Case Study: Utilimaster Corporation achieves 30% faster design cycles and delivers vehicles ahead of schedule with SolidWorks

Delivering Commercial Vehicles Ahead of Schedule With SolidWorks Software

Utilimaster Corporation, a leading manufacturer of custom commercial vehicles, had grown frustrated with its 2D CAD tools (CADRA) because they couldn’t produce detailed assembly/exploded‑view drawings, perform integrated analysis, or shorten lengthy design cycles. To overcome these limitations, Utilimaster selected SolidWorks software (including SolidWorks Simulation) as its primary 3D product‑development platform.

Implementing SolidWorks, Utilimaster moved to 3D solids, used configurations, dynamic assembly checks, sheet‑metal tools, and direct model export to CNC programming, eliminating many physical prototypes and speeding handoff to manufacturing. SolidWorks helped reduce the design cycle by 30% on projects such as the USPS Flex Fuel Vehicle, lowered costs by 25%, improved accuracy by 30%, cut manufacturing prep time, and supported roughly 30% annual growth.

Utilimaster Corporation

Bruce Kniller

CAD Services Manager