DFMpro
Geometric Americas, Inc.
DFMPro facilitates upstream manufacturability validation by identifying those areas of a design that are difficult, expensive, or impossible to manufacture. It automates the iterative design review process for manufacturability issues.

The design stage is considered to be the most crucial part in the product lifecycle process. Thus, it becomes important to detect and eliminate mistakes in the design stage itself as the costs rise exponentially if they are detected in later stages of the product lifecycle. DFMPro facilitates upstream manufacturability validation by identifying those areas of a design that are difficult, expensive, or impossible to manufacture. It automates the iterative design review process for manufacturability issues. It also provides a mechanism for manufacturability knowledge capture and reuse for continuous improvement. Using DFMPro customization, organizations can quickly automate in-house DFM practices into their overall standard operating procedures. They can create new rules using VB Scripts or SOLIDWORKS Macros.
Features
- Easy to learn and use. Seamlessly integrated within SOLIDWORKS
- Common manufacturability check related to machining, sheet-metal fabrication, and injection molding
- Rule Manager to configure parameters and criticality of rules.
- Provides reasons and suggests best practice related to manufacturability issues.
- Ability to generate eDrawings-based reports, and quick and easy collaborationon DFM practices.
Benefits
- Catches mistakes early in the design stage
- Ensures past mistakes are not repeated (especially by new design engineers)
- Leverages experience of experts
- Decreases overall cycle time
- Facilitates on-the-job training of design engineers

CAMWorks and SOLIDWORKS CAM, developed by HCL, provide advanced CAD/CAM technologies to program smarter and machine faster – such as feature-based programming, automatic feature recognition, and knowledge-based machining with the TechDB™ to capture and reuse your best practices.
How to buy
Geometric Americas, Inc.
50 Kirts Boulevard
Suite A
Troy, MI 48084
United States