Company: Aero-Safe Technologies

Industry: Custom Manufacturing

Location: Fort Erie, Ontario

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The Challenge:
The CAD system had to be compatible with as many CAD systems as possible while having good modeling capabilities as well as being easy to learn and use. We also had to consider the integration of the CAD system with a new CAM system.

IronCAD the Productivity Solution:
IronCAD has the capability of working in either the ACIS or Parasolid kernel or both at the same time. This feature combined with the extensive list of import/export formats, which IronCAD supports, is truly amazing. Since implementing IronCAD we have found the flow of engineering data between ourselves and our customers to be nearly seamless. We no longer waste time massaging data so that we can manufacture a component. Our customers have a high level of confidence that we are manufacturing parts to the as-designed specification. IronCAD also allows us to participate with our customers earlier on in the design process by suggesting ways that part models can be modified to allow for improved manufacturing methods.

Summary

• With IronCAD, we can quickly start to build fixtures around the part models being supplied from our customers.
• Manufacturing challenges are easily identified and addressed early on in the process, which allows us to spend more effort improving that process rather than trying to recover from a costly oversight.
• The short time required to get excellent quality engineering drawings into the manufacturing cycle is incredible.

"The freeform methods of modeling allow the non-technical people involved with the workflow to see the conceptual ideas and contribute their own ideas without being intimidated by the traditional constraints of high-end CAD software." - Rick Dorrington