Link Product Design and Operations
October 1, 2016
ZW3D has announced the availability of ZW3D 2016, a full-featured and pro-level CAD/CAM program designed to allow product design and operations to smooth interaction and shorten time-to-market.
ZW3D 2016 functionalities include a new 3-D sketch for efficient piping design, new alignment for quicker assembly, expansive FTI for advanced sheet metal and more, allowing mechanics and engineers to explore design ideas, visualize concepts and simulate designs.
ZW3D 2016 also includes some easy-to-learn and entry-level functions to link operation departments in the following approaches:
- Import and healing: Data interoperability matters a lot in product development. For the engineering department, the ability to reuse rather than re-create modeling data will save hours; for others, the ability to access internal and external data will minimize communication costs.
In ZW3D 2016, the built-in file translator provides seamless data exchange with mainstream CAD programs like Catia, NX, Creo, SolidWorks, STEP, JT and Parasolid in the latest file formats. Healing and freeform tools enable quick detection and restoration of imported models.
- Drawing review and direct edit: Model checking is vital to safeguard the manufacturability and quality of products. For procurement, ZW3D can help calculate mass properties and stock size of geometries before purchasing; for CAD managers, a series of verification tools - such as thickness analysis, interference check and dynamic section view - are provided to inspect product structure and assembly reasonability before releasing the design data downstream. Plus, with the more stable Direct Edit technologies in ZW3D 2016, the pinpointed problems in the previous checking process can be easily fine-tuned, if required.
- 3-D annotation: Annotating is used to upgrade the paper-based collaboration into a digital one. Engineers can define dimensions and annotations vividly on 3-D models with the newly developed PMI in ZW3D 2016, which allows their collaborators who do not work with CAD to be highly engaged in product development. This will help speed up interaction, avoid project delays and boost productivity.
- File output: Offering proper files to corresponding users is crucial to the cross-department and cross-company interactions. ZW3D 2016 comes with improved 2-D sheet, delivering rapid and precise generation of various standard 2-D sheets and BOM table from parts or assembly. Moreover, designs in ZW3D can be exported to STEP, IGES, STL, Parasolid, SAT, Catia, 3-D PDF files and more.
For more information contact:
ZWSOFT
sales@zwsoft.com
www.zwsoft.com
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