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News Release from: Meese Orbitron Dunne Co | Subject: Solid-modelling service
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 December 2002
Solid modelling aids plastics
prototyping
Plastics rotomolder Meese Orbitron Dunne has introduced a computerised 3D solid-modelling service.
Plastics rotomolder Meese Orbitron Dunne (MOD) has introduced a computerised 3D solid-modelling service, enabling its in-house engineers to transform simple sketches, notes and rough ideas into full colour, photo-quality, life-like images and illustrations suitable for presentation to senior management, financial personnel and others involved in funding new product development Ideal for design engineers, marketing and product managers seeking to minimise risk and product development costs, the new MOD service permits the development of fully finished, visual prototypes without requiring any investment in tooling or machined prototypes
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Many product development teams rely on non-technical people for funding", explains Bob Dunne of MOD.
"We're putting the complex engineering specs into pictures and terms that anyone can understand, rather than depending on CAD drawings and the imaginations of non-technical people".
With software by Solid Works, the 3D images may be viewed from 360-degree perspectives.
Outer layers of hardware, cabinetry or other elements and components may be removed to reveal the movements of hidden mechanisms.
The images may be rotated, shaded, highlighted and coloured, among other treatments.
The MOD service is expected to significantly streamline the internal review process and permit the development of many new products that might have remained on the drawing board, according to Dunne.
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