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News Release from: Geometric Technologies | Subject: Service Pack 1 of DFM Pro 2008
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2007
Software offers 'design for
manufacturability'
Design For Manufacturability' productivity software facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of product areas that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture.
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services and technologies software supplier, Geometric, has released its Service Pack 1 of DFM Pro 2008 on the SolidWorks platform The release focuses on report generation functionality and 64-bit platform support
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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* Grouped image snapshots of failures based on failure type.
* CAD independent, browser viewable reports.
* Customizable style sheets for formatting reports.
* Report data in XML format for easy integration with other enterprise systems.
Geometric describes its DFM Pro is a revolutionary 'Design For Manufacturability' productivity tool.
It facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas in design that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture.
DFM Pro includes advanced design rules for manufacturing processes such as milling, drilling, turning and sheet-metal fabrication.
It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT).
Tightly integrated with SolidWorks, DFM Pro is an add-in that allows designers to perform complete design checks and analysis for manufacturability, all within SolidWorks sessions.
DFM Pro 2008 on SolidWorks has been enhanced to support 64-bit Windows XP OS in order to leverage better processing power and larger computing memory.
* About Geometric - Geometric is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies.
Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for PLM, enable companies to formulate, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle.
Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 532312) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE: GEOMETRIC) in India.
For its consolidated operations for the year ending March 2007, the company recorded revenues of 3.95 billion Rupees (US$85 million), with market capitalization of 6.2 billion Rupees (US$142 million) as on March 31, 2007.
Geometric's Desktop Products and Technologies (DPT) business unit develops advanced software that enhances design and improves manufacturing operations.
The unit includes Phoenix AZ-based business subsidiary, Geometric Technologies, formerly TekSoft, which has over 25 years in progressive product innovation.
It develops and markets CAMWorks, a SolidWorks certified Gold CAM product, besides marketing and distributing Geometric's products and technologies.
The end-user products from Geometric include CAMWorks, eDrawings Publisher, DFM Pro and GeomCaliper.
eDrawings Publisher is a lightweight intuitive collaboration tool for 3D models that enables publishing of 3D model from all major CAD systems.
DFM Pro is an automated intuitive tool for designers to accurately predict the manufacturability of models.
GeomCaliper is an integrated, automated and easy to use thickness checker for 3D CAD models.
The key technologies from Geometric are NestLib, Feature Recognition (FR), GeomDiff and 3DSearchIT.
Geometric licenses these technologies to OEM partners and also designs and implements customized process solutions using these technologies for industrial customers.
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