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 DFMPro for SolidWorks® is an easy-to-use Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tool for designers and manufacturing engineers that is seamlessly integrated into SolidWorks environment. It facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas of a design that are difficult, expensive or impossible to manufacture.
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| Need for DFMPro |
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The design stage is considered to be the most crucial part in the product lifecycle process. It is fundamental to the conception and development of new products. Approximately 80% or more of the lifecycle costs are commited by decisions taken during the design stage. Thus it becomes important to detect and eliminate mistakes in design stage itself as the costs rise exponentially if they are spotted in later stages of product lifecycle |
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| Iterative Design Process |
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In the iterative approach to the design process, the designer needs to receive early feedback from the manufacturing department to address any manufacturability concerns before the design is frozen. This methodology is termed “Design for Manufacturability” or DFM. However, DFM is generally feasible in an environment where the manufacturing and design departments are co-located. With the “design anywhere - manufacture anywhere” practice common throughout the world today, implementing iterative design becomes a bigger challenge. Furthermore, the manual reviews in an iterative process can be very time consuming, making it very difficult to identify and fix every issue while creating complex designs. |
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| Features |
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- Easy to learn and use
- Seamlessly integrated with SolidWorks
- Performs common manufacturability checks related to machining ( milling, turning, sheet metal fabrication, manufacturing tolerance and part attribute)
- Provides reasons and suggestions on manufacturability issues
- Ability to configure rules
- Ability to generate analysis reports
- Can be viewed with any standard internet browser
- Customizable framework to support user defined manufacturability checks (licensed separately)
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| Benefits |
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- Early detection and prevention of manufacturability problems thereby reducing overall cost of the product lifecycle
- Decreases lead-time by reducing backtracking and design iterations
- Leaves designers free to focus on design goals as the tool takes charge of checking compatibility with manufacturing processes
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| DFMPro is readily available on SolidWorks plaftform. A lighter version of DFMPro - DFMXpress is available with every seat of SolidWorks 2008 onwards. |
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