The downstream process can manage multidiscipline sets of drawings and quickly make and fully coordinate design changes.
Companies can take better decisions in an earlier stage of the design process and, as a result, can do a better business.

The training time of the new system is extremely competitive over any cad solution and dramatically short for SolidWorks users. Beginners are driven to right decision by the system while experts can totally express their SolidWorks skills.

The first stage of the work concerns the 3D modelling of the layout.
The design team can choose different approaches according the design intent.
A straightforward strategy is to work on a parametric wireframe, which can be dressed with the desired building components like profiles, joints, welding etc.

In option the designer can use a library of intelligent, parametric and associative components.
In this way the user can quickly model a whole structural subsystem and adapt it to the context in which it has to be used. For example a truss, a stair or a brace can be designed just once and re-used or re-configured with other parameters in every order.

There is no limit to the personalization and re-use of the components designed and managed in a 3D environment. In this way complex wizards or insertion dialog box usually proposed by competitors for the modelling of braces, trusses, stairs, portals or lattices can be abandoned. The designer is totally free from any bond due to the software: in fact he can freely design any type of structure, associate any behaviour useful for the re-use and add the structure to the library of AMV STEELWORKS so it can be available for any other order or for other users.

Since AMV STEELWORKS is totally integrated in SolidWorks, it is always possible to utilize all the SolidWorks tools. There is maximum flexibility in the use of all the components, starting from profiles; apart from the industrial ones, even if not commonly in use, generic sections are provided as well. From here it’s possible to couple or to dispose profiles in various configurations.

It is possible to find the same flexibility in the joint management, since joints are difficult components to be restrained within pre-defined configurations. Any type of joint, even custom, freely defined by the user is added in the model through the same interface. AMV STEELWORKS offers the compatible joints with the outlined conditions.
The joints can be represented in a well detailed configuration or in a simpler and lighter way, which allows for an easier management of the complete model; it is also possible to opt for an intelligent configuration, able to satisfy the current user requisites.

The joint libraries, - standard and customized, - are the right support for the user along with other personalized files available in AMV STEELWORKS. These concern bolts, ribs, plates and other components of mutual interest, including complex substructures utilized in the same project or different works.

The work environment of AMV STEELWORKS is completely free; nonetheless the 3D system is largely used in AMV STEELWORKS, due to its immediacy and its profitable potentials.

Every change on the model involves automatic and intelligent adjustment of the involved parts, as a result of a parametric and associative setting of the structure in AMV STEELWORKS. Even all the necessary geometric checks are performed with the purpose of offering a full guarantee on quick building and assembling of the structure.

AMV STEELWORKS includes a very powerful SQL engine for the management of the orders. The server version includes advanced tools for planning, organization and control of the work stages and the orders. AMV STEELWORKS makes multi-user work possible and brilliantly solves the outsourcing management by using a check-out/check-in mechanism of the work, even via web. The client version can be connected via web to the server and can work on authorized orders.
Furthermore the administration tool allows the user to organize and classify the library components and the orders according to a personalized logic (i.e. calculation code, customer or place) and to establish the access rights for the users.

Drawings and constructive 2D details are produced and automatically linked to the model. In this way the user can get views, plans, sections, general arrangement drawings, fabrication drawings for single elements or parts and detailed components. The drawings can be associated to the model and can automatically reflect every model update, avoiding human errors and leading to a faster design review.

In summary AMV STEELWORKS emphasizes the Potential of SolidWorks for Engineering and Construction Industry.

About Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systèmes S.A. 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).