Challenge

Streamline development to support expansion into new markets and use emerging manufacturing technologies while simultaneously reducing component weight and improving performance.

Solution

Add SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional analysis software topology optimization tools to its SOLIDWORKS Professional design, SOLIDWORKS Premium design and analysis, and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional product data management solutions.

Results

  • Cut two months from suspension upright development cycle
  • Reduced suspension upright weight by 60 percent
  • Entered rally-race market with lighter, stronger, better-looking parts
  • Supported both conventional and additive manufacturing

The topology optimization tools in SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional software are helping us to create lighter, stronger, and stiffer parts more quickly, without having to engage in trial-anderror design iterations.

Adriano Schommer
Engineer