Novedge Pulse™ — Brian McElyea

In my line of work involving R&D and prototype work, I don’t make much use of the manufacturability tools available from SolidWorks.  They are geared more towards shops who do production runs of their own designs and those of customers.  These tools can help give engineers and designers a better idea up front on both the costs of their products and their environmental impact.  They can also help with quoting products from outside customers. There have been several improvements in the Costing and Sustainability tools in SolidWorks. SolidWorks’ Costing tool (included [more...]