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Overview

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The importance of CAD leadership

CAD chly has bc h cs days succssul pducdlp azas. Hw, as wh ay l, axz h palbs yu CAD sys dads a cba pla, aza,ad xps. Us h h ls a h h ad ud h hccusacs ca ak h dc bw succss ad alu. esu hayu aza dplys CAD ls h s c, c, ad paccala s h l h CAD lad.

Pduc dlp challs cually l, as d h CAD applcas adlad ls ha a dsd hlp yu c h. Cp pssusqu sady ps pducy ad adacs a.Wh s ay aabls play ad als ha csaly cha ad w, dsad ups qu a lad wh ca s all u. Jus as a syphychsa ds a cduc b ay dscda suds h ahaus, uscal bld ha s plas h a, succssul ds asus ha a c CAD lad chsa pduc CAD usa, culacss a pac, ad s a xapl ccy ha pclashuhu h cpay.

Top 10 strategies for maximizing CAD impact

Why sas? Yu h hk ha axz h pac yu CADls s as spl as ach h ds yu dss ad s whspcc swa capabls. Alhuh ha dd s a say up whch ayaas ha ld, s xly shshdcus ly cudpaal dsad alls wll sh h w challsasscad wh days as-pacd lbal cy.

Tu CAD lads d cus slly h h ad w, bu ak aa- ad l- w ad h applca CAD chly. n dhy cca jus h spcc dpa. As a CAD lad, yu d csd hw yu wll us CAD ls day ad h uu, as wll ashw hs ls wll pac bh yu dpaal ad cpaywd

azaal bjcs. Ths sas ca hlp yu xhb h CADladshp cssay p yu dpas pac as wll as ha yu xdd ps.

Strategy 1: Embrace best practices and new technologiesgt h s u yu CAD sys qus kp abas dlps ad d hw w chls wll pac yu pcsss. Th bs paccs s a , sh a, bcaus whawas csdd a bs pacc yas a has s lkly bc bsldayjus as hw yu culy d hs wll all lklhd ud a daacasa yas w.

is pa a p w appachs, ah ha sck wh ld,cabl ways d hs. Back h acy CAD, h udubdlyw aas wh ssd h CAD ls ad wad hld hda abls h bt d. m cly, sh sla has ak placwh h a D D CAD syss.

T kp pac wh h lu bs paccs pduc dlp, cCAD lads us ly a la alua w ls ad chls, bu als cually assss hw hy abu ds ad pducs.

2 | Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader | www.solidworks.com

As a CAD leader, you need to consider how

you will use CAD tools today and in the

uture, as well as how those tools will impact

both your departmental and companywide

organizational objectives.


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3DVIA ComposerTM enables you

to automate the development

of product documentation,

assembly instructions, and

design demonstrations from

your CAD model.

By alz yu ds wkfws, yu wll b a bt ps dyaas wh yu ca ak ps as wll as d h lkly pac w applcas.

Yu ca say cu ad h sa h a CAD swa, as wll asadacs hadwa ad asucu, by atd CAD ccs ad dusys. may hs s a w ual, abl yu ba h aha yu d l. Whh yu a sa a w bd ds swa alua h upad cpu hadwa, pyp achs,

h asucu qup, s pud ak yu asssss s u s (roi). esa hw l wll ak a l pay dddss h ula da wha csus a bs pacc.

Strategy 2: Develop skills and retain talentsequally as pa as chs h h CAD l supp yu pas spu h hads sklld dss ad s. n a hw auadchly bcs, pduc ds wll a a ca, a pcss hadpds up h cbus ald, hhly sklld pssals. As a CADlad, yu a spsbl pd yu a bs wh h ls ha hy

d p h jbs succssully.

is als yu jb pd cu sklls dlp ad d ways ayu s aluabl al. Ths als had had. i yu hlpyu a bs acqu sklls, huh CAD a ad pssaldlp, ad hlp h a ad h wk by d h asady d challs, yu wll ha d yu pa kp hsd ad sasd h wk.

Bu jus ay a wll d. Yu shuld al yu a pa wad hds bh yu aza ad h ddual. Ty ach yu cpaysds wh h ss ad als spcc a bs. i yu pcssqus adacd suac dl ad yu dss has a busdusal ds b, pd ha yp a addsss bh ds. Lk ayu pcsss ad assss yu ppl. Wh aks ss, cusz a h spcc qus yu up.

S aas s h ad y allcad CAD a as a buday ha hy ca cu. Ths w lacks sh bcaus h css lad aa ss ah ha xpssss yu azas ably cly sl challs ad ss wads a yu sald s. A c CAD lad udsads h pa l haa plays a as l- succss.

