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Innovation is the future and to get there you need the right tools.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see how Arcimoto, a forward-thinking company uses SOLIDWORKS to devise new technologies that raise the bar for environmental efficiency, footprint size, and price affordability in electric vehicle design.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2007, Arcimoto<\/a><\/strong>, Inc.\u2019s main focus is creating the most affordable and performance-packed electric vehicle suitable for the daily driver. The company has broken new ground in the transportation industry by establishing the fun utility vehicle (FUV) category for electric vehicles, following the introduction of Arcimoto\u2019s first electric three-wheeled FUV.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When designing their fun utility vehicle, Arcimoto realized that it needed a 3D solid modeling system with integrated mechanical design, electrical design, and engineering solutions.\u00a0 According to Mechincal Engineer\/PDM Administratior Diana Standish, \u201cArcimoto chose the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae design platform because it\u2019s easy to use, includes robust sheet metal and weldment design capabilities, and provides access to a complete set of integrated\u00a0solutions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Arcimoto couldn\u2019t be swayed when Autodesk offered them Inventor\u00ae 3D design and Vault\u00ae PDM systems free of charge for a limited period of time.\u00a0 It realized shortly after, with a unanimous vote from its engineers, that SOLIDWORKS<\/a><\/strong> was the tool they wanted to create their designs in.\u00a0 Since then, Arcimoto has implemented multiple products and added SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0, SOLIDWORKS Electrical Professional<\/a><\/strong>, SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D<\/a><\/strong>, and SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to its SOLIDWORKS portfolio. Arcimoto is proud to say that more than 98 percent of its first product was designed with SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n To find out more about Arcimoto<\/a><\/strong> and how they streamlined their development process, cut their vehicle weight by 40 percent, and improved manufacturability, Click Here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Innovation is the future and to get there you need the right tools.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see how Arcimoto, a forward-thinking company uses SOLIDWORKS to devise new technologies that raise the bar for environmental efficiency, footprint size, and price affordability in electric<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":39019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,26,14,2641,85,2411],"tags":[2867,1633,2868,19],"class_list":["post-39022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-customer-stories","category-design","category-solidworks-2018","category-solidworks-electrical","category-solidworks-pdm","tag-acrimoto","tag-electrical","tag-fun-utility-vehicle","tag-solidworks-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39022","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\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/20171215-arcimoto_signature_000-189.jpg\")
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