Only Three Days to Major Productivity Gains for Philips Broadcast Systems With Solid Edge

Overview

Philips, a leading provider of television and radio broadcast equipment, converted from the manual drawing board to a 3D wireframe CAD system in 1985. Philips' wanted to increase complexity of broadcast studio products. The demands were for faster product development. The company faced inefficiency of existing design automation tools. The company implemented a modern, Windows-based 3D system for product development. This impacted productivity right away. They also used assembly modeling to detect interferences.