Clck h a aa Cadascula Syss ccpual

dss cad DviA Cps.


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With ConfigurationTables, you can modifyparameters to Scalefeatures, Globalvariables, Cosmeticthreads, and more.

Strategy 3: Maximize integration and automationr u dudacy, duplca, ad was s h cla call c CADladshp. n sl pduc dlp pa shuld b pd ha c, ad shuld ha buld a xs dl. Ay hads daa has b cd aslad cas ppus . Yuca z h pal csly s ad la duda pcsssby axz yu us ad applcas ad la auadappachs ha yu dlp pcss.

exp ad p ds daa ypcally ccus wh yu d a CAD dl ah applca, such as a aalyss/sulapacka, a cpu-add auacu (CAm) ach sys, a pducdcua publsh applca. Yu ay ha apula a dlsdaa a us s pduc daa aa (PDm) syss. each hs daa aslas ad/ css aks ad cas a p .

Yu ca cplly la hs ssus by us a ad su ls addss aalyss/sula, CAm, dcua, ad PDm qus. Tach h as bs, ak su ha yu ad ls pa hacual CAD dl, ah ha huh a p/xp paad. Tha way, yuca s assud ha yu ha d a aj suc dudacy

yu pas.

Ds aua ls ca als hlp yu z p sps. xapl, yu ca us ds cuas, whch buld a cpl s dlswh ay atbus (.., sz, wh, lh), a sl bas ds, ca pduc als ad axz ds us. CAD-ad Kwld-Basd e (KBe) syss ca hlp yu auacally ca dls d--d dss. i yu us a CAD sys wh a p ApplcasPa iac (APi), yu ca aua u, p CAD asks.

An eective CAD leader understands theimportant role that training plays in a teams

long-term success.



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Tools that are fully integrated

within your CAD system, such

as SolidWorks Simulation

software, can help you

remove redundancies from

your operations.

Strategy 4: Foster collaboration and innovationA s chall ay ds ad aas s hw supsac a h w ub plays days pduc dlp. Bcaus a has bc a casly ccal ac auacu succss a lbal cy, ad cbus, achb d aas spcalza, a w bc ld h pcss.Whl auacus c hadld h bulk pduc dlpbh dsad auacu-hus, ay w wk clsly wh sac pasad ds.Ad wh a sl pduc dlp up, h d dusal

dss cllaba wh chacal s, ad dss wk whaalyss, ad chacal s wk wh h lccal ad auacucupas, ca s a aas ably ud hs ac acllaba, y pduc, wkfw. Th c CAD lad ds csdCAD ls h cxs cllaba, cuca, ad cl.

By us a ad su CAD ls, whch a ully cpabl wh achh, yu ca sal h aus acs a dss, s,pas, suppls, ad ds. A ad sys sablshs a sl dsdaa laua all cbus.

Cbd wh a ad PDm sys ha supps auad wkfws,ad ls abl yu cl ad aa a ds, cllaba

pduc dlp appach. By acla cuca a plays adsablsh sadad wkfws, yu ca p a a c a.

The eective CAD leader needs to consider

CAD tools in the contexts o collaboration,

communication, and control.



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Yu shuld als csd h ls ha ds sualza ad daa accss wllplay a cllaba . Hw dcul s yu llusa accps us D suals ad aas? Ca yu asly sha ds das byal? Ca yu ads ad cl accss ss ds a?By caully csd h dads cllaba, yu ca b sucu pal chas, ad pduc h as yu aza ds succd.

Strategy 5: Focus on continuous quality improvementCuus qualy p s h aa ay auacu azas.i s als a pay cus c CAD lads. Yu CAD sys ca ha asca pac h qualy h pducs ha yu ds, h ccy yu dlp pcsss, ad h acas yu wk dwsapas. Hw wll yu CAD ls hlp yu la ds s, axzpducy, ad s a wll d h sz yu upscbu cuus qualy p.

ey ld pduc dlp was la ds s, adwh h h x CAD ls, yu ca pp s du ds ad ad hdlays ad css ha ccu wh s ak h way pduc. A yuus a ad aalyss/sula applca dy pal pacssus? A yu su suc claacs yu assbls huhh us clls dc capabls? A yu cduc da aalyss jc-ldd pas su pduc lds css qualy? A yuassss h auacuably yu achd pas? i , h a adls ha ca hlp yu.

Your CAD system can have a signicant

impact on the quality o the products that you

design, the efciency o your development

processes, and the ramications o your work

on downstream operations.


Formalizing and automating your

workflows, by using SolidWorks Enterprise

PDM software, provides the organization

and structure that CAD leaders rely on to

manage collaboration andspark innovation.


