SolidWorks Express | March 2006

Since 2001 V-veko has been providing design services to the toolmaking and sheetmetal stamping industries.

The company migrated to 3D design because they thought clients would appreciate the easy-to-understand images of designs instead of or in addition to 2D drawings that are usually less intuitive.

One of the company's goals was to reduce design time in all stages. Easy-to-use blank shapes and strip building progams proved useful. Standard components in solid formats also increased efficiency and reduced design time.

In this field, V-veko developed a standard part for feed control that indicates when the strip is in position. This feed controller has proven a great success in the Swedish market. The company's next goal is to release the solution in the inernational market.

Recently, SolidWorks Express spoke with Holger Thomas about the company's use of Logopress and SolidWorks software.

What design challenge led you to chose Logopress and what are the advantages of using the software?

"Before Logopress we used our “homemade” assemblies to create die sets. Now, we launch all design projects in Logopress and in most cases Logopress is the best way to continue as well. The ability to share examples of simulation and blank shapes in an early stage assures our customers that we are the best design resource for their projects."

How has using Logopress improved your ability to communicate concepts to your customers?
"The most impotant issue for us is that we can show a layout earlier in a project's design cycle. We can also help our stamping customers in their sales efforts. We can easily create layouts so our customers can present a tool solution to their customers, allowing them to sell the tool."

What other advantages have you seen?

"Using Logopress also allows us to create consistency in our designs because we now have a standard on how we build our assemblies."

How much time have you saved?

"The most time we save is in the start of our projects. In total this means 10 to 30% timesavings on a particular job."

What is the advantage of Logopress being fully integrated with SolidWorks?
"Our standard part supplier is now in the process of integrating his catalog with SolidWorks. This is a significant benefit because the designer can save time with single-window integration. Not leaving the work you are doing is great!"