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Dimensions Furniture: Enhancing Design and Production with IoT
技术
- 功能应用 - 制造执行系统 (MES)
适用行业
- 设备与机械
- 电信
适用功能
- 产品研发
用例
- 添加剂制造
- 制造过程模拟
挑战
Dimensions Furniture, Inc. 是一家家具设计和制造商，面临着独特的挑战。他们的主要客户是互联网和基于目录的零售商，他们需要多种型号但数量较少的产品。这与大型零售商形成鲜明对比，大型零售商需要的型号较少，但数量较多。为了满足这一需求，Dimensions 需要设计大量新模型。然而，他们现有的设计流程主要涉及 Adobe Illustrator 和 Photoshop 等 2D 工具，效率不够高，无法生产出所需的设计量。他们需要一种更好的设计工具，不仅要高效，还要允许更自由的创造力。
关于客户
Dimensions Furniture, Inc. 是一家家具设计商和制造商，主要为互联网和目录零售商提供服务。与需求较少型号但数量较多的大型零售商不同，这些零售商需要种类繁多但数量较少的型号。这种独特的分销模式给Dimensions Furniture带来了挑战，因为它需要他们设计大量的模型。在使用 Evolve 之前，该公司主要在 2D 环境中使用 Adobe Illustrator 等工具进行初始设计，并使用 Adobe Photoshop 等工具应用材质。然而，为了满足多种模型的需求，他们需要更高效、更有创意的设计工具。
解决方案
Dimensions Furniture 决定将 SolidThinking Evolve 纳入其设计流程。选择该工具是因为它专注于工业设计及其内置渲染功能，这对 Dimensions 团队的艺术背景很有吸引力。该工具用于设计和渲染家具产品，以向买家展示并移交给制造团队。在进行初始设计时，客户会提供“灵感图像”，作为特定产品设计的起点。 Evolve 的构造树历史功能使团队能够根据买家反馈无缝返回并编辑模型，而无需重新开始该过程。这是加快他们的时间表的关键。
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