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A cus cuus qualy p als appls yu dlppcsss. Hw d yu cpl lac sackups: aually us aauad CAD l? Wha abu pyp? D yu cduc physcal ss ak adaa ual ad apd pyp chls? D yu ha aad PDm sys ha s yu h s cl ad allws yu usdss ha p paculaly wll?

Susaabl ds s a aa cus ach cuus qualyp. As csu awass al pacs ad pc

pducs cu s, assss h susaably yu pducsad pcsss bcs casly pa. T u hs d, yuca us CAD ls ha alua h susaably yu dss.

Strategy 6: Leverage design data throughout the enterpriseTdays CAD lads cz ha pduc dlp s l h slad,auus cla ha was h pas. Wh h adpad adac D CAD chly, pduc ds daa has bc accssbl ad usabl a ay busss pas usd .ucal aas ha ca b D CAD dls clud auacu,qu/puchas, dcua, sals ad ak, ad ld sc.

mauacu has l b a cp pduc ds daa, ad D

daws a a sapl ay pduc pas. Y, wh h aalably D CAD daa ad w CAD ls, yu ca d s uch ha sply shas pap dcus h shp f. i add us sld dls auacally a l pahs, dlp lds, ad pa CAm-basdpas wh a hh d pcs ad cl, s ca w caD aad wk sucs us assbly pas.

Th sa appach appls h ca pduc dcua. Why spd ca chcal llusas uss auals, wh ha aalady xss wh a sld dl? Wh days d D CAD ls, ca axpldd w, sp-by-sp us assbly sucs, a ha shwshw pu h pduc h s jus a ld ub us clcks away.Puchas ca us CAD ad auacally ad bll aals (Bom) daa

slc qus, plac ds, ad supp jus-- d auacu.Sals ad mak ca us ds daa ca ppduc suals sd h ak.

Sc psl ca accss dald aac ad pa aclud cpl aas pa pcdusl whl hya h ld. ec CAD lads cz hw aluabl ad a-chD CAD dls ca b ad udsad hw hy ca la hs a aus ways bs pducy usd .

Eective CAD leaders recognize how valuable

and inormation-rich 3D CAD models canbe and understand how they can leverage

this inormation in various ways to boost

productivity outside o engineering.



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Strategy 7: Document and analyze productivityCAD ladshp qus ha u ad bsa. i d akpud, paccal dcss abu hw bs dply x-a CAD ls ach yu qualy ad ccy als, yu d accss aabu hw CAD chly fucs pduc dlp. Th s accuaway assss h cllc ad ddual pacs CAD ls s sablshbasl pducy sascs s yu ca dcu, alua, ad aalyz

dpaal pac.Hw l s yu aa ds cycl? Wha a yu ypcal dlp css?D yu ack h ub ds s ad cha ds (eCos)p dlp cycl, h lu scap pducd a aual bass? Ayu h ad y ha a sp physcal pyp? id assss whh a pacula ds slu s ha a ps c yu bt lad a a u yu CAD syu d dcu ad aalyz yu ups pducy.

i add pd aluabl a yu dpas allpac, ad h l CAD ls play cbu casd ccy,dcu pducy ca hlp yu sadadz wha wks wll, addss

aas ha a pblac, ad ackwld succss.

As a ds aa, yu pac, ad ulaly, yu cpsa, sd h succss y b yu a. Th succss las hls, a, ad pcsss ha yu pu plac. As a CAD lad, yu d asccad d hw wll yu a s d, s yu ca assss whhyu CAD ls a hlp yu a bs wad hld hback. Wh hs a, yu ca bac pcsss ha a c,cy aas wakss, ad us bjc, acual a cz adwad ach.


Modern 3D CAD tools can dramatically enhance

your ability to demonstrate the aesthetics,

perormance, and t and unction o product

designs in ormats that are easy or anyone

to comprehend.

With integrated tools like 3DVIA Composer

software, you can leverage CAD models to

automate other business operations, such as

the creation of product documentation

and assembly instructions.


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An integrated PDM system, like SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

software, provides the organization, access, and control that you

need to leverage 3D design data to the fullest extent.

Strategy 8: Manage product design data efficientlyUs CAD ls ds a, - pducs wll yu ly pa-way yu al. A c CAD lad alzs ha ca sld dls sly h b. Hw wll yu aa, la, ad ulz pduc ds daawll d h all pducy bh yu dlp pcss adauacu ps.

i h pas, pduc daa aa (PDm) was pduc dcuaa. e azas aad dcuspap daws

wh la cabs us laba s- syss app ad lasds ss. i days D al, h sh ub lks, cs, adasscas bw pas, assbls, ad cuas pcluds a aualappach daa aa. ualy, yu ha accss ad PDmsyss aa daa, cl ss, sauad llcual ppy, adulash h pw D h xdd ps.

