You would be forgiven for thinking this blog has been lifted from a well-known magazine series. But this is indeed a serious question that we have to put to any client before we can begin any design and development project, as we have to be certain that we possess the software to carry out the task required.
Working alongside a variety of clients means that we need to keep our design engineering software up to date and aligned to the various new releases. We therefore spend a lot of time working on establishing the features within the latest software and essentially exercising its capability in relation to the previous version. Having more than one CAD system, which includes CREO, Solidworks and Inventor, ensures that we are kept very busy updating and understanding the changes in the individual releases, as they come out.
As we work flexibly to support our various clients who utilise the primary CAD products we work with, we always have a number of different releases or versions installed on our CAD work stations. Additionally, we also ensure that we have the correct version, (termed 'date code' in the case of CREO), of the latest release installed when we need to work with our client, reducing the likelihood that a slightly different version may affect the consistency of the CAD models being generated.
The management of these various versions and release updates does create a lot of extra work for us, specifically our IT manager, but it does mean that we are more or less ready and/or can react quickly and effectively to circumstances that require us to work on our client’s projects at relatively short notice.
If you need support for your design and development project, why not contact us today so that we can get the relevant technical capability for the appropriate CAD software promptly in place, ready to get your ideas moving.
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