DFMPro for Pro/Engineer

DFMPro is a CAD integrated Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tool which performs upfront design for manufacturing validation and provides suggestions to avoid downstream issues which impacts cost, quality and product launch time.

Today design engineers spend around 20% or higher on rework due to iterative product development process which impacts product launch plans. DFMPro acts like a spell checker and assists CAD design engineers in identifying areas of a design which are difficult, expensive and impossible to manufacture or service. DFMPro comes with pre-configured design for manufacture (DFM) guidelines and global best practices in the industry for various processes like machining (milling, turning, drilling),injection molding for plastics components and sheet metal fabrication. DFMPro also comes with pre-configured rules for design for assembly (DFA).

The DFM design guidelines available with DFMPro is derived from various handbooks and guidelines and from the knowledge shared by DFM consultants who are experts in their areas. The existing set of manufacturing guidelines can be easily configured as per the organization standard. DFMPro also acts like a knowledge capture tool by providing a powerful framework for organizations to add their own best practices and capture the knowledge residing within the organization. DFMPro is used by manufacturing industries like automotive, aerospace and defense, hi-tech and consumer goods, and heavy engineering.

By using DFMPro, organizations have achieved increased productivity, savings in cost, improved quality and have been able to capture knowledge and reuse. Overall, DFMPro cuts down the iterations in new product development process and thus prevents delays in product launches by addressing the producibility issues early in the design cycle. DFMPro helps new design engineers get up to speed by providing on the job training through its contextual help available when a DFM design guideline violation is made.