User example

KAIZU AUTO WORKS CO.,LTD. is an independent automobile parts manufacturer that owns a consistent production system from trial production to mass production.
If you provide even the design data of the parts, you can leave all the steps of prototyping, modeling for mass production molds, press / sheet metal, laser processing, welding, adjustment of handwork, finishing the subassembly parts and delivering them "Mr. Masatoshi Kanazawa of the director's plant manager introduced. And because it is the Kaizu Kogyo Co., Ltd. Plant where all processes can be worked quickly and consistently within the company, three dimensional viewing in each department is necessary.

"Traditionally, as soon as the sales department received orders, we immediately handed down the paper drawing received from customers to the necessary departments. Everyone collaborated and collaborated with everything from mold modeling, fixture design, laser processing machine drilling data We have achieved short delivery times and high quality only because we have made them at the same time, "Mr.Kanazawa said.

However, from 2000 to 2002, the design department of the automaker advanced paperless at a stroke. As a result, processing instructions such as drilling and welding are now provided as data of CAD attributes and annotation information instead of paper drawings.

At Kaizu Kogyo Co., Ltd. we are using 3D CAD / CAM "Space-E" for die design, 3 dimensional CAD system "TOP solid" for jig design etc. And, it is the CAD official of the engineering department that translates various CAD data and IGES data provided by car manufacturers to Space-E and TOPsolid data. From around 2003, people of CAD staff also took charge of a new role of creating 2D drawings from 3-D CAD data and providing them inside the company.

At the time, there were 4 CAD operators who were familiar with Space-E and TOPsolid at the time, but when we made all the same CAD as automobile manufacturer's parts designer, we doubled the number of CAD operators We thought that we had to greatly strengthen the machine environment, "says Mr. Nobukazu Onoue, director of the CAD team at the Production Division. In order to avoid this inefficient investment, and to perform the same rapid concurrent engineering as paper, 3DTascalX was indispensable.

Kaizu Kogyo Co., Ltd. has compared a wide range of three dimensional CAD products from products of 50,000 yen or less to products of several million yen. As a result, 3DTascalX was selected.

First, it is possible to capture IDI data, which is an intermediate file of I-DEAS, with high accuracy including attributes and annotation data, and not only to view IDI data but also to be translated and used by other applications, it was only 3DTascalX.

Second, the conversion function of IGES data was outstanding as well. "The conversion accuracy of IGES data is high and the reading speed is very fast. In order to meet the needs of various automobile manufacturers, it is the focus on how to handle IGES data efficiently, so in the reverse direction, it was also a big appeal to be able to output IGES data from the 3DTascalX side, "Mr.Onoue says.

Third, operability is good. Concurrent engineering cannot be inherited unless it is to be used at the same time in "paper same feeling" in all sectors, such as sales, production site, inspection department, production department and other indirect departments. So we carefully checked if anyone could use it immediately.

The fourth point is to compare model information and to transmit accurate information. Expressions of interference are easy to understand, and you can see at a glance which side of board thickness is shown. The function to display the changed color in color is also very convenient. "Especially since prototypes are to be reworked many times, it is an important point to be able to accurately compare old and new. When design change, when there was no hole in the previous time, change part is displayed in color and work instruction Since I pass it to the site together with a letter, no mistakes occurred, because there are not many 3 dimensional CAD products that can make shape comparisons, I feel it help very much, "Mr.Onoue says.

Currently, the Kaizu Kogyo Co., Ltd. Plant uses 6 sets of 3DTascalX.

First, in the sales department, by looking at the CAD data provided from the ordering source, judging the order determination, creating an estimate, etc., create a work instruction sheet and distribute it to the necessary department at once.

Work instructions can be easily created by importing the supplied CAD data into 3DTascalX, displaying a simple drawing using the hidden line display function, and copying the image to Excel.

The CAD Division performs product modeling, mold modeling, creation of processing instructions, preparation of inspection instructions, designing of jigs and other departments also creates model data of laser processing machines and creates inspection instructions, and I use 3DTascalX at almost all work. The best of 3DTascalX is that "When you work on anything you can easily and accurately check the shape of the Data. Even when importing data received by IGES directly to Space-E or TOPsolid, it is standard work procedure to confirm with 3DTascalX whether data could be converted without falling out. Even when jig design and processing data generation are done, we always make shape checks on 3DTascalX before proceeding to the next task, "says Mr.Onoue. As processing instructions, we mainly make hole diameter drawings and welding instructions. "Although IGES data and IDI data are read into 3DTascalX and measured in the drawing diameter, the series of work is very smooth. Even when there are various directional aspects, if you want 3DTascalX you can quickly measure the point you want to measure you can write the dimensions where you want to fill in, "Mr. Onoue said. 3DTascalX is also characterized by excellent print quality. For example, in addition to the screen display, such as tuning of the weight and position balance of the leader line is easy to see, detailed attention is also given to the ease of viewing when printing.

The introduction effect of 3DTascalX is that we were able to respond to paper drawing without minimal equipment enhancement. "The most important thing in prototyping is quality and delivery time. Everyone must work together at once by inter-organizational collaboration, and dozens of parts must be made at once. Supported smoothly without impeding the flow and accelerated further It was 3DTascalX, "Mr. Kanazawa emphasizes. Without involving the process that CAD operators organize necessary information in each department, once the sales department got orders, all departments were able to start a process at once. In addition to this, preparation of easy-to-understand processing instructions and interference checks enabled precise work without transmission mistakes, and the on-site work was also accelerated. The next goal is paperless processing instructions. Already, in the office space in the factory, we use 3DTascalX to check the shapes of the molds and fixtures. In addition, we are planning to put a personal computer on the work site and let the necessary person see the screen of 3DTascalX at any time when necessary so as to eliminate the paper output of hole diameter drawing and welding instruction sheet. "Paperless of processing instructions is an essential element to further speed up response to design change, so we will realize it as soon as possible to enhance competitiveness," Mr. Kanazawa is motivated.