Knapheide Manufacturing Company uses DraftSight and SOLIDWORKS to support its manufacturing processes. We had a chance to connect with Martin Ohnemus, the PLM/CAD Administrator at Knapheide, at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023 in Nashville to learn how DraftSight is benefiting Knapheide's operations.
“We use DraftSight in a lot of areas, but one thing that I know it's primarily used for is tool design. Our fabrication group, every time they're designing a new tool, a lot of their vendors are working in 2D so this provides an opportunity to share data with them,” shared Ohnemus.
“We use SOLIDWORKS too, but DraftSight is very powerful. Sometimes you just need to do a quick layout, and DraftSight helps us provide a quick drawing to a customer, showing them a layout of maybe how the boxes will be on their on their bed. It gives them some ideas. And we use it for production…It allows us to change a standard product without having to pull all new part numbers. We can quickly do that in DraftSight and we get an amazing product built every time,” Ohnemus continued.
DraftSight allows Knapheide designers and engineers to create detailed 2D drawings of their truck bodies and other products. These drawings can be easily shared and modified, allowing for collaboration and feedback from customers and other team members. This can help to reduce errors and ensure that the final product meets Knapheide's high standards. “In our business we do a lot of sheet metal, so the sheet metal tools are my favorite. I've been fortunate to work on a number of customer designs, and I'm proud of each one,” detailed Ohnemus.