KaVo, a leading provider of dental equipment, was seeking to enhance the detail and usefulness of its product assembly and technical documents. The company was using 3D CATIA models to create assembly drawings, which were then converted to PDF files for use by production workers. However, the information on the PDFs was not detailed enough to ensure high-quality assembly. KaVo needed an automated solution for producing 3D interactive work instructions and product illustrations to provide the level of detail required for accurate product assembly and technical documentation. This would help to reduce the time to market.

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon Spare Parts department needed to provide a consolidated view of all spare parts information worldwide. The division was managing a global network of more than 80,000 spare parts which required precise logistical coordination. Over the years, each site has come to rely on its different solutions to locate the appropriate spare parts but, as a company, they did not have an overall and global view of their data. Moreover, these different solutions use different technologies – mainframe-based or client-server – which contributed to the isolation of each of their sites. To gain in efficiency, they needed a consolidated view of all their spare parts from any of their locations.

Nabtesco Corporation, a Japanese company known for its unique technology in robotic reduction gears, faced a challenge when expanding into energy harvesting equipment such as wind turbines and solar energy collector trackers. The company needed to ensure sufficient gear strength and long-term endurance in gusty conditions for their wind turbines. The yaw and pitch drives in a wind turbine engage with a pinion gear, which transmits power from the drive to the nacelle or blade. The rotation angle between drive and pinion gear teeth is particularly small, so repeated contact over time, particularly under the stresses of high winds and tower vibration, has the potential to damage tooth surfaces and cause assembly breakdowns. The engineers at Nabtesco needed to balance the contact between ring and pinion teeth to reduce the 'normal' stress of rotation and the sheer stress of the teeth against each other. Decreasing the stress on teeth improves their durability and that of the entire assembly as well.

Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI), a leader in plastic package design services, was seeking a more cost-effective and efficient alternative to extensive physical prototyping and testing. The company wanted to help its customers lightweight plastic container designs and aid in root-cause analysis of product failures. The focus was on designing lighter-weight versions of current packaging to reduce costs and meet consumers’ demand for more sustainable products. However, achieving the optimal design that can offset lightweight material composition with a structure that still meets stringent performance requirements was a challenge.

Arburg, a leading manufacturer of injection molding machines, faced the challenge of bringing its products to market faster, while increasing quality and lowering costs. The company's product range and the modular design of its machines placed high demands on IT services. Under the motto “securing the future with process optimization using standard IT solutions”, Arburg's CIO and his IT team worked closely with the operations departments to radically rethink the company’s IT infrastructure. The goal was to build a process-oriented IT infrastructure with virtual product management to improve time to market and increase development-to-delivery speed two-fold.

The challenge was to compress the development of a system of work for an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) down to 90 days while providing the students of Wichita State University (WSU) a greater experience using real-life industry tools. The goal was to expose students to industry-related projects that provide them with learning that is not traditionally found in a textbook. The university aimed to be a model for applied learning and an economic driver for the community – where students can transition back and forth between the academic world and industry to work on real-world projects while they’re in school. The first fully collaborative project at the 3DEXPERIENCE Center is an unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, designed to handle multiple missions including search and rescue. The UAS was entirely designed and manufactured using Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its Aerospace & Defense industry solutions.

Mammut Sports Group, a Swiss mountain sports specialist and producer of alpine equipment and apparel, was facing challenges in accelerating their product innovation and managing their product information in compliance with norms and environmental regulations. The company was managing a highly diverse product portfolio and was using numerous Excel files to manage all their stock keeping units (SKU), which was time consuming and error-prone. The process of juggling between so many files eventually became complicated and information was hard to find. The company decided to consolidate all their product information in one unique system to improve coordination and to have better visibility within their product catalogue.

Clip-Lok International, a Copenhagen-based manufacturer of reusable, flat-packable wooden boxes, needed to secure its competitive edge by custom designing boxes that are cost effective, match the precise size and shape of their contents, and can be flattened for return shipment. The boxes are custom-made, posing many design challenges for the engineers. They had to design a box that has the optimum shape and size with respect to the products to be packaged, that is cost efficient to produce, assemble and flatten and that occupies as little space as possible during return shipment. These design challenges were met thanks to CATIA PLM Express.

Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank gold mine in northern Canada was facing a challenge of integrating mine design and production schedules with geological modeling to increase in-house knowledge and ensure profitability. They were struggling with a competitive software solution for over a year and needed a more efficient and effective solution. The mine is Agnico eagle’s largest gold producer, with 1.8 million ounces of gold in proven and probable reserves since the open pit began in early 2010. The mine is one of the most complicated waste management sites in Canada with 14 dikes, 9 pits, multiple dumps and more than 100 haul routes. The mine was also looking to reduce production costs and needed to modify the long-range plans on-the-go ensuring they are up to date with current operations.

Korsö Båt, a family-run boatbuilding company, wanted to leverage its extensive boatbuilding knowledge and expertise with the proper software tools. The company faced stiff competition and its biggest challenge was to combine utility and good looks as every customer wanted to have the best boat. The company relied on its extensive knowledge and experience gained through years of designing boats. However, it needed a technology solution that could help it meet customer demands and stay ahead of the competition.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has set detailed regulations about the materials, substructure, installation, testing, and certification of artificial turf for playing fields. This means that turf manufacturers have to consider a multitude of factors when designing their products for performance and safety. These factors include the make-up of the individual blades to mimic the look and playing-feel of natural grass, the type of yarn/fiber to use, the shape of the fiber, its height above the field surface, its density per square meter, stiffness and dissipative behavior. All these factors affect wear, safety, and playing characteristics. Furthermore, what’s below the visible surface of the grass is just as critical. The fiber travels down through infill made of rubber or thermoplastic granulate, which provides shock absorption, controls rebound and prevents skin damage caused by sliding. Beneath that are additional layers of rubber and sand and, finally, the backing in which the grass blade is imbedded.

Renault, a global automotive company, was seeking an enterprise-wide PLM solution that would effectively address issues of standardization for its processes and design tools. With more than 40% of its engineers located outside of France in “technocentres” in Romania, India, Korea, South America and Spain, the company needed a global engineering tool that would allow its designers to effectively and efficiently collaborate around the globe. Renault also sought a solution that would allow it to easily access and manage all of the company’s data – from product design and process to simulation, testing and resources information – while ensuring its traceability. The company wanted a single PDM that could be deployed worldwide to cover all of Renault’s needs for data management across product, process, simulation and performance.

Superheat 是一家领先的创新热处理供应商，在处理从客户收到的 DWG 文件和加速热处理包开发方面面临着挑战。该公司使用 SmartDraw 2D 软件为其热处理质量包创建布局，并使用 SOLIDWORKS® 3D 设计软件开发更专业、更复杂的热处理设计。然而，2D 软件功能有限，无法读取 DWG 文件，这是需要热处理的组件最常见的客户格式。它在操作工程绘图图层方面也存在困难。这种情况促使 Superheat 寻找其他能够提高效率并加速热处理套件开发的 2D 设计解决方案。

Innovative Manufacturing Services, Inc. (IMS) 需要一种更高效且更具成本效益的 2D 设计解决方案来开发电气原理图和访问旧的 2D 文件。该公司一直使用 SOLIDWORKS 3D 机械设计软件来创建定制制造和自动化系统，但继续使用 AutoCAD 2D 软件来访问旧设计文件和创建电气面板原理图。我们面临的挑战是找到一种解决方案，能够与现有的 SOLIDWORKS 实施无缝集成，提供对旧版 2D 数据的访问，并以更具成本效益的方式支持电气原理图的开发。

CentraSep Technologies 是工业离心机、分离和过滤系统、环保产品和流体管理服务的领先制造商，其 2D 绘图解决方案面临着挑战。该公司一直使用 AutoCAD 软件创建 DWG 文件，以支持销售、工程、制造和文档功能的绘图需求。然而，该公司安装的 AutoCAD 已过时，并且 Autodesk 不再提供永久软件升级，仅提供成本更高的月租服务。这促使 CentraSep 开始寻找更具成本效益的 2D 解决方案。该公司需要一种易于学习和使用、与 SOLIDWORKS 3D 设计软件配合良好的解决方案，并提供更具成本效益的 2D 解决方案。

