'Megayacht' Design Sails Home with Grand Prize In 10th Annual Solidworks Design Contest.Westport Shipyard shortens customer delivery times by 75 percent CONCORD, Mass. -- A 164-foot yacht. A giant Ferris wheel Ferris wheel, amusement park ride. It consists of a power-operated wheel that is about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. It has two rims that are parallel to and equidistant from the shaft about which the wheel rotates. . A watch with four faces. These are just some of the arresting innovations that captured judges' and spectators' imaginations in the 10th annual SolidWorks Design Contest. Eleven winners took home more than US$150,000 in prizes and were spotlighted at the SolidWorks World 2007 International User Conference and Exposition earlier this month in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . The grand prize, a Dell Precision Dell Precision is a line of workstation computers produced by Dell, Inc.. Current Dell Precision Desktop Models
Purveyor (World-Wide Web) Purveyor - A World-Wide Web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available). http://process.com/. E-mail: <info@process.com>. of "the ultimate Megayacht experience," Westport Shipyard uses SolidWorks([R]) Office Professional software in its yacht design because of its ease of use, large assembly configuration capabilities, integrated PDMWorks([R]) product data management (PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and ) software, and superior support, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sanford. Using SolidWorks, Westport established the first production-based design approach in the domestic motoryacht industry, reduced customer delivery times by 75 percent, minimized fit and interference issues, and automated cabinetry production operations. The software also reduced interior joinery joinery, craft of assembling exposed woodwork in the interiors of buildings. Where carpentry refers to the rougher, simpler, and primarily structural elements of wood assembling, joinery has to do with difficult surfaces and curvatures, such as those of spiral production time by 50 percent, cut installation time by 15 percent, and supported better material usage. "The ability to have models in production on a continual basis, while using configurations to provide customers with choices and options on different parts of the boat - such as variations on the state room design - makes us more efficient," said Sanford. "It also has a positive impact on profit margins." Other winners were:
MODEL CONTEST
1st Runner-up - Made-to-order, individual-serving ice-cream-making
machine, MooBella LLC, submitted by Jim Baxter, VP engineering,
MooBella
2nd Runner-up - (tie) Gary Fisher carbon hi-fi bicycle, Trek
Bicycle Corporation, submitted by Christopher R. Carlson, senior
industrial designer, Trek
2nd Runner-up - (tie) LeMond Triomphe carbon fiber bicycle frame
platform, submitted by Chad Lockart, senior industrial designer,
Trek Bicycle Corporation
3rd Runner-up - Datacard MX6000 Card Issuance System, submitted by
Gary T. Schultze, senior mechanical designer, Datacard Group
PHOTOREALISTIC IMAGES CONTEST
1st Place - Personalized concept vehicle, submitted by Dr. Ertu
Unver, senior lecturer, University of Huddersfield
2nd Place - Voyager, submitted by Bruce Ray Buck, design engineer,
Dometic Corp.
3rd Place - Brandy decanter, submitted by Einar Vedvik, designer,
PavelsDesign, Norway
ANIMATIONS CONTEST
1st place - Singapore Flyer construction (Ferris wheel), submitted
by Ooi Wei Khuen and Lin Shaodun, design engineer, Flash
Engineering Pte Ltd.
2nd place - Nitrous Concept Watch, submitted by Harold Wylie,
owner of Magineer
3rd place - Pivotrol cover and mechanism assembly, submitted by
Jeff Jacobs, senior designer of Spirax Sarco
"The Oscars([R]) have nothing on this competition," said Rainer Gawlick, SolidWorks vice president of worldwide marketing. "There are miraculous design engineering performances every day with SolidWorks, and these winning designs are indicative of the great products SolidWorks customers create every day. They inspire us all to design better products." About SolidWorks Corporation SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000). SolidWorks and PDMWorks are registered trademarks of SolidWorks Corporation. COSMOS is a trademark of Structural Research & Analysis Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2007 SolidWorks Corporation. Bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. with de.li.cious Submit this story to digg Submit this story to slashdot Technorati tags SolidWorks, CAD, 3D CAD, MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , Design, Tech, Autodesk, AutoCAD, SolidEdge, COSMOSWorks |
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