Boosting speaker development meant that this company needed new CAD software.

Audio Products International (API) Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets several of the world’s leading brands of audio loudspeaker systems. When they needed to upgrade their CAD software, they tried several platforms before making a decision. Eventually, API decided to switch to the SolidWorks Professional suite of mechanical design software. The company chose SolidWorks because of the software’s ease of use; stability and reliability; wider range of capabilities, including sheet-metal design, mold development, and design configuration tools; data compatibility; and its inte¬grated SolidWorks Workgroup PDM product data management software.

By implementing SolidWorks software, API not only increased the design capabilities available to its engineers, but also experienced better software stability, reliability, and support. “In designing our speaker systems...read more