Getting to Market Faster: From Design to Production Event

What’s In Store?

Learn how to reduce design rework, shorten cycles, and make better decisions earlier. This event covers how to prepare CAD designs for iteration, validate manufacturability, and select the right manufacturing approach based on part requirements. You will see how to:

• Build models that are easier to modify and support design iteration
• Select the right additive process based on part intent
• Validate performance before committing to tooling or production

Featured Sessions

Session 1: SOLIDWORKS Tips & Tricks + Design Best Practices

In this session, you’ll learn practical modeling habits that improve assembly performance, rebuild efficiency, and long-term usability for iterative designs. We will also cover how to create strong design intent, along with how to use configurations to better manage and reuse models.

• Review software settings that improve file performance and manageability
• Apply design intent and feature strategies that support downstream changes
• Cover design considerations for injection molding and additive manufacturing to ensure models translate cleanly into production

Session 2: Fail Faster: Using Simulation for Virtual Validation

This session shows how to use simulation as a practical design tool to catch issues early and improve parts before printing or tooling.

• Review performance checks tied to the manufacturing process, including warpage, shrinkage, residual stress, and orientation driven behavior
• Use SOLIDWORKS Simulation to validate parts and generate topology optimized geometry directly from your CAD model
• Explore generative design tools in SIMULIA that considers manufacturing method specific constraints and prepare geometry based on the manufacturing method

Session 3: From Design to Production with Additive Manufacturing

This session focuses on how to apply a range of industrial additive manufacturing technologies and materials from Stratasys, Formlabs, and One Click Metal across the product lifecycle, from early concept through production.

We’ll cover:

• Understand where each technology fits based on part requirements, from concept modeling through production
• Review common applications and why specific processes are used at different stages
• See a brief example of DFAM considerations such as minimizing support dependent features and aligning geometry with build orientation for layer-based material behavior

Following the session, we will host a 3D Print Lab tour with technical experts and live 3D scanning demos.

Reserve Your Spot Today!

Expect great networking opportunities with the local engineering community. You’re welcome to invite colleagues, but each individual must register.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Seats are limited—secure yours now!

✅ Complimentary lunch will be provided for all attendees.