Case Study: i3Detroit achieves maker empowerment and rapid prototyping with Solid Edge

i3Detroit - Customer Case Study

i3Detroit, Metro Detroit’s largest community-run DIY workshop, needed accessible design and collaboration tools to support its makers, hobbyists, and student learners as they planned shop layouts, prototyped parts, and prepared files for 3D printing. Solid Edge stepped in with a suite of offerings — including Solid Edge 2D Drafting, the Solid Edge Student Edition, and the Solid Edge portal — to give the space professional 2D/3D CAD, printing-ready modeling, and cloud collaboration capabilities.

Solid Edge’s solution provided free drafting and modeling software, an unexpiring Student Edition license for makers, and cloud-based project folders with 5GB of storage, enabling i3Detroit members to save DWG/Solid Edge files, organize projects, and share designs with collaborators. As a result, i3Detroit gained reliable design workflows for floor plans and prototypes, streamlined project collaboration, and measurable benefits such as persistent licenses and 5GB of free cloud storage from Solid Edge.

i3Detroit

John Anderson

i3Detroit