Executive summary
How custom SOLIDWORKS add-ins improve mechanical engineering productivity for parts, assemblies, and drawings. Audience: SOLIDWORKS design office and PDM managers.
If you stay manual / marketplace
- Repetitive features, drawings, and property sets burn PDM cycles
- Macros break across SOLIDWORKS versions and PCs
- Productivity needs governed add-ins, not personal VBA
If you commission a custom SOLIDWORKS plugin
- Replace VBA sprawl with signed SOLIDWORKS add-ins
- Automate properties, drawings, and package exports
- Track parts/assemblies released per engineer
Metric: Higher SOLIDWORKS output per engineer with stable quality.
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