PDm allws yu alz ad aua wkfws sd ad usd yudpa. Bcaus d PDm syss a asy ads, yu ca clh ll accss ds-lad a ha yu a chcal adchcal psl. Wh pduc , yu ca s us hs h plays ld, clud a bs, pas, ds, ad suppls, sha cbus ca accss ad al h ly a lad h spcc

uc. Ad hy d cssaly ha b -s accss ds daabcaus s PDm syss supp wb bws accss.

Yu ca als ads, aa, ad cl accss by cllaus usd pduc dlp wh ca b la ds daa bu ca d cha . Wh PDm, yu ca pd chcal psl such as aas,puchas as, ak pssals, ad sc chcas wh accss pduc ds aad cl hw hy ca us . m, hy d d a CAD sys accss.



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Strategy 9: Communicate effectively with business personnelD CAD chly pss a quau lap yu ably cucads a wh pa audcs usd pduc dlp.exapla wha a acual D physcal pduc wll lk lk a D daw ca b chall ay s, hwdcul hs ca b hs wh d wk wh daws a daly bass.

ec CAD lads appca hw hs bsacl ca pd a adl h pal aluabl pu ky sakhlds usd ,

paculaly wh scu buy- aa, cuss, ad pasad w pduc das a ccps. Thy udsad ha apcus wh a husad wds ad ha a D dl bt y, a Daacucas cly ha sacks D daws.

md D CAD ls ca daacally hac yu ably dsa hashcs, pac, ad ad uc pduc dss as ha aasy ay cphd. Yu ca us hs cuca capabls ca ual aas ad sulas ha shw hw a ds wll p whh cs s pa . Yu ca als llusa h las xs dss ad hw w appachs ca xd ad p pac.Yu ca ca phalsc ds pducs ha a dcul dsush acual phaphs, whch yu sals ad ak cllaus ca

us sad cu h css sud phaphy.

As a CAD lad, yu shuld pay at h sual ad cuca asha yu ds syss ca pduc. Ca sadad l as such as PD,JPg, ad Avi pss h u s capabls. Yu shuld als csdls ha allw yu cpacly packa a dlclud aspacy,cuaway, ad dl a ls al dsbu.

Design visualization has advanced

to the point where its difficult to

distinguish the virtual from the real.

Tools like SolidWorks PhotoView 360

allow your team to quickly and easily

create photorealistic renderings, and

communicate more effectively.


Estimating how long it will take or a tool to pay

dividends is the ultimate determination o what

constitutes a best practice.


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Capturing, documenting, and communicatingyour groups productivity will help youdemonstrate your achievements in businessterms and secure the support that you needto grow, improve, and innovate.

Strategy 10: Demonstrate product development contributionsPhaps h s ccal say bc a c CAD lad s d ways dsa h alu h cbus ha yu pducdlp a aks yu ps. By shw aa hwyu as pac cbus yu cpays bt l, yu wll babl scu ad aa h supp ha yu ad yu up ds w,p, ad a.

As sad pusly, capu, dcu, ad cuca h pducy

as wh yu upsuch as sas (sh --ak), csducs, ad qualy ps (ducd us/waay clas)s way cuca yu ds as pac busss s. i add ack pducy ally, yu ca ak adaa d-spsdcas suds ad h publcy ppus uh p yuas succss.

Yu ca als sablsh hw yu as as pac sals ad u.Tak a lk a yu sals ubs. is h a w pduc, pduc accssy, pduc adapa ha s a a szabl cas sals? much hawh s atbuabl h had wk, ccy, ad al yu a. As ac CAD lad, yu shuld ak adaa y ppuy ph cbd suls yu ladshp ad h s yu ds a

paccal, busss s.

Pduc dlp pss h y ss yu cpay. Whua, labl, ad xc pducs auacu, ak, ad sll, yucpay wuld b busss. Yu wk had dlp succssulpducs al r&D huh ccalza ad pduc. As a CADlad, yu shuld b shy sd abu lt hs kw abu yuaccplshs, paculaly wh yu cuca h paac s hahy ca udsad.

Product development represents the very

genesis o your company. Without innovative,reliable, and exciting products to manuacture,

market, and sell, your company wouldnt even

be in business.



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ca la CAD daa h llss pusu ccy ad a.

As a ds ad aa, yu a h cduc, h chsa,wh s askd wh b all hs dspaa ls h a sl,chs whl. i ha l, yu d ak dcss ad hw yu laCAD ls ha ak h ps ad h uuas wll as dpaal adcpay ds accu. By xcu hs sas, yu ca xhb hCAD ladshp ha yu, yu a, ad yu cpay d succd.

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