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Benefits of digital & virtual prototyping
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 No commentsAutodesk provide a report (PDF <7Mb) discussing some digital prototyping research conducted by the Aberdeen Group. There are some interesting results here in terms of “Best in Class” through to “Laggard” organisations and their respective adoption of digital prototyping and product development techniques.
The report suggests that leading product development organisations are up to 2.7 times more likely to use digital and virtual prototyping techniques such as photo-realistic imagery and surface-modeling (CAD) so they can achieve their desired design outcomes whilst also meeting schedule and budgetary expectations.There’s no doubt that if you develop your product using some or all of the tools discussed below), a range of benefits are available:
- Control over form, fit and function well ahead of your investments in tooling and production
- Ability to assess a design before actually making a physical sample of it
- Reduced “interpretation” that used to occur when 2-dimensional illustrations and drawings were used for the production of products.
- Explore function, ergonomics and aesthetic alternatives without spending time and money on producing physical samples and variations of your product concept.
Here are some tools and technologies available that you can use to harness the power of digital prototyping: Read the rest of this entry »
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