Case Study: Steve McGugan Industrial Design achieves complex-surface modeling and seamless manufacturing handoffs with Altair's solidThinking Evolve

Steve McGugan Industrial Design - Customer Case Study

Steve McGugan Industrial Design, an award‑winning product design studio led by Steve McGugan in Denmark, needed a more flexible 3D modeling solution that would run on his Mac and handle very complex surfaces while supporting rapid iteration and handoff to manufacturers. To meet that challenge he adopted Altair's solidThinking Evolve as his primary modeling tool.

Altair delivered solidThinking Evolve plus responsive support, enabling Steve to use spline curves, construction history and direct file output to design everything from salt-and-pepper shakers and door handles to a Bluetooth receiver and hearing‑aid projects. With Altair’s solution he produced multiple products across industries, simplified client quoting and presentations, improved communication with manufacturing (files sent directly for tooling), sped up design changes and strengthened collaboration—results that include commercial sales of the shaker set in Hamburg and more efficient handoffs to manufacturers.

Steve McGugan Industrial Design

Steve McGugan

Steve McGugan Industrial Design