Case Study: Young Industries, Inc. accelerates drawing, P&ID and legacy-data workflows with SOLIDWORKS and DraftSight Enterprise

Improving material handling machinery development with DraftSight Enterprise

The Young Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of custom bulk material-handling systems, needed to optimize how it used 2D and 3D design tools after its MountainTop 2D software suffered hardware and software failures. Already a long-time user of the SolidWorks 3D applications platform, Young Industries adopted DraftSight Enterprise as a complementary 2D solution to handle legacy drawings, simple layouts, and P&IDs.

By integrating DraftSight Enterprise with its SolidWorks environment and PDM system, Young Industries accelerated drawing, layout and P&ID development, simplified handling of DWG/DXF legacy data, and resolved prior software/hardware issues—turning days of rework into minutes and reducing training time from weeks to days. The SolidWorks-integrated workflow improved proposal turnaround, boosted engineering productivity, and streamlined management of 2D libraries and legacy designs.

The Young Industries, Inc.

Ryan Vandine

Engineer