Modern engineering firms such as Thompson Precision use computer programming to help them create millimetres-perfect models and prototypes. There are two main types of CAD software, the most widely available of which is known as Solidworks. Because more and more companies and manufacturers are turning to engineering firms to produce concrete models of their ideas, or to replace parts which are no longer made, it is important to have effective and reliable software that can create perfect prototypes, first models and then customer products without any issues.
Using technology mixed with traditional skills gives the project the very best chance of being a success. Using software to aid to process helps create accurate and complicated designs, whilst a skillful eye can identify issues or come up with new ideas based on experienced that a piece of software won’t give you. That’s why Thompson are so successful, because we can offer our clients both of these essential items!
Using Software in Engineering Projects
Engineers and professional designers are moving into the 21st century by adopting CAD software that can design and initiate complex surfaces, for example where modelling is required for fuselage or wings. It can make very complicated parts of a machine, right down to tiny gears, or right up to large products that require a range of assembly processes. Engineers use these complex design programs because they allow them to get close to the final image of the product, and to ensure that they are producing something which will fit into a machine, or that meets the design of inventors and design teams. What is important is that Solidworks can create a range of different products based upon the need of the engineering firm.
The key behind Solidworks is that it allows engineering consultants and product makers to provide a virtual prototype of the model to be constructed. While physical prototyping is the final stage of any new product, virtual prototyping can be a positive step in the process of creating that product. It allows companies to examine the model, and to conduct simulated trials that ensure that the product doesn’t have to be constantly remade and reproduced. Physical products can eat into a company’s profits by constantly having to be redesigned, while Solidworks virtual model can be tested and redesigned at the touch of a button.
