Extending the value of Solid Edge designs: 3D interactive documentation Gregory Smith, CEO Immersive Design, Inc.

Speaker Background Greg Smith Founder & CEO Immersive Design, Inc. 15 years MCAD industry

How Are Products Communicated Today? Take notice of how you feel as you view the next few slides

What the was that? “Our company has invested in solid modeling for our engineers… “…isn’t there a way we could communicate between everyone in our company with a view directly off the solid model?” Typical Responses

3D Interactive Documentation Survey Immersive Design, Inc. explored the opportunity for reducing the cost and complexity of including 3D models in product-related documentation for manufacturing companies. Survey results can be viewed at

Documentation Survey

Existing Methods Engineering has 3D CAD data Documentation groups does not know the 3D data exists or do not believe they have access to it Product graphics are 2D or if lucky digital photographs Product graphics are often regenerated There is little associativity between engineering data and documentation Editing is so time consuming after a design change that the documents are often not updated

Flow of 3D Product Data Sales Marketing Services Purchasing Customers Suppliers Design Engineering Hundreds of thousands of 3D products designs are generated in design engineering departments using 3D CAD systems. Manufacturing The 3D data then moves into the manufacturing department. The 3D data is exposed to the rest of the company from this point of contact… As a manufactured product.

Opportunity : Flow of 3D Product Data Manufacturing Sales Marketing Services Purchasing Customers Suppliers 3D Demonstrations 3D Presentations 3D Service Documents 3D Part Identification 3D User Manuals 3D Part Catalogs 3D Assembly Procedures The product data is exposed to the rest of the company directly off of the 3D models! Design Engineering Hundreds of thousands of 3D products designs are generated in design engineering departments using 3D CAD systems.

Extended Enterprise The Value of Design Data DesignMarketingSales Manufacturing ServiceConcept Product Value Chain Information Authors Information Authors Product Design Information Consumers Information Consumers Product Communication Customers and Suppliers While products are in the designprocess, there is a high numberof information (CAD) authors. As the product moves intomanufacturing, usage of the3D CAD data decreases andthe value of the data is lost. As the number of informationauthors decreases, the numberof information consumersincreases at a rate of approximately10 consumers to every 1 author. As the product moves out tocustomers and suppliers, thethe potential value of the3D data will create a large businessopportunity…for someone.

Applications of Interactive 3D Web Pages Service Process Assembly Methods Part Identification Training

Tools of the trade IPA 3D Geometry Generation Application Content Web page layout Additional Knowledge HTML Dynamic HTML Javascript VB Viewing Technology IPA WebView RealityWave Viewpoint Cult3D Solid Edge

Process for Generating 3D Interactive Web Pages + Javascript Generate your web page template using a page layout program IPA Generate any animation and interactive behaviors Publish your work to the web page Solid Edge Using Solid Edge, create your 3D models

Generating An Interactive 3D Web Page Open Solid Edge assembly Start IPA Generate animated assembly sequence Publish web page using default web page template Modify web page look and feel

Interactive Web Page Statistics Assembly in Solid Edge Total part count: 620 Total file size: 49.5 Meg Web page stats Assemblies & parts: 1.33 Meg –fits on a floppy disk 2.6% of original CAD data Web page stats IPA WebView size: 384K HTML/javascript < 100K

Points to Remember Generating product design data have evolved … communicating product design information has not Increase the value of your Solid Edge data by leveraging it throughout the product’s life cycle Interactive 3D documentation easy to learn easy to use easy to understand

Thank You Gregory Smith