Case Study: SA Fabrication LTD achieves versatile design and fabrication success with SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS Skills Help Eric Spendlove Make Entertainment Spectacles Come to Life

SA Fabrication LTD, founded by Eric Spendlove, designs and fabricates entertainment props, sets, rigging, and lighting systems for major live shows and other specialized projects. As the company took on increasingly complex work, it needed a flexible way to design highly detailed assemblies, meet demanding safety requirements, and move between different industries efficiently using SOLIDWORKS.

Using SOLIDWORKS design, visualization, engineering, surfacing, sheet metal, weldments, simulation, machining, and model-based definition tools, SA Fabrication LTD was able to build everything from stage illusions and steel catwalks to Disney stilts and touring lighting systems. SOLIDWORKS helped Eric Spendlove expand his expertise, take on new industry challenges, and even support development of products such as a minimally invasive knee replacement; the case study also notes his advancement to Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert, underscoring the impact of the software on his productivity and capabilities.