Conclusion

SOLIDWORKS has become the mainstream CAD of choice in many industries and plants. A PC and Windows NT are no longer strangers on a production floor. We accept computer-operated machinery around us as a fact of life. Yet, robot programming is still associated with 'big bucks' and many 'white collar' hours in the 'blue collar' zone.

Design engineers know their parts. If they already design in SOLIDWORKS the next step is to get manufacturing engineering and robotics people into it, too, as a natural extension of the design. Users can now e-mail a robot trajectory to any robot on the planet and shorten time to market considerably.

Let the part drive the robot. And better yet, make it easy. SOLIDWORKS open architecture and gallery of features once more prove to be a solid platform on which to develop new technologies. And this add-on program enables you to work within your environment, expand your ability and reach the ever-changing deadlines faster.