It's in the cards for COSMOSDesignSTAR

Company Hallmark Cards Industry Machinery Location U.S.A. Product Used COSMOSDesignSTAR™ Type of Analysis Linear Static More Details

The Challenge
Hallmark Cards makes some 1.2 billion greeting cards a year for distribution around the world. Robert McAnany, a design engineer at Hallmark Cards designs machinery for manufacturing the cards. Innovation and speed are essential in the design of the machines.

The Solution
McAnany uses Solid Edge, from Unigraphics Solutions Inc., for his CAD modeling and COSMOSDesignSTAR for Solid Edge from Structural Research & Analysis Corp for the finite-element analysis.

McAnany found using COSMOSDesignSTAR in combination with Solid Edge to be a great engineering tool. "As a designer you're always guessing. You can use these analysis tools to guess less and to get better answers up front," says McAnany.

Summary and Metrics:

• Looked at 18 separate designs in 1 week
• Investment saved at least six weeks of trial and error in the shop, enough to pay back the cost of the software