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The latest version of the SolidWorks product line has arrived. Come see what's new inside SolidWorks 2011 and how you can turn your best ideas into big results. View examples in these videos, which show you exactly how to:
> Share designs while protecting intellectual property
> Simplify complex analysis with increased accuracy
> Create stunning visualization for partners and customers
> Manage data to improve collaboration and productivity
> And much more.
Plus, learn exactly how a real company, packaging machine maker ABCO Automation, Inc., capitalizes on SolidWorks 2011's extensive enhancements to make you more productive and your business more successful.
Productive innovation will play a significant role in determining the success of manufacturers in the postrecession period. That said, innovation must be managed in a way that offers significant improvement over the ways innovation has been handled in the past. Invention Machine Goldfire helps companies infuse innovation into every step of the product development cycle.
To find out more about productive innovation, Invention Machine posed a series of questions to Joe Barkai, practice director of Product Life-Cycle Strategies at IDC Manufacturing Insights, on behalf of Invention Machine's manufacturing customers.
Read his take on the innovation challenges facing manufacturing companies and what organizations can establish repeatable innovation practices.
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Simple guidelines to help avoid manufacturing delays, cost overruns, and shop-floor retrofits. By taking manufacturing issues into consideration during initial design, manufacturers can avoid time-consuming delays, unnecessary costs, and undesirable quality issues.
With Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tools and applications – like those available with the SolidWorks® design solution – you can improve the performance of your manufacturing operations and make a valuable contribution to your company’s bottom line.
Whether your products are manufactured by machining, mold-making, fabricating, metalworking, or assembly, this white paper offers simple guidelines to help save both time and money - while avoiding unpleasant surprises along the way. - Download the whitepaper
Are you looking for ways to save costs while creating more environmentally-friendly products? It's easier than you might think. SolidWorks Sustainability helps you design environmentally-friendly products without compromising quality or functionality. With SolidWorks Sustainability you can:
Identify excess material that can be trimmed to reduce manufacturing costs without impacting product performance;
Get immediate feedback on the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of your product throughout its entire lifecycle, including material selection, production, transportation, use, and end of life;
Learn sustainable design practices to help you develop new products and gain market share among environmentally-conscious customers. Watch the Video.