223d Engineering

Design and Engineering
Solidworks CSWP

223d

223d is an Design/Engineering company. Our aim is to produce product designs that are not only innovative and design conscious but engineered correctly, reducing time to market and ultimately increasing sales and profit.

We are pleased to announce that on the 15th November 2002 Mike Bailey (Owner of 223d) qualified as a:

"Certified SolidWorks Professional"

"Just under 2 years ago 223d took on SolidWorks as their primary CAD package, due to popular demand. This Certification is a mark in the sand giving people an indication of 223d's real world abilities, leaving your imagination as the only limiting factor. This is a bold thing to say when you have Customers as Imaginative as we have"

Mike Bailey. CSWP

Some of the things we pride ourselves on are:

Being able to stay within budget.
Designing products that can be produced.
Getting jobs out on time.

This website is an attempt at giving you an insight into the capabilities of 223d.

C.A.D. Design Overview

Overview of 223d's capabilities:
Disadvantage of Computer Aided Design,
2D,
3D,
file compatibility,
table driven drawings, etc...

C.F.D.

Advantages of Computational Fluid Dynamics:
virtual wind tunnel,
cooling capacity,
fan blower construction,
etc...

C.A.D./C.A.M.

Disadvantage & Advantages of CAD/CAM
2D sketch conversion,
predicted performance,
FEA on relevant items,
5 axis milling,
etc...

F.E.A.

Advantages of FEA
safety,
efficiency,
strength,
thermal,
etc...

Design for Manufacture

Cost effective,
fast,
secure,
efficient,
etc..

Product Presentations

Displays for:
brochures,
posters,
presentations,
etc...

2 years ago 223d took on Solidworks as their primary CAD package. There are several good reasons for this:

SolidWorks compatibly with other programs
SolidWorks has always been able to import a mass of file formats, not all of them exceptionally well. With other programs, such as Rhino and Mechanical Desktop in our arsenal, we are now able to import most file formats keeping model integrity.

Advanced surfacing capability
Only recently, SolidWorks has been able to handle some of the more refined surface construction techniques. With a lot of our customers asking for " organic shapes ", ( as fashion dictates ), and the involvement in the marine industry, we have always had a need for Surfacing to create these objects. SolidWorks is now becoming quite an advanced surfacing tool. Also, with some of the additional programs that add to SolidWorks, it is possible to do all the complicated surfacing required.

Customer compatibility
The SolidWorks network has become very large on both the supplier and the customer side. A compatibility with file types is essential to maintain project inertia, and the massive user base of SolidWorks helps this immensely. One of the problems that we have found is the non-compatibility between earlier versions of SolidWorks and the current version. As all the versions of SolidWorks use the Parasolid Kernel, saving as a Parasolid of an earlier version will allow users of earlier versions of SolidWorks to import data with 100% model integrity, off course non of the Feature data is preserved, but this is one of the shortcomings that people have to accept if they are not prepared to keep up with their SolidWorks maintenance.

E-drawings
The creation of the e-drawings was our deciding factor on adopting SolidWorks. This system allows customers to see ongoing progress on a project in 3D, and allowing there input and guidance. With e-drawings pro, additionally it is possible to send models that can be measured and marked up, this further extends the capabilities of e-drawings. All the time the e-drawing keeps its source code, this allows files to be given to competitors, or potential customers, in a format that can't easily be copied. All this with a very small file size. This make the e-Drawing a fantastic tool.

	Address	223d, 9 Swan Court, Victoria Rd, TQ6 9EA, UK
	Telephone	44 (0)1803 832503
	Fax	44 (0)1803 834212
	E-mail	info@223d.com
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