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Bluebeam Used to Help Speed Production of Mars Rover Robotic Arm
February 2004
"Through the visualization power of SolidWorks and eDrawings, engineers
manipulated the five-degrees-of-freedom robotic arm in 3D and performed
real-time analysis with COSMOSWorks. Key drawings were saved to Bluebeam
Pushbutton PDF for use on the shop floor (www.bluebeam.com). Bluebeam PDFs had
all the advantages of paper 2D drawings that fabricators work from, with the
added advantage of embedded model information.
"This was no small undertaking," says Lindenfeld. "More than 300 individual
piece parts had to be fabricated and more than 300 drawings needed to be made.
Traditional blueprints weren't going to be efficient."
Through the paperless approach to the project, Lindenfeld figures the team cut
its development time by at least 50%, and the quality checks they could make
through the use of SolidWorks and COSMOSWorks ensured that the speed-up in time
didn't translate into any loss of quality."
See the entire story on Cadalyst.com at:
http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=85473
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