Product Design & Development
Industrial Design and product engineering services are viewed at Paramount as a visibly co-dependent and highly integrated phase of the product development process. This creates the category of "design engineering." Design engineering encompasses overall concept development, creative design and product engineering relative to ergonomics, product architecture, design for manufacturing and product cost. The goal is to develop innovative solutions based on the development of sound design criteria.
Depending upon the specific program product development requirements, all engineering is done in 3D CAD. This tool enables the design team to interact with a virtual solid model - to realistically simulate a product's performance. Solid models provide a common database for design reviews and to generate detailed engineering documentation. 3D digital data can be directly downloaded to our CAM/CNC machining centers or output to our rapid prototyping and rapid tooling processes.
The major benefit from Paramount's solids based design engineering technology is a reduced time-to-market product development cycle for our clients.
Paramount's design engineering experience covers a broad range of services that can be utilized individually, or as an integrated product development process.
Industrial Design Services:
- Human Factors Research
- Ergonomics Engineering
- Product Research
- Concept Design/Development/Refinement
- Product Renderings
- Design Study Models
- Design Appearance Models
- 3D CAD Solid Modeling
- Control Drawings
- Assembly Exploded View Drawings
Engineering Services:
- Engineering Research and Discovery
- Materials and Component Research
- Manufacturing Process Research
- Government Regulatory and Industry Standards Compliance Investigation
- Patent Research and Reviews
- Manufacturing Cost Analysis
- Mechanical Design Concepts
- 3D Solid Modeling
- FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
- Mold Flow Analysis
- Product Life and Performance Testing
- Product Inspection and Statistical Analysis
- Product Documentation
- Engineering Layouts
- Part Assembly Drawings
- Assembly Drawings
- Bill of Materials
- Reverse Engineering - Legacy Product Documentation
- Reverse Engineering - 2D CAD to 3D Solid Model Conversion
The Tools We Use:
- SDRC I-DEAS
- ProEngineer
- Alias Wavefront Studio
- SolidWorks
- Imageware Surfacer
- AutoCAD
- CADKEY
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft NT Operating Systems
Industrial Design Services Glossary:
- Initial Design Review
- Research and Discovery
- Concept Design
- Assembly Exploded Views
- Design Refinement
- Design Presentation
- Design Study Model
- Control Drawing
- Design Appearance Model
- Design Model Duplication
Engineering Services Glossary:
- Initial Design Review
- Research and Discovery
- Preliminary Concepts
- Breadboard Models
- Construction Layout
- Part Details
- Assembly Drawing
- Engineering Check Model
- Bill of Materials
- 3D CAD/CAE