SWOOD Design

SWOOD Design acts as a booster for woodworking projects insideSOLIDWORKS. Thanks to a set of features dedicated to wood andpanel processing, SWOOD Design makes it easier and faster to makeproduction ready designs.

SWOOD


SWOOD Design makes it easy to create projects with a range of specific features dedicated to wood and panel sectors. Design Booster for panel and wood sectors in SolidWorks. Design your fittings and furniture by drag and drop.

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SWOOD capabilities

SWOOD enables manufacturers to achieve significant productivity improvements. Listed below, are some of the powerful features that SWOOD users benefit from. If you would like to know more or have any questions, please use the box below.

Material Management

Manage your materials efficiently

  • Part thickness
  • Decor or grain direction
  • Edgebanding
  • Laminates

Connectors

This feature allows to assemble panels and pieces of wood with traditional or mechanical systems.

  • Mortise and tenon
  • Cam and bolt
  • Dowels
  • Lamellos

Create your insertion rules and apply them by drag and drop.

SWOODBox

Use your library of reusable assemblies to fill your projects including hardware and machining of adjacent parts.SWOODBox is a unique feature to drag and drop

  • Doors
  • Drawers
  • Shelves
  • Partitions

Layout

Insert your cabinet and link its dimensions to a layout sketch.

Profiling

Profile your pieces of wood by simple drag and drop.

  • Shapes library
  • Shapes replacement
  • Apply on multiple edge

Reporting

Customizable documents

  • Export to cutting optimisation program
  • Cut list
  • Hardware list
  • Labels

Export format: csv,html,edrawing,pdf etc.

Miscellaneous

Logopress3 includes an Intelligent Animation command, which automatically does interference and collision detection throughout the die while showing the entire die operating as if it were in the press, including the strip lifting and advancing with each press stroke.

  • SolidWorks assemblies copy tool
  • Parametric panel library

Integration into Solidworks

  • Manufacturing treeview in Feature Manager
  • Tools, Agregates and machining macros library in Task Pane
  • Insert library items by drag and drop
  • Machining simulation in the Solidworks view including machine environment
  • Panel an worktable devices positioning in the Solidworks view

Technology

  • Multiple spindles, multiple drilling aggregate and horizontal spindle
  • Multiple Head
  • Chip suction and deflector management
  • Automatic modulation of feed speed according to grain direction
  • Blocked on flat table or with consoles and suction cups
  • Laser projection
  • Multiple positionning
  • Parametric worktable management
  • Woodworking cycle: grooving, sawing, mortising, tenoning
  • Nesting as an option

Layout

Insert your cabinet and link its dimensions to a layout sketch.

Profiling

Profile your pieces of wood by simple drag and drop.

  • Shapes library
  • Shapes replacement
  • Apply on multiple edge

Reporting

Customizable documents

  • Export to cutting optimisation program
  • Cut list
  • Hardware list
  • Labels

Export format: csv,html,edrawing,pdf etc.

Associativity

  • Full associativity between SolidWorks geometric entities and machining.
  • Additional machining rules defined using configuration, custom properties, features status.
  • Automatic and optimised drilling with drilling aggregate.