Stepping up through design changes, updates, innovative products and launching them in market is a crucial competitive stage for every manufacturer. Just being early in the market is not enough; the products need to mesh with the market requirements. The need to incorporate latest innovations and being first in the market is compelling manufacturers to sail through the iterative design procedure quicker, and on to a full accelerated production stage. While iterative designs can be easily dealt with CAD; managing complexity still is a challenge, throughout.
Today, design complexity is the new normal. In the race to innovate and maintain market leadership, the business of product design and development prior to fabrication is characterized by several factors. Some of them include, need to reach the markets early, overwhelming flow of design data set, increased risks, fluctuating customer demands and trending technology adaptation. When all this is added to…