"The number of rework situations that arise with equipment designed in SolidWorks is much lower than with our previous CAD package."
Nick Benner, Mechanical Eng./CAD Administrator

THE CHALLENGE
Granco Clark Worldwide designs and manufactures automated aluminum extrusion systems. Each extrusion system requires the development of numerous large assemblies, and managing drawings for these multitiered assemblies in 2D had become problematic. Granco Clark decided to move to a 3D design environment to reduce errors while increasing throughput, and then conducted an extensive evaluation of leading 3D CAD systems.

THE SOLUTION
The company selected the SolidWorks Office suite of mechanical design software because of its ease of use and its large assembly, sheetmetal, interference-checking, automatic drawing generation, and advanced visualization and communications capabilities. By deploying SolidWorks Office, Granco Clark shortened its design cycle by 25 percent, cut reengineering and rework by 50 percent, reduced drawing errors by 50 percent, and improved its design visualization and presentation capabilities.

Industry:  Machinery
Products: FeatureWorks,PhotoWorks,SolidWorks Animator,SolidWorks Toolbox,SolidWorks Utilities,SolidWorks eDrawings
Previous CAD System:  AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER
Location:  Michigan
Reseller:  FISHER/UNITECH

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SUMMARY & METRICS
 - Reduced product design cycle by 25%
 - Engineering and rework reduced by approximately 50%
 - Reduced drawing errors to manufacturing by 50%

Find Granco Clark on the web at www.grancoclark.com.