solidworks+swood per arredo su misura

[Luke90]

Good morning to all,
I am a technical employee of the custom-made furniture industry and I work on executive design and programming machines. Currently in my company these activities are carried out with microstation+progeny. However, we are considering changing and our attention is over on solidworks, with the addition of the swood design package (swood design + swood cam) which from what we read on the web should make solidworks particularly suitable for the design of furniture and subsequent production.
Do you know swood? can you give me positive feedback on this software for the executive design of furniture and the creation of machine programs or maybe you think it doesn't need swood but for what I have to do is enough solidworks "base"?
alternatively would you be able to recommend some other software that according to your experience and more suitable for these activities? What do you think for example of solidedge? or do you think it makes no sense to change why microstation+progeny is the most suitable software for you?
thanks in advance to anyone who wants to answer.

 

[MassiVonWeizen]

Maybe you think it doesn't need swood but what I have to do is enough solidworks "base"?

explains what you have to do, how you do it now and how you want to do it

 

[MassiVonWeizen]

@luke90 This is not a supermarket! when you open a discussion the minimum is to interact with those who respond; is a basic form of respect. He wrote a single message, you entered the forum on Friday 26/02 so you can't say that you forgot you asked something or other apologies like that.

 

[Luke90]

I'm sorry if I didn't answer, but I was hoping that someone from my sector could answer me, furniture, who already knew the kind of work and the software I talked about applied to that sector. to explain what I do and what the company I work for is looking for someone who takes care of the design of another type of product (it seems to me to guess this from your answer, then maybe wrong) I would put a lot of it. I'd have to write a little theme and I think it's not the case.
Perhaps my discussion is not particularly interesting. I would have deleted it if I could, but I found out that only the moderator of the section can do so and I don't know how to contact him.
I renew my apology, I didn't want to disrespect anyone.

 

[ragnol]

hi luke90, look at that massive I don't think he wanted to know if you have to do the frizzy hinges or the holes for the anuba hinges.

more in general you could explain that (my hypothesis) draws the adrenals in 3d by composing individual elements, perhaps caught by an existing library (fianchi, ante, funds, etc.), that you then need a section of the software that optimizes the cutting of the elements from the panels and one for the management of the cam that works the individual elements to make friezes, holes, moldings etc.

massive mgari or others, who know sw well, could have told you that the swood module you need, because standard solidworks does not have the specific features that you need. or he can do it, but "if you do this and not so."

 

[cimaguy]

Hi.
in company use solidworks with swood design and swood cam.
I also work in the custom-made furniture industry.
I can say that swood is a very powerful software but it takes time to create custom functions through scripts (swoodboxes, joints etc.). In the custom-made furniture sector, it gives an extra march. do not waste time with the basic functions of solidworks: The swood controls are designed specifically for our industry and I, today, use almost always those. The cam is completely automatic and is very easy to use.

 

[Luke90]

Thanks topguy, I can imagine that it initially takes a bit of work to set up the program and functions that you want to use most often, but I think it is worth it. It is a job that once you do, you should simplify your life, allowing you to fully use the potential of swood.

 

[cimaguy]

Thanks topguy, I can imagine that it initially takes a bit of work to set up the program and functions that you want to use most often, but I think it is worth it. It is a job that once you do, you should simplify your life, allowing you to fully use the potential of swood.

Yes, yes.
the swood library, although well supplied with standard joints and accessories, must be customized because in the "made-to-measure" furniture, as you know, there is little standard.
The "swoodbox" creation phase is the one that takes away more time, but it's all time invested.

 

[paolotto]

Good morning to all,
I am a technical employee of the custom-made furniture industry and I work on executive design and programming machines. Currently in my company these activities are carried out with microstation+progeny. However, we are considering changing and our attention is over on solidworks, with the addition of the swood design package (swood design + swood cam) which from what we read on the web should make solidworks particularly suitable for the design of furniture and subsequent production.
Do you know swood? can you give me positive feedback on this software for the executive design of furniture and the creation of machine programs or maybe you think it doesn't need swood but for what I have to do is enough solidworks "base"?
alternatively would you be able to recommend some other software that according to your experience and more suitable for these activities? What do you think for example of solidedge? or do you think it makes no sense to change why microstation+progeny is the most suitable software for you?
thanks in advance to anyone who wants to answer.

How come this change?
Wasn't progeny suitable?
to today you have gone to swood, if you how the work has changed compared to progeny?

 

[jenuary]

I am not a direct user, but I deepened the package a couple of years ago as a result of consulting that I did to furnituremen.
I can tell you that it is very vertical for those who design linear furniture in general, for those who make design furniture, so with even rounds or twists the package helps you little.
as he said well @cimaguy then customise and create libraries to recover as much as possible in design time and cam