"Industrial production is no longer conceivable without intelligent digital automation solutions," explains Jeroen Buring, Director Eurocentral - Customer Role Experience & Customer Value Engagement (3DExperience Works - Solidworks) at Dassault Systèmes. This is also reflected in the manufacturers' figures: the 2022 sales forecast of the VDMA Robotics+Automation Association expects an increase of 6 percent to 14.4 billion euros in Germany for the current year. "As the level of automation increases, so does the complexity of the machines and the entire product creation process," explains Jeroen Buring. "In order for manufacturers to work efficiently, they therefore need intelligent, networked tools in a digital, collaborative working environment."

The 3DExperience Works portfolio combines the Solidworks desktop solution with solutions from other Dassault Systèmes brands that are natively connected to the cloud-based 3DExperience platform via a web browser. The 3DExperience platform offers a holistic approach to digital continuity, multidisciplinary engineering and compliance with full traceability. Small and medium-sized companies and their ecosystems can cover all aspects of the product development process in a scalable way with 3DExperience Works.

At SPS, Dassault Systèmes will present the latest version "Solidworks 2023" of its software for 3D product development. The new features of Solidworks 2023 aim to improve user collaboration and productivity. The focus of the trade fair appearance will be on the "Solidworks Electrical Suite" for integrated mechatronic design. Specially developed for interdisciplinary project teams, it makes it possible to create electrical designs and circuit diagrams within the mechanical design environment and then automate the wiring, including the configuration and positioning of cables and cable harnesses.

"The complexity of the product development process does not stop at factory planning," says Jeroen Buring. "Restructuring is nothing unusual, as the operation of machines and the redesign of production lines and their interaction with resources must be continuously adapted. At the same time, it is important to reduce downtime caused by changes." Dassault's solution is an intelligent digital factory layout based on the 3DExperience platform, with which all objects, resources and processes can be easily and comprehensibly displayed, simulated and analyzed in 3D using the virtual twin. The data required for this comes from BIM and CAD systems and is brought together in a central engineering source in real time via the 3DExperience platform.