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SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet

SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet

SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet

Product catalog summary
Introduction
SOLIDWORKS Technical Communications solutions are designed to enhance product communication and streamline the creation of technical documentation. These tools allow for the integration of design data early in the process, ensuring timely and accurate deliverables.

Key Features
  • SOLIDWORKS Composer: Facilitates the creation of detailed views, exploded views, high-resolution images, technical illustrations, and interactive animations. It helps in producing lifelike visual imagery and interactive storyboards, reducing the need for physical prototypes.
  • SOLIDWORKS Inspection: Simplifies the creation of inspection documents and improves quality control by automating the documentation process and reducing manual input errors. It supports various file types and uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for reading dimensions and tolerances.
  • SOLIDWORKS MBD (Model Based Definition): Provides a drawing-less manufacturing solution by defining PMI directly in 3D, reducing the need for 2D drawings. It supports multiple operational uses and helps in organizing rich data into structured 3D presentations.

Benefits
  • Enhances product communication and marketing collateral by allowing early documentation and quick updates.
  • Reduces time-to-market by minimizing documentation errors and facilitating faster updates.
  • Improves product quality and reduces costs by streamlining inspection processes and reducing scrap and rework.
  • Facilitates the sharing and reuse of intelligent 3D data, eliminating the need for traditional 2D drawings.

Conclusion
SOLIDWORKS Technical Communications solutions empower both engineers and non-engineers to efficiently create and manage technical documentation, leveraging existing 3D CAD data to innovate and bring products to market faster.
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SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet-1

SOLIDWORKS TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS ADDING INNOVATION TO YOUR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION DELIVERABLES POWERFUL, YET SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS You put significant time and money into developing your products, and you want to be sure that they are assembled quickly and accurately, and used so that the experience they deliver is a good one for your customers. SOLIDWORKS® Technical Communications solutions enable you to create product communications early in the design process, simplify its creation, keep it updated, and deliver it on time. This easy-to-use software leverages your existing design data so you can work faster and more efficiently. SOLIDWORKS Technical Communications software can help you clearly present even the most complex data for technical and user documentation, sales materials and presentations, and inspection and manufacturing.

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SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet-2

Intuitive communication solutions that help you bring it all together SOLIDWORKS Composer™ gives you the tools to design and produce technical communication deliverables in parallel with product development—so your documentation keeps up with your design changes and is ready with your product. The intuitive SOLIDWORKS Composer interface enables you to create highly detailed 2D and 3D graphics with precise control to highlight areas of interest and focus on specific components. You can easily output 3D interactive animations to create a realistic 3D environment for interactive training or compelling marketing...

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SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication Data Sheet-3

SOLIDWORKS INSPECTION Simplify document creation to help streamline part inspection and improve quality Your commitment to quality should not negatively impact your business, but you can potentially spend hours every day manually creating documentation for quality inspection. SOLIDWORKS Inspection helps simplify the process of creating inspection documents and performing in-process or receiving inspection. Intuitive and easy-to-use SOLIDWORKS Inspection helps streamline creation of documents with balloon callouts and specifications by leveraging existing 2D legacy data regardless of file type—SOLIDWORKS...

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SOLIDWORKS MBD Drawing-less operation to streamline and accelerate production SOLIDWORKS MBD (Model Based Definition) is an integrated drawing-less manufacturing solution for SOLIDWORKS 3D design software. SOLIDWORKS MBD guides the manufacturing process directly in 3D. You can define, organize, and publish 3D PMI, including 3D model data, in industry-standard file formats (such as SOLIDWORKS files, eDrawings®, 3D PDF, and STEP 242). Companies embracing model-based definition methodologies report savings from reduced manufacturing errors, decreased scrap and rework costs, and lower procurement costs...

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“The purpose of our CAD system is to help us design, analyze, and manufacture parts in a way that reduces costs and time-to-market. SOLIDWORKS enables us to accomplish everything that Cane Creek needs to achieve in terms of automating product development.” — Joshua Coaplen, R&D Director, Cane Creek Cycling Components POWERFUL TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS TO HANDLE DOWNSTREAM DELIVERABLES WITH EASE SOLIDWORKS Technical Communications applications empower both engineers and non-engineers to create assembly instructions, product manuals, inspection documentation, manufacturing information,...

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SOLIDWORKS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS SOLIDWORKS software provides users with an intuitive 3D development environment that helps maximize the productivity of your design and engineering resources to create better products faster and more cost-effectively. See the full range of SOLIDWORKS software for design, simulation, technical communication, and data management at www.solidworks.com/products2017. To learn more about SOLIDWORKS Technical Communications solutions, visit www.solidworks.com/technicalcommunication or contact your local authorized SOLIDWORKS reseller. SOLIDWORKS systems requirements...

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