{"id":21593,"date":"2014-03-21T09:25:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T13:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=21593"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:50:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:50:27","slug":"concept-before-cad-episode-2-designing-a-better-whiteboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/03\/concept-before-cad-episode-2-designing-a-better-whiteboard.html","title":{"rendered":"Concept Before CAD Episode 2: Designing a Better Whiteboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Concept Before CAD<\/em> is all about what designers and engineers do before they begin detailed CAD design. \u00a0We\u2019ve been learning from our customers about the tasks they perform and the tools they use for conceptual design.\u00a0 It turns out there are some challenges common to that process.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what you told us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 31% of design time is spent in the conceptual phase\u2014BEFORE detailed design is done in SOLIDWORKS.<\/li>\n<li>Many stakeholders may need to provide input; however, collaboration is difficult.<\/li>\n<li>Traditional CAD and PDM tools are inefficient and restrictive for rapidly evolving concepts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With all this in mind, we\u2019re excited to show you our take on a conceptual design scenario using the <b>3D<\/b>EXPERIENCE platform and SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual.\u00a0 In this episode, Brian Zias and Brad Williamson head down two different paths to come up with ideas for a moveable whiteboard mount for the office.\u00a0 Watch how easily they can try out multiple concepts and how they connect using the social tools built into Mechanical Conceptual to review and discuss their designs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jAoN4-65WQ?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual: Concept Before CAD \u2013 Episode 1\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/03\/solidworks-mechanical-conceptual-concept-before-cad-episode-1.html\">If you missed episode 1, catch up here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below, and for more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/3dexperience\/solidworks-mechanical-conceptual-overview.htm\">head over to the SOLIDWORKS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see how SOLIDWORKS solutions can help you win new business and get to market faster? Request an in-person demo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sm_blog_GRIT_helps_disabled_in_developing_countries_gain_mobility_with_SolidWorks\/product_demo \" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/pages\/blog-Form.cfm\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concept Before CAD is all about what designers and engineers do before they begin detailed CAD design. \u00a0We\u2019ve been learning from our customers about the tasks they perform and the tools they use for conceptual design.\u00a0 It turns out there<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/03\/concept-before-cad-episode-2-designing-a-better-whiteboard.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2034],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solidworks","category-solidworks-conceptual-designer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}