182: Consumer Product Hardware Trends in Mid 2023

Brian Thompson is the head of CREO CAD software at PTC. He spent the first 16 years of his career doing CAD design engineering for hundreds of products, many of which are still in production today, then the last 14 years building CAD software solutions to allow designers to make better hardware products. Today Brian is going to share some valuable knowledge for inventors, startups, and small manufacturers on what the leading trends are right now for design for manufacturing so that products can be designed, engineered, prototyped, and manufactured faster, more efficiently, and at better quality.

Today you will hear us talk about:

Customers are re-engaging in using new technologies in design.
Simulation integrated into design tools.
Additive manufacturing.
The markets are more competitive than ever
Hardware products can’t afford to have manufacturing issues, to have quality issues, to take long to get to market, etc.
Design for manufacturing in additive tools in CREO.
Significant increase in model-based product development.
Design is an iterative process
The standard definition of model-based.
Simulation, NC toolpaths, tool design, manufacturing fixture assembly, marketing. brochure development, etc.
Pushing manufacturers to utilize the 3D CAD data.

Brian Thompson Links:

LinkedIn | CREO | PTC | Onshape

The Product Startup Podcast Links:

https://www.ProductStartup.com/

Mako Design Links:

https://www.makodesign.com/

Kevin Mako Links:

Instagram | LinkedIn | Quora | Facebook | Twitter

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