DFMPro
DFMPro is a design-for-manufacturability software suite that integrates into major CAD environments (e.g., Creo Parametric, SOLIDWORKS, NX, CATIA V5) and helps engineers detect and resolve manufacturability issues early in the design process. It applies real-time design checks and recommendations for manufacturing, assembly, geometry, and cost, thus reducing rework and optimizing tolerances before parts reach production. The tool also includes a cost add-on module that continuously estimates expenses as designs evolve, evaluating materials, features, geometry, and manufacturing regions, and offers suggestions for cost reduction, standardization, and component reuse. DFMPro supports multiple manufacturing processes (injection molding, machining, casting, sheet metal, assembly) and industries (automotive, aerospace, medical devices, high-tech electronics).
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FormingSuite
FormingSuite® is our premier software package for sheet metal forming. OEMs and suppliers worldwide use Formingsuite to optimize the design, feasibility, and cost of sheet metal components. FASTFORM® ADVANCED enables users to quickly and easily evaluate part and process feasibility as well as determine blank shape and spring back for sheet metal components. FASTIncremental enables users in all departments from cost, to design to the shop floor to quickly and easily evaluate part and process feasibility. COSTOPTIMIZER® is a software solution that enables Cost Engineers to develop quotations and estimates for piece part costs. Combines the power of FTI’s premier formability analysis, blank development, and blank nesting tools with specialized product cost management. FormingSuite® PROCESSPLANNER develops a detailed process plan for quoting from your 3D CAD design. It generates images to detail actions in each operation.
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Elysium DFM Solution
Elysium’s DFX Analyzer is a geometry-feature analysis tool for CAD models that automates the verification of design quality relative to manufacturability, machinability, and moldability. It recognizes geometry features directly from CAD data, even when feature histories are unavailable, then evaluates them against a library of preset check criteria (which users can customize) across domains like plastic parts, sheet metal, and assemblies. Typical checks include wall thickness, undercuts, sharp edges, draft angles, boss/rib constraints, hole placements, narrow widths near bends, and bend-hole proximity. By surfacing potential manufacturability issues early in the design phase, DFX Analyzer helps reduce rework, save engineering time, shorten lead times, and lower manufacturing costs. It supports integration into existing workflows through batch processing, PDM APIs, and plug-ins for major CAD platforms.
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AutoBid Mechanical
Accuracy and speed are just a few reasons why Trimble® AutoBid® Mechanical is the leading software designed specifically for commercial mechanical, piping, and plumbing contractors. Specification-driven takeoffs speed up the takeoff process. Leverage the pre-built database of over 100,000 items and pre-built assemblies you access with the click of a button. Autofitting generation is the heart of fast takeoff. Our patented approach is the fastest. Your subscription includes Trimble’s market-leading AutoBid Mechanical and AutoBid SheetMetal estimating software, integrated OnScreen View graphical takeoff, Advanced Image Manager (AIM) tool, TRA-SER material and labor pricing, submittal management and Trimble Connect collaboration tools. Plus, you get an exclusive preview of Trimble Estimation MEP Pro web-based estimating software. The AutoBid Estimating Essentials subscription makes it even easier to get access to Trimble’s market-leading mechanical, piping and sheet metal estimating.
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