Sheet metal products are usually custom-made and hence they all have different fabrication methods adopted. Fabricators lose time in developing designs that are self-explanatory or end up with errors. 3D CAD platforms with parametric capabilities ease the modeling and offer more benefits. Read more here.
Sheet metal fabrication is a process that is highly dependent on sheet metal fabrication drawings. Shop floor engineers and machine operators read the drawings and make informed decisions. Slight deviations in interpreting the geometry could result in heavy losses. To avoid project overheads and losses, check out these five CAD drafting mistakes for drafting sheet metal parts.
Hitech CADD Services’s sheet metal design team migrated legacy design data from AutoCAD to SolidWorks using APIs for a Stairlift manufacturer. This enabled standardizing all files in SolidWorks as per DFM guidelines and international design standards to eliminate rework.
A designer, manufacturer, and installer of products for recycling plants were facing challenges with time-consuming and erroneous designs for hoppers and walkways. By partnering with Hitech CADD Services’ CAD engineering team, the client was able to get high-quality design drawings and models with 99.99% accuracy. Read the case study in detail here.
A European recycling plant that was in existence for several decades underwent several changes in layout and had lost the updated data over time. They wanted to develop GA drawings and plant layouts in as-is conditions. Hitech CADD Services engineers were deployed onsite to measure the plant without shutting down regular operations and developed models that were used for future referencing.
A UK-based balcony manufacturer had challenges in managing custom balcony manufacturing and installation with each assembly having 100+ parts. Hitech CADD Services CAD engineering team developed parametric CAD models and drawings for manufacturing seamlessly and manage design changes without hassle. The partnership resulted in 50% reduced design iteration, 30% reduction in TAT, and installing more than 40 balconies per day.
Sheet metal fabricators experience long design cycles in detailing drawings for fabrication accuracy. Timelines further get extended when the products get personalized. To overcome these challenges, sheet metal part modeling and design detailing help fabricators reduce reworks and hence overall project cost.
Effective ways to Customize Commercial Building Products with Sheet Metal Drawings
Commercial building products make extensive use of fabricated sheet metal. And almost every building product is 80% customized and 20% standardized. Creating fabrication drawings for bespoke products would take immense time and delay the project timeline.
CAD macros and product configurators automate non-productive tasks to speed up design cycles. Check out the ppt on these two effective ways to customize your commercial building products.
Manual sheet metal drafting is not only time-consuming but also costly. Here are 7 ways to leverage CAD drafting and modeling to boost overall productivity for your sheet metal fabrication projects.
SolidWorks' powerful 3D modeling and design documentation capabilities, along with the focus on ease-of-use is what makes this tool the first choice of every design engineer. To further augment the capabilities of this tool, there are partner products that offer a range of tools and applications that help manufacturers and engineers to bring innovative, quality products to market more efficiently and cost-effectively. Here are the 5 most productive partner products that are worth the investment.