Metwest Engineering - Faster design and production with IRONCAD

World-class infrastructure and rail products

Metwest Engineering (MWE) is an engineering company with almost three decades of experience in the infrastructure and rail industry in Australia. The company supplies thousands of products to rail projects across the country, often with very short timeframes for manufacture and installation.

Delivering quality rail products within strict deadlines places high demands on design and production processes. In the past, Metwest used systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor and AutoCAD, but these limitations made it difficult to maintain speed, flexibility and accuracy on projects.

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The challenge - complex components and time-critical projects

MWE works with many complex components that need to be designed, tested and manufactured quickly. The company's engineering team needed a CAD system that:

• Can handle large quantities of components and models
• Enables rapid modification and customization
• Generates 3D workshop drawings directly from the design scene
• Exports production data to DXF and other formats

In short, Metwest needed a solution for rapid prototyping and production of rail products, without compromising on quality or precision.

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The choice of IRONCAD - flexibility and efficiency

After careful evaluation of the market, Metwest chose IRONCAD as its primary 3D CAD system. IRONCAD allows the team to design components with parametric and preset shapes, drastically reducing the time required for sketching and manual modeling.

Sean Brunt of Metwest Engineering explains:

"There are many features of IRONCAD that have made our company much more productive in design, drawing and production processes. These include, but are not limited to, the Triball way of manipulation, modeling with preset shapes and configurations, virtually no sketching required, ease of producing 3D workshop drawings from the Scene in multiples, exporting faces to DXF etc."

By using IRONCAD , MWE can create parametric 3D models that can be quickly modified, tested and implemented in production.

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Efficient engineering and design in 3D

The flexibility of IRONCAD allows Metwest to:

• Building and reusing components from libraries
• Modify components on-the-fly during design changes
• Conduct "what-if" scenarios to analyze different solutions before manufacturing

This process ensures that engineering services in the infrastructure and rail industry are always both efficient and reliable.

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Quick workshop drawings and DXF export

One of the major advantages of IRONCAD is the direct generation of 3D workshop drawings. Metwest can create multiple drawings from the same 3D model in minutes, saving significant time compared to traditional CAD systems.

Exporting surfaces and components to DXF allows the production department to work directly with manufacturing data without manual steps. This is crucial when products need to be delivered quickly to rail projects and installed within tight timeframes.

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Results - faster delivery and increased productivity

The implementation of IRONCAD has dramatically improved Metwest's production flow and design processes. The company can now:

• Delivering rail products and components in less time
• Reduce the risk of errors in drawings and manufacturing data
• Increasing flexibility in the design process
• Effectively manage large projects with many components

The increased productivity and efficiency has strengthened Metwest's position as a leading provider of engineering services and products for the rail industry in Australia.

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Safety and quality at every step

IRONCAD enables MWE to maintain the highest standards of quality and safety, as all models and drawings can be digitally managed and integrated directly with production. This reduces the risk of faulty components and makes it possible to deliver products that meet strict regulatory requirements in rail infrastructure.

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Summary

Metwest Engineering demonstrates how modern 3D CAD technology like IRONCAD can improve the entire design-to-production workflow in the infrastructure and rail industries. Through parametric models, automated generation of workshop drawings and fast DXF export, MWE can deliver complex products with high precision in a short time.

The result is a more productivity-focused design process, faster deliveries, reduced risk of errors and a stronger competitive position in the Australian market.

For more information about Metwest Engineering and their solutions, visit www.mwe.com.au