Solidworks社交协作插件简介：3dswym

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Hereat Karl W. Schmidt & Associates, we have been using SOLIDWORKS ConceptualDesigner (SWCD) for almost two years now. One thing that we like aboutSOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE products is that in addition to a great CADfunctionality, we also get advantages of the cloud – especially social aspectsand collaboration through communities. Over time we have seen our use of thecommunities evolve to everything from technical support with our vendors,through new sales layouts with our customers. Below are a couple examples ofhow we are currently using the communities and collaboration to streamline ourcommunication and product development process.

使用solidworks概念设计的意外收获，不仅是其CAD功能，更是，得到了云计算的优势，我们的供应商的在线社区技术支持发展，与我们的客户通过新的销售布局。下面是我们如何利用当前的社区和协作，以简化我们的沟通和产品开发过程中的几个例子。

SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design sales layouts.For those of you that do not know us – Karl W. Schmidt is a global leader inengineering and manufacturing custom recycling systems. Our products are large– both in physical size and by number of components in final assembly. For ourlarge system layouts, we use our “standard” geometry from EPDM and add it to a3D space for a specific customer.  Fromthat point we use SWCD and the communities to convey our thoughts to andinteract with the customers.  We willinvite a specific customer user or groups of people to a community that onlythey can see.  This will then allow themto get automatic updates as we make changes, as well as notify us when thecustomer offers feedback.

我们使用在线社区传达我们的想法，并与客户进行互动。我们将邀请人们到特定的客户或用户组，一个社区，只有他们才能看到。这将允许他们获得自动更新为我们做出的改变，以及当客户提供反馈通知我们。

The second way we use the communities tocollaborate is for internal processes. We use the communities to communicate between our team in the office andthe people in the field addressing issues or doing presales work.  For example, we may be onsite with a customerworking through a current project and need to send photos or measurements tothe team in real time.  Traditionally wewould take pictures, load them to email or drop box.  Once that was completed we would then call todiscuss what was just sent.   Today wecan use the communities to upload the files and notes in real time to ourengineering team.  This process, coupledwith automatic notifications inside SOLIDWORKS, allows our team to continueworking on the design without searching through several applications.

我们使用的社区合作的第二种方式是内部流程。我们用我们的社区在办公室团队和人在现场处理做前期销售工作的问题之间进行通信。例如，我们可能会与现场通过当前项目客户的工作，需要发送照片或测量到团队的实时性。传统上，我们将采取图片，加载它们以电子邮件或下拉框。一旦完成，我们会再打电话来讨论什么是刚送来。今天，我们可以使用社区实时的文件和笔记上传到我们的工程团队。这个过程，加上在SolidWorks自动通知，让我们的团队继续工作的设计，而无需通过多个应用程序搜索。

Another way we use communities is throughthe SOLIDWORKS Connector add-in. The Connector allows us to connect our desktopSOLIDWORKS products with the cloud environment. That way we can use atraditional SOLIDWORKS files in conjunction with the communities, and otherfiles, to seamlessly add content for our customers to see. With this add-in, wecan work directly from within our SOLIDWORKS software, use SOLIDWORKS files,and upload them to the 3D space, and capture information about a design on thefly. We can also upload the files in a format the customer can view withoutever leaving the SOLIDWORKS environment. Coupled with the automaticnotifications, this allows us to always be on top of the customer requests andrespond more quickly. We can also be alerted of changes, without spending toomuch time developing a design that the customer doesn't want. We also use thisto discuss FEA results from SOLIDWORKS Simulation as we work through newstructure designs. The ability to seamlessly collect all the engineering dataand put it in one location saves a lot of time we used to spend searching forthe “one” file. The one that was always saved in a “special” place so wewouldn’t lose it. Being able to capture screenshots from SOLIDWORKS also makesis easy to communicate our ideas as the questions arise. This opencommunication allows our customers to feel they are part of the process vs.just getting a final drawing. It also allows us to customize a design on thefly saving the customers time and money.

我们使用的community方式是通过SOLIDWORKS 3dswym插件。该插件可以让云环境连接我们的桌面SolidWorks软件。这样，我们就可以在社区，和其他文件一起使用传统的SolidWorks文件，无缝地添加内容，为广大客户观看。有了这个插件，我们可以直接从我们的SolidWorks软件内工作，使用SolidWorks文件，并将其上传到3D空间，并捕获有关的思维设计的信息。我们也可以上传的格式，客户可以查看，而无需离开SolidWorks环境中的文件。再加上自动通知，这让我们永远是对客户需求的顶部，并更迅速地作出反应。我们也可以提醒变化，不用花费太多时间来开发，客户不想要的设计。我们还用它来从SolidWorksSimulation的讨论有限元分析结果，比如我们通过新的结构设计工作。无缝地收集所有的工程数据，并把它放在一个位置的能力，节省了大量的时间。能够从SolidWorks捕捉截图是很容易的问题出现，以传达我们的想法。这种开放式的交流使得我们的客户觉得自己是这个过程主动参与者，它也使我们能够为客户订制设计，节省了客户的时间和金钱。