Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Consideration of manufacturability and assembly issues during early design stage shortens product development time, minimizes development cost, and ensures a smooth transition into production with minimal rework.Check your designs for manufacturing and assembly right at the design stage using DFMPro. DFMPro is a CAD integrated Design for Manufacturability & Assembly (DFM/A) software which allows designers to check their designs for manufacturability, assembly, serviceability early in the design cycle and take corrective action without multiple rounds of design iterations. It is fully integrated within Creo Parametric (formerly Pro/E), SolidWorks, NX and supports other leading CAD platforms. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Overview Today design engineers spend at least 30% of product development time and effort on rework due to an iterative product development and engineering changes. The Engineering Changes originating in later stages of product lifecycle are very expensive leading to delayed product launch and cost over-runs. Design engineers have to consider various parameters for design such as form-fit-function, cost of the product, regulatory requirements, standards, supplier capability, serviceability and various downstream requirements, all of which is scattered across the organizations and many times comes later in the design cycle, leading to costly and time-consuming engineering changes and design iterations DFMPro provides global best practices and design checks in form of rules assisting design engineers in identifying features of a design which are difficult, expensive and impossible to manufacture, at the design stage itself. This helps in avoiding downstream issues which impact cost, quality and time to market. DFMPro provides pre-configured as well as custom design guidelines derived from design handbooks and guidelines from industry associations. The rules take into account various Design for 'X' (DFX) issues which typically occur later in product lifecycle such as serviceability, assembly etc. The existing set of rules can be easily customized as per the organization specific standard. DFMPro covers various commonly used manufacturing processes like machining (milling, turning, drilling), injection molding, casting, sheet metal fabrication and assembly Stunningly Simple, Remarkably Powerful DFMPro's easy to use interface allows designers to import 3D data part or assembly file from all leading CAD platforms. The designer can run DFM checks on his CAD file and generate useful reports in few clicks. The results can be visualized and interpreted conveniently in a 3D environment, making design validation process highly simple and cost effective. Discrete manufacturing industries such as Automotive, High-tech, White goods, Medical devices, Industrial equipment, Electronic Contract manufacturing have seen significant benefits by deploying DFMPro. Solution Benefits Powerful framework for capturing and disseminating manufacturing knowledge upstream Increases engineering productivity, reduces design iterations and rework Accelerates and enriches design to manufacturing collaboration Help new engineers get up to speed by acquainting them with DFM best practices and techniques