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News Release from: SolidWorks Corporation
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Team on 06 March 2007
Motoryacht model takes 3D design award
A model of a 50m yacht has won the grand prize in the 10th annual SolidWorks Design Contest.
A 50m yacht, a giant Ferris wheel and a watch with four faces 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
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The grand prize, a Dell Precision 390 Workstation and 20in monitor, went to Jack Sanford, an application engineer at Westport Shipyard, for a model of the Westport 164 Tri-Deck Motoryacht.
The boat sleeps 12 and features a formal dining room, VIP suite, saloon, commercial-grade galley, garage for water toys, and a wet bar.
Purveyor of "the ultimate Megayacht experience", Westport Shipyard uses SolidWorks Office Professional software in its yacht design because of its ease of use, large assembly configuration capabilities, integrated PDMWorks product data management (PDM) software, and superior support, according to Sanford.
Using SolidWorks, Westport established the first production-based design approach in the domestic motoryacht industry, reduced customer delivery times by 75%, minimised fit and interference issues, and automated cabinetry production operations.
The software also reduced interior joinery production time by 50%, cut installation time by 15%, 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".
"The Oscars 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".
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