1 3D CAD solutions are revolutionizing the medic al product design industry by speeding development of a wide range of innovative products including FDA Class 1, Class 2, and … … Class 3 devices. Your choice of 3D CAD tools is critical to your organization’s ability to compete effectively in this challenging business environment. This guide identifies key issues and explains advant ages of SolidWorks® 3D modeling software for medical product designers.• Medical product designers frequently have a large amount …

Leveraging Legacy Data… Medical product designers frequently have a large amount of legacy data (data created from previous projects or jobs). • Legacy data may form a starting point for new designs or can contribute key elements to the development process, including projects based on customer or vendor-supplied CAD data. Unfortunately it is often available in various 2D and 3D formats. The ability to use these varying formats helps designers leverage legacy data, work side-by-side with designers who use other CAD systems, speed development, respond to market needs, and increase financial returns. • SolidWorks 3D CAD software offers the widest number of data translation formats of any CAD solution. A list of the supported formats is provided on the SolidWorks datasheet. Designers migrating to SolidWorks from 2D CAD will greatly benefit from new functionality including view folding, which enables legacy DWG or DXF™ drawing views to be used more efficiently to create new 3D models. A new import wizard with AutoCAD-oriented help system also streamlines the migration process. • After 3D legacy data is imported into SolidWorks, the FeatureWorks® feature recognition product (a component of SolidWorks Office Professional) further speeds design work by searching the incoming file data for features, such as bosses, holes, ribs, sheet metal features, and fillets. These features are then converted into native SolidWorks features and inserted in the SolidWorks FeatureManager® design tree for easy modification, reordering, and other standard SolidWorks operations. (Please refer to the SolidWorks Design, Productivity and PDM Solutions section for more details on these products.) • Medical product designers we have contacted need and want powerful functionality in their choice of 3D CAD software, but it must be easy to learn and use since they are not using it all the time. If the software is powerful yet easy to use then the designer can be productive even with occasional use. 3D CAD Guide for Medical Product Designers SolidWorks offers easy import and reuse of various types of CAD data, including 2D DWG and DXF. DWG/DXF details, including layers, lines, and formatting, can be maintained in the original drawing. • Leveraging legacy design data to speed projects • Ease-of-use and power • Powerful enclosure design tools • The power of Configuration Management tools

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