{"id":1300,"date":"2014-09-01T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2014-09-01T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:24:00","slug":"six-approaches-to-improve-flexibility-of-product-design-with-zw3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/six-approaches-to-improve-flexibility-of-product-design-with-zw3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Approaches to Improve Flexibility of Product Design with ZW3D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZW3D, one of the world&#8217;s leading suppliers of advanced CAD\/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, has released a CAD\/CAM white paper to discuss practical approaches for product design, bringing better products with shorter time-to-market.<\/p>\n<p>With user experience becoming a major talking point, the marketability of products relies on not just usability but also aesthetics. Customers prefer products with eye-catching shapes, leaving product designers with more challenges than ever. They are constantly seeking for solutions to maximize the flexibility of product design process, in a bid to conceptualize and realize even their craziest ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Empowered by a unique OverdriveTM kernel, ZW3D CAD\/CAM offers designers the following six approaches to turn their creative insights into tangible products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sketch Flexibility<\/strong><br \/>\nWith \u201cReady Sketch\u201d, ZW3D\u2019s built-in sketching library, standard parts can be sketched with a few clicks. As for not so commonly-used sketches, they can be generated in seconds with the equation curve. Plus, adjustments can be made by drag &amp; drop operations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1302\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sketching with ZW3D \" width=\"500\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW-1-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketching with ZW3D<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Modeling Flexibility<\/strong><br \/>\nPreviously, designers were trained to apply different modeling commands to surfaces and models separately. ZW3D\u2019s unique Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling technology, however, eliminates this barrier. It delivers much more user-friendly experience and more flexibility in creating 3D models, since the Boolean operation works for both solid and surface geometries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1303\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1303\" src=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW2.jpg\" alt=\"Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling\" width=\"600\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW2-300x68.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>High-quality Surface <\/strong><br \/>\nGenerally, to create products with the best surfaces, continuous curves and surfaces is essential. In ZW3D, surfaces can be generated from continuous curves. Furthermore, curvature tools help improve the quality of the curves and surfaces during the operation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1304\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1304\" src=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW3.jpg\" alt=\"Continuous curve to create continuous surface\" width=\"600\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW3-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Continuous curve to create continuous surface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Assembly Modeling<\/strong><br \/>\nFlexible assembly design can meet different needs of designers. ZW3D supports not only Bottom-up assembly design but also Top-down assembly deign. Both the design of independent parts and the update of associative parts can be done easily in ZW3D.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1305\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1305\" src=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW4.jpg\" alt=\"Flexible assembly design\" width=\"450\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ZW4-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flexible assembly design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Editing Flexibility<\/strong><br \/>\nWith parametric modeling and Direct Edit tools in ZW3D, designers can adjust models easily and quickly at every stage of product design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentation<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth 2D and 3D documentation is supported by ZW3D: 2D documentation can be achieved with 2D drafting, while models can also be shown three-dimensionally in PDF documents without 3D software.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about ZW3D CAD\/CAM, please follow ZWSOFT on Facebook to stay tuned for the latest information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZW3D, one of the world&#8217;s leading suppliers of advanced CAD\/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, has released a CAD\/CAM white paper to discuss practical approaches for product design, bringing better products with shorter time-to-market. 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