California Wire Products Corporation (Cal-Wire) 是一家领先的编织线产品制造商，在配置 SOLIDWORKS 3D/DriveWORKS 自动化设计应用程序期间，在创建 2D 定制产品设计方面面临着挑战。该公司使用 AutoCAD 2D 设计软件，该软件不仅成本高昂，而且存在数据兼容性问题。该公司曾尝试使用 Autodesk Inventor 3D 设计软件来实现开发自动化，但在此过程中遇到了障碍。对经济高效的 2D 设计解决方案的需求至关重要，尤其是在构建和配置 SOLIDWORKS/DriveWorks 自动化软件包时。由于 AutoCAD 许可证过时，该公司还面临打开文件以及丢失图纸尺寸和文本块的问题。

Haenen Design Studios 是一家位于加利福尼亚州卡尔弗城的品牌标识和室内设计咨询公司，在创建按比例、尺寸准确的室内设计概念二维图纸时面临着重大挑战。这些图纸对于融入设计元素以及向客户和承包商传达室内设计概念至关重要。该公司的首席设计师 Christine Haenen 在学生时代就拥有使用 AutoCAD® 2D 设计软件的经验。然而，在创立 Haenen Design Studios 后，她发现 AutoCAD 的商业许可证价格昂贵得令人望而却步。她需要一个更实惠的 2D 设计和绘图包，既能满足她的需求，又不会影响质量或功能。

Bill's Custom Fab, Inc. 是一家家族企业，自 1990 年以来一直提供结构钢部件的定制设计和制造服务，该公司面临着更有效地支持其业务的 2D 设计要求的挑战。该公司使用 2D CAD 制造用于各种应用的结构钢，包括建筑、扶手和楼梯梁。管理团队致力于质量改进，定期重新评估其设计和制造工具，以提高效率、提高生产力或增加功能。然而，他们之前的 CAD 提供商的许可变更导致 Bill's Custom Fab 重新评估其 2D 设计解决方案。该公司需要的解决方案不仅功能齐全，提供良好的投资回报，而且稳定、兼容主要 CAD 格式，并能够运行 LISP 宏和例程，该公司使用这些宏和例程来创建常见的结构钢特征。

Young Industries, Inc. 是一家处理干散装材料的定制设计设备制造商，致力于优化 2D 和 3D 设计工具的使用，以提高生产率并推进定制材料处理系统的开发。该公司在过去二十年中一直使用 SOLIDWORKS® 3D 应用程序平台，但仍然存在通过 2D 工具可以更好地满足的需求。他们一直在使用MountainTop® 2D 设计软件，但在遇到硬件和软件故障后决定寻求新的2D 设计解决方案。该公司需要一种更易于维护和支持的解决方案，以更优惠的价格包含他们所需的功能，并且与现有的 SOLIDWORKS 设计环境兼容。

Griscia Pastacaldi是前意大利海军技术军官，也是一位才华横溢的海军建筑师设计师和机械工程师，于2018年创立了GPNA SRL。该公司专注于为各种客户创造创新的游艇设计，强调高品质的设计和一流的设计技术支援。然而，帕斯塔卡尔迪面临着他之前在其他造船设计公司使用的设计工具的挑战。他发现 AutoCAD® 和 MicroStation® 2D 设计软件越来越复杂且不太直观，命令太多，占用了工作区域太多空间。这促使他研究其他对他的新公司来说更高效、更具成本效益的解决方案。

MAC Design and Build 是一家家族承包企业，专门为家庭和企业家具和改造服务打造定制橱柜、家具、门和内置设施。该公司以提供独特的室内设计和改造服务而自豪，这些服务仅受客户的想象力和预算的限制。然而，该公司在加速这些定制产品的开发、同时消除错误和降低成本方面面临着重大挑战。该公司最初使用 AutoCAD 2D 设计软件来设计橱柜和木制品，这是公司的核心业务。然而，AutoCAD 的年度许可成本（两个席位大约为 1,200 美元）对于该公司来说太高了。他们需要一种更具成本效益的 2D 解决方案，能够提供与 AutoCAD 相同的功能。