spaceclaim e solidworks

[super_mario77]

work for a company that makes custom arrangements. Until today we used autocad and excel to make the worksheets but this takes so much time because once I make the design I have to put myself there to fill out the table with the size of the panels, the hardware ecetera.
I saw that solidworks would do this function alone to prepare the table with the measurements of the panels. the problem is that solidworks costs a lot and the owner can not and does not want to spend all that money. I saw videos on the spaceclaim site that seems to be similar to solidworks but perhaps even easier to learn and that costs less than 1000 euros.
the question is, before you get it to the owner of my company, can space claim do these tables or do I still have to make them in excel?

 

[Andrea - Overcam]

work for a company that makes custom arrangements. Until today we used autocad and excel to make the worksheets but this takes so much time because once I make the design I have to put myself there to fill out the table with the size of the panels, the hardware ecetera.
I saw that solidworks would do this function alone to prepare the table with the measurements of the panels. the problem is that solidworks costs a lot and the owner can not and does not want to spend all that money. I saw videos on the spaceclaim site that seems to be similar to solidworks but perhaps even easier to learn and that costs less than 1000 euros.
the question is, before you get it to the owner of my company, can space claim do these tables or do I still have to make them in excel?

hi, in spaceclaim you can create "groups", are odds similar to those you would insert in excel, only that looks more like a list.
if you want demo fill out this form and contact you, so I will show you how it works, if I can also make a short video:http://www.overcam.it/download/index.html

 

[Andrea - Overcam]

as promised I made the video.



some additional info:
in addition to spaceclaim, which already offers groups, the automatic table, the distinct base with the components that serve (also to import from a library of standard products such as hinges and handles), the ball with the indications of the pieces that serve for the overall (and a possible explosion), you can combine:

-a plugin to import group data via an excel table (you can ask me). useful to distinguish the role of the designer from that of the "configurator", to which it only serves excel. Moreover there is the possibility to insert mathematical formulas (e.g. the shelf is placed at 1/2 of the height, the handle at 2/3, etc.). do the opposite instead it is not possible (i.e. automatically export the size of the various panels in excel format, you can do

-the photorealistic rendering plugin (keyshot), integrated into spaceclaim, so as to see how the project will be realized. consider that basic spaceclaim already has shading (possibility to color solids and surfaces and to see the shaded parts).

in any case on the price you are wrong, it costs less than 4000 euros (very less than solidworks, which however is a valid program), the version that cost 1000 euros is no longer available (in any case it was a very limited version).

 

[flaviobrio88]

as promised I made the video.



some additional info:
in addition to spaceclaim, which already offers groups, the automatic table, the distinct base with the components that serve (also to import from a library of standard products such as hinges and handles), the ball with the indications of the pieces that serve for the overall (and a possible explosion), you can combine:

-a plugin to import group data via an excel table (you can ask me). useful to distinguish the role of the designer from that of the "configurator", to which it only serves excel. Moreover there is the possibility to insert mathematical formulas (e.g. the shelf is placed at 1/2 of the height, the handle at 2/3, etc.). do the opposite instead it is not possible (i.e. automatically export the size of the various panels in excel format, you can do

-the photorealistic rendering plugin (keyshot), integrated into spaceclaim, so as to see how the project will be realized. consider that basic spaceclaim already has shading (possibility to color solids and surfaces and to see the shaded parts).

in any case on the price you are wrong, it costs less than 4000 euros (very less than solidworks, which however is a valid program), the version that cost 1000 euros is no longer available (in any case it was a very limited version).

very nice :finger:

 

[super_mario77]

as promised I made the video.



some additional info:
in addition to spaceclaim, which already offers groups, the automatic table, the distinct base with the components that serve (also to import from a library of standard products such as hinges and handles), the ball with the indications of the pieces that serve for the overall (and a possible explosion), you can combine:

-a plugin to import group data via an excel table (you can ask me). useful to distinguish the role of the designer from that of the "configurator", to which it only serves excel. Moreover there is the possibility to insert mathematical formulas (e.g. the shelf is placed at 1/2 of the height, the handle at 2/3, etc.). do the opposite instead it is not possible (i.e. automatically export the size of the various panels in excel format, you can do

-the photorealistic rendering plugin (keyshot), integrated into spaceclaim, so as to see how the project will be realized. consider that basic spaceclaim already has shading (possibility to color solids and surfaces and to see the shaded parts).

in any case on the price you are wrong, it costs less than 4000 euros (very less than solidworks, which however is a valid program), the version that cost 1000 euros is no longer available (in any case it was a very limited version).

beautiful demonstration video that also shows the parametric functions that adjust the measurements of the panel module. but for a carpenter this function serves and does not serve. what is fundamental is the possibility of drawing a furniture and that automatically the program creates a table with inside the measurement of the panels. It is better to have this table in excel and not on the drawing as you see in your example, because excel is a program that then also has accounting and suppliers outside the company. if there is not this function, the program can be interesting in other aspects and other jobs but not for the carpenter.

 

[re_solidworks]

beautiful demonstration video that also shows the parametric functions that adjust the measurements of the panel module. but for a carpenter this function serves and does not serve. what is fundamental is the possibility of drawing a furniture and that automatically the program creates a table with inside the measurement of the panels. It is better to have this table in excel and not on the drawing as you see in your example, because excel is a program that then also has accounting and suppliers outside the company. if there is not this function, the program can be interesting in other aspects and other jobs but not for the carpenter.

the cad should be used and if you want to use the carpenter can do so as long as you learn it.
the alternative is to set up a product configurator, in this case you fill a table and then you generate the furniture. you could also do it with excel (in solidworks) but keep in mind that if you need a different furniture shape someone your hands in the cad should put them using the necessary modeling tools.

 

[Andrea - Overcam]

beautiful demonstration video that also shows the parametric functions that adjust the measurements of the panel module. but for a carpenter this function serves and does not serve. what is fundamental is the possibility of drawing a furniture and that automatically the program creates a table with inside the measurement of the panels. It is better to have this table in excel and not on the drawing as you see in your example, because excel is a program that then also has accounting and suppliers outside the company. if there is not this function, the program can be interesting in other aspects and other jobs but not for the carpenter.

you can do with the plugin I told you about, the only limit is that you would have the data in this way:
1 excel sheet for each panel with writing
height 200 mm
width 300 mm
thickness 10 mm
hole1 5 mm
x1 15 mm
y1 35 mm

Alternatively on a prepared template (i.e. standard as the example of the video might be) you could also get a single excell sheet with eguenti information:
h rear panel 900 mm
rear panel 450 mm
s rear panel 5 mm
hole1 back panel 5 mm
x1 rear panel 15 mm
y1 rear panel 35 mm
h panel sx 900 mm
l panel sx 600 mm
s panel sx 20 mm
...

naturlamente the groups would be exported exactly as you created them, for individual detail or for total, it is up to you to put the correct names, with a macro then you could reorder the information as you want to view them like:
back panel h900 l450 s5

are available for further clarification