Consumer Products

From desk accessories to baby accessories and boat seats to apparel, the FreeForm modeling systems are being used to rapidly design a wide range of consumer products that are difficult to create with traditional CAD tools.

Selected customers in this industry include: Graco, PDD Group Ltd., Sarah Lee/Bali division. See specific industries for additional examples of consumer products and customers.

See the available models, videos, case studies, and haptic applications below.

Models
Drill Detail
Sink Faucet
Fishing Lure
Grinder: Modeling Mechanism by Fujimoto
Grinder: Side Case by Fujimoto
Grinder: Internal View by Fujimoto
Grinder: High Resolution Rendering by Fujimoto
Grinder by Fujimoto
Hair Dryer
Door Handle
Electronic Device
Modern Lamp
Pen
Phone
Sun Glasses Composite
Coffee Maker
Coffee Maker
Quilted Diamonds platters modeled by Brian James for Wilton Armetale
Gillette Fusion 265
Gillette Fusion 312
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Videos
Hair Dryer 2
See how to composite clay and solid.
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Hair Dryer 1
Intro to the PHANTOM Interface. See how the sense of touch in a true 3D workspace makes designing a hair dryer fast and intuitive.
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Hair Dryer 3
See the the Detailed Method for Smoothly Connecting Clay & Solid and What to Avoid
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Hair Dryer 4
See how to create a Curve Framework.
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Hair Dryer 5
See how to create Patch Boundaries.
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Hair Dryer 6
See how to add textures to a model.
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Hair Dryer 7
Learn about the different ways to work with solids in FreeForm.
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2D Images/Textures as an Interactive Modeling Guide
New in FreeForm v9.1 -- see how images and textures (.bmp, .jpg, .psd) can be used as an interactive modeling guide, and create 3D color prototypes (.ply, .zcp) for export.
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Auto-Surfacing
See how the new Auto Surfacing Module in FreeForm Modeling Plus delivers a fast way to surface models and improved interoperability with downstream CAD packages such as SolidWorks.
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Case Studies
Parkhurt Design Development: Rethinking the Design Cycle

Pankhurst Design Development, based in the United Kingdom, is one of Europe's foremost product innovation consultancies. The industrial designers at PDD create products for clients in sectors such as consumer products, IT/telecommunications, medicine, high-technology, and packaging. Recognizing and understanding the potential of FreeForm Modeling in their business, PDD invested in FreeForm Modeling to increase the effectiveness of their designs. "For ten years, PDD has pioneered the use of digital media within product design," said Graham Lacy, Head of Technical Design. "Yet we have always needed to combine form creation with defined constraints. With FreeForm v4, we finally have a system that pursues both efficiently."


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