{"id":977,"date":"2013-01-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2013\/01\/31\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\/"},"modified":"2013-01-31T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T08:00:00","slug":"shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Shift to Autodesk Product Design Suite, 3D Design Pays Off for Malaysia Manufacturer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combat
\nGroup Achieves 95 Percent Accuracy and Shaves Two Months Off Development Time <\/span><\/p>\n

Combat
\nGroup, a Malaysian-based manufacturer of automotive and industrial paint
\nsystems, has improved its accuracy of design and delivered products to market quicker
\nas a result of using Autodesk Product Design
\nSuite<\/a> and other Autodesk digital prototyping<\/a> tools.<\/p>\n

Combat Group supplies painting line systems to a variety of major automotive, two-wheeler
\nand industrial companies with assembly plants in developing nations. Using
\nAutodesk software, Combat Group has increased
\ndesign accuracy to close to 95 percent, reduced development time by two months
\nand increased customer satisfaction by more than 45 percent. For its innovative work, Autodesk has
\nrecognized Combat Group as the January Inventor of the Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Combat Group handles all
\naspects of its painting line systems, including design,
\nmanufacture, installation and commissioning. \u201cCombat places a strong
\nimportance on both the quality of our work and our delivery speed,\u201d said Tan
\nChuen Hau, Business Operations Manager at Combat Enterprise, one of the group\u2019s
\nkey divisions. \u201cAutodesk Product Design Suite allows us to deliver well-designed,
\nquality fabrications to our industrial clients in a competitive timeframe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\"Scene_9\"<\/a>
3D Design Process Brings Competitive Edge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building
\noff its 35-year foundation leveraging 2D CAD solutions for drafting to AutoCAD<\/a>, AutoCAD Mechanical<\/a> and AutoCAD LT<\/a>, Combat Group
\nsaw incorporating 3D design into its processes
\nvia Autodesk Inventor<\/a> software featured
\nin Autodesk Product Design Suite as a way to increase its competitiveness.<\/p>\n

Since the
\ncompany frequently deals with automotive and industrial factories, it has to
\ntake into consideration how to incorporate a variety of machines and equipment within
\neach facility. Space is a critical factor,
\nand having 3D rendering allows Combat Group to seamlessly integrate the
\ncomplete paint system with precision equipment placement and manage complex
\nprocess piping and cable routing in the overall building layout.<\/p>\n

When
\ndesigning for the fabrication stage, Autodesk Inventor software reduces a lot
\nof the missteps that can occur later on in the work process if the initial
\ndesign has some flaws. Combat Group has found that with more detailed and
\naccurate 3D models, it spends significantly less time engaged in back and forth
\nwith the customer trying to get the fabrication right.<\/p>\n

Partly due
\nto this increased workflow efficiency, Combat Group has seen customer
\nsatisfaction rise from 45 percent to 78 percent since adopting Autodesk
\nProduct Design Suite and 3D design processes.<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>\"ASU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Combat
\nGroup Achieves 95 Percent Accuracy and Shaves Two Months Off Development Time <\/p>\n

Combat
\nGroup, a Malaysian-based manufacturer of automotive and industrial paint
\nsystems, has improved its accuracy of design and delivered products to market quicker
\nas a result of using Autodesk Product Design
\nSuite<\/a> and other Autodesk digital prototyping<\/a> tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-fold"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShift to Autodesk Product Design Suite, 3D Design Pays Off for Malaysia Manufacturer - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"Shift to Autodesk Product Design Suite, 3D Design Pays Off for Malaysia Manufacturer\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-31T08:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":400,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/inthefold.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a017c3334c51a970b017ee8160feb970d-320wi\",\"articleSection\":[\"In the Fold\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/shift-to-autodesk-product-design-suite\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shift to Autodesk Product Design Suite, 3D Design Pays Off for Malaysia Manufacturer - 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