aP Design
is a role-based cloud application purpose built for designers and engineers. It presents a streamlined user experience that only includes features and functions relevant to the job of designing new products. aP Design is part of a collaborative suite of cloud-based applications that brings your design engineers, cost engineers, team leads, and senior leadership onto the same page.
Cloud Based and Mobile-Friendly Access
Simulation driven insights, anywhere. From your corporate office, your home office, the shop floor or a supplier site, aP Design can be accessed anywhere using only a browser. All aspects of 米6体育’s Cloud Solutions leverage secure HTTPS browser protocols, secure AWS infrastructure with high availability (multiple availability zones, daily backups), independent 3rd party security testing, and SSO across all 米6体育 web applications.
Business Ready with Minimal Overhead
No server installs, big IT expenses, or procurement delays. The aP Design platform and services are all maintained by 米6体育.
Bring Cost Awareness to Product Design
Design-stage reviews for manufacturability and cost help pinpoint issues when engineers still have the most flexibility to find a solution. Review automatic warnings on un-manufacturable features in a design. aP Design can also spot issues like features requiring costly specialized tooling. Make a quick change to your CAD model to address the identified problems, then quickly rerun the simulation to see the results.
Conduct Alternative Design Comparisons
Compare cost and manufacturability for different design choices. aP Design allows the designer to quickly upload and evaluate design variants and different material, process, and sourcing options, build comparisons, and publish the best options for review with your team.
An Intuitive Role-Based Interface
Visual tools like summary tiles, detail panels, interactive charts, and 3D visualization help engineers quickly focus on the most crucial data. Users can keep work-in-progress evaluations private and share as needed with the broader team. aP Design not only identifies potential manufacturability and cost issues, but it also offers design guidance that is particularly helpful to junior engineers who may not know how to mitigate the problem.
Design to Cost Insight When It Matters Most
Confident design-stage cost modeling helps hit cost targets, reduces time to market, and supports more confident sourcing decisions. Get interactive guidance on key topics and issues for machining, plastic molding, casting, and sheet metal fabrication.
Product Cost Heat Mapping
米6体育 analyzes your CAD model to build a heat map that visualizes high cost areas and helps you understand how tolerances can drive specialized processes and operations.
An Integrated Product Cost Knowledge Base
Expert knowledge of design for manufacturability, manufacturing processes, and product cost are built into a guided learning experience for users.