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SolidWorks Installed at Prototyping Specialist

Rapid Product Development specialist 3T RPD Ltd has added SolidWorks to their suite of CAD software. Whilst a high percentage of 3T’s customers use SolidWorks, they accept data in a number of formats from a vast range of sources. With its numerous built-in data translators, SolidWorks enables 3T’s CAD Engineers to manipulate and translate the data more effectively and efficiently.

It also enables them to correct any errors that could reduce the quality of the part, repair the data where necessary and change components easily from within the assembly to ensure optimal build quality and function.

3T uses Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology to produce functional prototype components, enabling their customers to develop new products, assemble, test and trial them, and get them to the marketplace . . . ahead of their competition!

Running the largest sintering capability in the UK, October 2003 saw the installation of their second EOS P700, the world’s largest laser sintering machine, placing them in the top 3 worldwide! Uniquely able to offer prototypes built on both EOS and DTM machines - as well as two EOS P700’s, their suite of machinery includes two EOS P360 machines and a DTM 2500 Plus – thus enabling them to provide the optimal machine to meet their customer’s requirements.

SolidWorks is a cost effective solution to speed up the process between a customer submitting their data and the prototype part being built and shipped. It requires a minimal amount of training and enables users to evaluate more design alternatives, reduce errors and enhance the quality of the end product.

Jon Porter, Operations Manager at 3T says “We are operating SolidWorks on a floating licence so we can use it on any number of machines simply by putting a USB key in the port, thereby avoiding the common issue of being restricted to just a couple of fixed seats.”

Whilst 3T’s preferred data format is STL, SolidWorks allows exchange CAD data using a wide variety of file formats including CGR (CATIA® graphics), HCG (CATIA highly compressed graphics), Pro/ENGINEER®, IPT (Autodesk Inventor®), Mechanical Desktop®, Unigraphics®, PAR (Solid Edge™), CADKEY®, IGES, STEP, Parasolid®, SAT (ACIS®), VDA-FS, VRML, STL, DWG, DXF™, TIFF, JPG, Viewpoint, RealityWave, and HSF (Hoops).

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