric's more powerful DFM products:
. DFM Pro is engineered for designers who want greater in-depth examination of product manufacturability. DFM Pro includes all the features of DFMXpress with advanced design rules for manufacturing processes like milling, drilling, turning and sheetmetal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks SWIFT technology. DFM Pro is available as an add-on to SolidWorks 2007 and later.
. DFM Enterprise involves the customization and integration of DFM Pro into a company's own environment to enable fully optimized workflows and optimal cost-effective product design processes. DFM Enterprise can support multiple CAD platforms and geometry kernels.
For detailed product information, please visit: http://dfm.geometricsoftware.com/
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