Case Study: ProEdit achieves 15–20% faster manual production and lower costs with SolidWorks Composer

Leading Technical Communications Firm Delivers Highest Quality Training and Instructional Manuals with Solidworks Composer

ProEdit, one of North America’s largest editing, technical writing and instructional design firms, faced slow, costly manual workflows for producing technical illustrations—either time‑consuming back‑and‑forth to interpret client CAD line drawings or redrawing from photos/prototypes. To reduce production time and costs and to support web and multimedia delivery, ProEdit selected SolidWorks and its SolidWorks Composer product.

SolidWorks implemented SolidWorks Composer to import native 3‑D CAD files, preserve exact geometry, auto‑update illustrations when designs changed, and export assets to Illustrator/InDesign or web/video formats. The solution improved manual quality, reduced production time by 15–20%, made updates easier so ProEdit can pass savings to clients, and added future‑proof capabilities like HTML and video delivery.

ProEdit

Chris Harris

Marketing Manager