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MLC CAD Systems Passion Meets Profession: How To Design and Manufacture Complex Systems

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Passion Meets Profession: How To Design and Manufacture Complex Systems

Tuesday, 6th May 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

SOLIDWORKS is well-known for design excellence, but what about the challenge of integrating multiple systems, disciplines, and departments together to form a cohesive company and product?

We’ll discuss the most common challenges and demonstrate the latest solutions and workflows for each step of the process. Using the example of an off-the-grid home, MLC Applications Experts will show you how MLC Solutions can solve the challenges that every growing business experiences.

We’ll cover 3 main topics during this event: Design, Manage, and Grow.

Design & Collaboration: Layout and Development

Thinking outside the box using traditional 3D Computer-Aided Design tools mixed in with new virtual collaboration tools.

• SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD multi-body design
• Bill of Materials & Cut list
• Mark-up and Collaboration

Systems Engineering & Organization Management: Off the Grid

How do we manage all our engineering data for future growth?

• SOLIDWORKS Electrical
• Local Data Management vs Cloud Data Management 
• Hosted Data Management Servers
• IT Management

Planning for Growth: One-off to Full Production

How can we automate and provide flexibility for future growth?

• Dashboarding in SOLIDWORKS PDM (Data Management)
• Engineering Change Requests with Design Binder
• Knowledge-Based Design Automation with DriveWorks

Tuesday, 6th May 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT