 | | Better design, faster |  Rapid prototyping solutions can help your team easily create physical models from 3-D simulations. Using industry-standard simulation and test language (STL) files to drive rapid prototyping machines, you can detect design defects early to avoid costly rework. These models can also be used to streamline manufacturing and generate sales opportunities. |
| | | | The expertise you need | Rapid prototyping solutions feature Dassault Systemes’ digital product definition and simulation product, CATIA. We have over 20 years of development and marketing experience with Dassault Systemes and have created a comprehensive and integrated solution portfolio that can provide end-to-end product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, including rapid prototyping. - We offer the expertise of over 1,000 professionals dedicated to PLM, with more than 20,000 successful implementations.
- CATIA helps serve the needs of more than 24,000 customers.
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| | | | Iterative design made easy | Rapid prototyping solutions can help you develop new high-quality product designs faster, easier and more economically. Using CATIA, our solutions can provide support for industry standard STL files so your design team can easily create new product and part designs, or import existing 3-D models to build on or repair.
By creating physical models of proposed designs, your employees can: - Optimize designs before manufacturing begins.
- Evaluate products or discrete components to identify design errors or defects early.
- Check ergonomic considerations of new products or parts.
- Optimize procedures, plan for staffing and provide the right equipment to help streamline production.
- Meet delivery times without compromising quality and functionality.
Prototype models can also provide value to departments beyond the design team. - Purchasing can contact suppliers and solicit bids for production earlier.
- Customer service representatives can prepare and plan for upcoming support needs and issues.
- Sales and marketing can test market new product ideas and introduce new products to generate interest prior to launch.
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| | | | Rapid prototyping in action | Prior to using CATIA, a leading safety restraint products supplier took up to a month to approve a design. With every change, the design process, including building a physical prototype, had to be repeated by hand.
With CATIA, the model was completed on Monday and a rapid prototype was quickly created using the rapid prototyping solution from IBM. Upon review on Tuesday, the design was revised and, using rapid prototyping, a new prototype was quickly made. The process was repeated and the prototype was approved Thursday morning. The model was detailed on Thursday afternoon and released for production on Friday.
With CATIA, the company could: - Review each iteration without making new drawings
- Quickly approve a design based on a prototype built from a computerized model
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| | | | Your money’s worth | Rapid prototyping solutions can enable you to create physical mock-ups of proposed designs to help: - Reduce costs by identifying design errors early, to avoid expensive manufacturing changes on the production floor.
- Speed time to market by streamlining an iterative design process.
- Generate leads by providing prototypes for marketing prior to product launch.
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