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CASE STUDY:
Explaining the benefits and capabilities of
Lenovo design portfolio
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A continued revenue performer for dealers
and IT Resellers is in the field of CAD design.
Lenovo as a leader in this field has a number
off innovative products and services which
enhance the user experience and more
importantly aid the reseller in their day to day
dealings with customers and prospects. Below
you will see how some of these products can be
employed in vertical sectors and how you can
apply these solutions to your customers.
WHAT IS SOLIDWORKS?
SOLIDWORKS® enables users to create, simulate,
communicate, and manage their product designs
with an extensive range of 3D design solutions.
By integrating powerful design tools, including
industry-leading part, assembly, and drawing
capabilities, with built-in simulation, cost estimation,
rendering, animation, and product data management,
SOLIDWORKS makes the development and sharing of
design ideas faster and simpler, resulting in a more
productive 3D design experience.
SOLIDWORKS gives users a powerful, easy-to-
use functionality that automates tasks, streamlines
workflow, and helps users quickly define and validate
the form, fit, and function of their design. SOLIDWORKS
empowers innovative design with specific tools that
help users work more efficiently so they can make
better design decisions, including the ability to:
•
Visualise and communicate with photorealistic
rendering and animation.
•
Quickly create multiple geometries including complex
organic shapes and curve-continuous (C2) surfaces.
•
Easily create, share, and manage with large-design,
collaboration, and data management tools.
•
Determine performance, manufacturability, cost, and
sustainability using built-in analysis tools.
SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD SOFTWARE OFFERS THREE
LEVELS OF DESIGN FUNCTIONALITY FOR USERS:
SOLIDWORKS Premium
is a comprehensive 3D
design solution that adds powerful simulation and
design validation to the capabilities of SOLIDWORKS
Professional, as well as ECAD/MCAD collaboration,
reverse engineering, and advanced wire and pipe
routing functionality.
SOLIDWORKS Professional
builds on the
capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Standard to increase
design productivity, with file management tools,
advanced photorealistic rendering, automated cost
estimation, eDrawings® Professional collaboration
capabilities, automated design and drawing checking,
and a sophisticated components and parts library.
SOLIDWORKS Standard
helps users get up to
speed quickly and unlock the benefits of this powerful
3D design solution for rapid creations of parts,
assemblies, and 2D drawings. Application-specific tools
for sheet metal, weldments, surfacing, and mold tool
and die make it easy to deliver best-in- class designs.
Nike and Guess Inc. are two of the
most powerful brands in the world,
recognized for their dedication to the
customer experience. ACME Scenic
and Display, a specialty fabricator,
is responsible for enhancing
these clients’ brands with unique,
innovative in-store fixtures.
Challenges/requIrements
Technology and more specifically powerful
computers are essential to the designers
and product managers at ACME, who take
a client’s vision and turn it into reality in
the form of a specific in-store display. With
only so many workable hours in a day and
short deadlines, the ability to multi task
effectively and use the best software in
the industry is priceless. ACME Scenic and
Display requires powerful workstations
that can generate design renderings
quickly and reliably – without crashing and
losing valuable data – while also handling
day-to-day administrative and side-project
work in the background.
SItuatIon
For ACME Scenic and Display to stay at
the frontline of the custom fixture industry
and keep up with the design requirements
needed to complete quality submittals,
the company saw the need for a software
overhaul. Currently, ACME is in the process
of upgrading its systems to newer, more
powerful software. However, these newer
programs necessitated a simultaneous,
reliable hardware upgrade to handle the
complex software without resulting in
time-consuming lags or downtime.
SolutIon
A powerful workstation, the ThinkStation
S30 is built to withstand the heavy
performance demands of design software
like SolidWorks and Autodesk AutoCAD
without crashing or lagging, and provides
the power and performance to do more.
Currently, ACME Scenic and Display
has deploy its newest ThinkStation and
installed SolidWorks and Autodesk
AutoCAD design software. The company
has seen significant improvements over
their past desktops. “What really impresses
me about the S30 is that it not only
handles all the heavy duty design software,
it allows me to do all my work quickly and
multi task seamlessly,” said Tom Weiss, a
project manager with ACME Scenic and
Display.
The ThinkStation S30 enables ACME
Scenic and Display to deploy design
software while running secondary
programs in the background. And the eight
3.0 USB ports allow for endless amounts of
file sharing, data backup and charging.
Results
Weiss has been
working with the
new ThinkStation
S30 for nearly
three months.
“It doesn’t take
much time with
the ThinkStation
S30 to see that
it is a far more
powerful machine than our old desktops,”
said Weiss. “We even ran time tests on
both machines – the ThinkStation S30 was
10 times faster.”
“Another difference with the
ThinkStation S30 is its swift, one to
two minute boot time,” said Weiss. “I
now have an extra hour of usable work
time each week to focus on additional
projects, brainstorm new design ideas
with coworkers or help contribute creative
solutions.”
The ThinkStation S30 has also
exponentially increased the speed with
which ACME Scenic and Display delivers
and edits design renderings to clients.
Typically there are multiple revisions
or additional requests that must be
incorporated and immediately re-delivered
to the client for review; due to the
immense file sizes, this was often a time-
consuming process on ACME’s previous
desktops.
“Quick is the key word for ACME
employees,” said Weiss. “With the
ThinkStation S30, design renderings and
revisions can now be completed nearly
twice as fast, which is not only great for us
but our overall customer experience.”
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