Protocase, Inc.
Sheet Metal Design & Manufacturer
Protocase Inc., specialize in low volume, quick turn-over custom design/manufacture of high quality steel enclosures and brackets.
Company: Protocase Inc.
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia
URL: www.protocase.com
Industry: Sheet Metal Design & Manufacture
Evaluated: Unigraphics
Products used: SolidWorks Professional, SolidWorks eDrawings Professional
Goals
- 3D CAD system with custom design capabilities
- Speed/ability to quickly make design changes
- Provide fast product turn-around (2 to 3 days) and ultimately increase sales
- Compatibility with customers’ files
Results
- At time of inception, chose SolidWorks over Unigraphics, Microstation and CADkey.
- Selected SolidWorks for custom design capabilities, speed, ease of use/user friendly design and interface/compatibility with customers’ files
- Design process completed in approximately 20% of time required by AutoCAD
- Design changes quickly made resulting in faster product turn-around
- Parametric model easy to work with
- Less rework resulting in 50% to 75% savings to customer
- SolidWorks eDrawings rapidly improved customer communications as well as decreased design approval time required (included in SolidWorks Professional Package)
- Substantial savings in material costs
- Currently expanding markets in Canada and U.S. (SolidWorks can easily switch between metric and standard)
Thanks to SolidWorks, we can always improve custom designs for our customers, without having to start from scratch. This allows us to spend more time on the actual design.
Christa Carey, Technical Support Manager, Protocase Inc.
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