Geometric Releases 'Design for Manfacturing' Tool

By DE Editors

Geometric Limited (Mumbai, India) announced DFM Pro, a tool that implements a set of critical Design for Manufacturing (DFM) rules to check designs from a manufacturing perspective that is available for SolidWorks 2007 and 2008.

DFM Pro is a DFM product for designers to facilitate upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas in design that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture. It is engineered for quick, in-depth examination and includes advanced design rules for milling, drilling, turning, and sheet-metal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT).

Tightly integrated with SolidWorks as an add-in, DFM Pro, which is an advanced version of DFMXpress, a free tool shipped with every seat of SolidWorks 2008, allows designers to perform complete design checks and analysis for manufacturability directly from within SolidWorks sessions.

Benefits of DFM Pro include early prediction and prevention of production problems or manufacturing inefficiencies; assist the evolution of optimal design and product quality; facilitate automation of manufacturability review process; decrease lead-time by reducing backtracking and design iterations; and provide scalable framework for manufacturability knowledge capture and reuse.

DFM Pro can be customized by licensing DFM Enterprise. Customization of DFM Pro assists companies in automating in-house DFM guidelines and locking integrating followed best practices into their overall standard operating procedure to enable fully optimized workflows and optimal cost-effective product design processes.

For detailed product information on DFM Pro, or go to Geometric Ltd. for details.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.