Geometric Limited, part of the Godrej Group, specializes in engineering solutions and technologies, providing services that enhance productivity in product design and manufacturing. Their key product, DFMPro, automates manufacturability checks during the design stage, significantly reducing time and costs associated with design revisions and production errors. The company has reported positive feedback from clients like Rockwell Automation and Motorola, who experienced substantial improvements in efficiency using DFMPro.

1. Desktop Products and Technologies
Visualization, Design and Manufacturing Solutions

2. Lineage
Geometric began as part of the Godrej group, one of the oldest and largest business
conglomerates of India. Founded in 1897, the Godrej group has interests in engineering and
consumer products, and is known for its philanthropy, besides being recognized for its values
of fair, transparent, and ethical dealings.
Godrej & Boyce Co. Ltd. is one of the founder promoters of Geometric besides being the
largest share-holder (30.26%). It is one of the largest privately-held diversified industrial
conglomerations in India with a combined sales of about USD 2.5 billion for the year ended
March 2009.
For more details on the Godrej Group, please visit www.godrej.com
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3. About Geometric
Revenues in Mn USD Manpower PAT in Mn USD
14 12.65
160 Financial Year – Apr to Mar 4500
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136.47 3905
140 129.47 4000 10.33
122 10
120 3500 8.59
108.12 2968 2936 8.06
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FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY11 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY11 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11
By Industry By Service Line By Geography
38.0% Software ISV and Partners 6.4% 4.5%
6.7%
34.0% Automotive
36.7% 16.0%
72.8%
14.3% Agri. and Construction Equip 56.9%
7.5% Industrial and Marine Engg
6.2% Others
Software Services
USA Europe
Engineering Services
APAC India
Products
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4. We Provide Complete Engineering Solution
Software Solutions Engineering Solutions Products and Technologies
• Product Lifecycle • Product Engineering • Desktop Products for point
Management Solutions
• Manufacturing solutions
• Manufacturing IT Solutions Engineering • Technologies for building
• Software Product • Engineering Productivity solutions for Engineering
Engineering Solutions Productivity
Global presence
India USA
Mumbai Santa Clara, CA
[Corporate Head
Quarters] Scottsdale, AZ
Pune Houston, TX
Bangalore Troy, MI
Hyderabad Moline & Peoria, IL
Chennai Dublin, OH
Asia-Pacific Europe
Tokyo; Japan Stuttgart; Germany
St. Jean Bonnefonds;
Shanghai; China
France
Singapore Brasov; Romania
#1 Indian IT Product company in Engineering space
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5. DPT Portfolio : CAD – CAM
CAD
MultiCAD Publishing, Viewing
and Collaboration solutions
Desktop Products
and Technologies
Visualization Solutions
Design Validation, Reuse and
Design Solutions Productivity Improvement
solutions
Manufacturing Solutions
CAM Material optimization, process
automation and CNC
machining solutions
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6. Get your Designs Right the First Time!

7. Key Customer Concerns
• Higher delays due to
rework
• Lower productivity
Ensuring
quality
Minimizing • Quality problems due to
time to inexperienced engineers
market • Manufacturing defects
Controlling
production
Improving costs
Innovation
• Higher costs due to scrap
• Lesser new product
• Expensive tooling
developments
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8. Design to Production – Traditional Method and Challenges
70% of the final product cost is determined during the design stage
Background
• Issues related to product design go undetected
until manufacturing trials – expensive to make
product changes once released to production
• Many designers may not have knowledge of
manufacturing rules and best practices -
resulting in slower product development cycles,
increased ECO/ECNs, significant material waste
and lower production yields
• To prevent initial designs from becoming a trial
and error process, some manufacturing
knowledge-based assistance is necessary.
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9. Current Handling of Change Requests (CRs)
Design Engineering Manufacturing Assembly
CAD Design
Creation OR
Modification
CR
CR
CR
Longer timelines / Delayed schedules
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10. Implementing DFM
Traditional Method of handling DFM Reviews
• Maintaining DFM checklists, guidelines-handbooks
• Periodic training of designers
• Manual reviews of design (by self / peers / seniors)
• Consultations with manufacturing experts
Problems
• Manual reviews are time consuming
• Inconsistent design quality
• Need for proximity between design and
manufacturing engineers
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11. DFMPro Product
from Geometric
An innovative product
• Facilitates upstream manufacturability validation
• Helps in identification of areas of a design that
are difficult, expensive, or impossible to
manufacture
• Automates the iterative design review process
for manufacturability
• Provides mechanism for knowledge capture and
reuse for continuous improvement
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12. Reduce number of Change Requests(CRs) by applying rules during design
Design Engineering Manufacturing Assembly
Engineering Manufacturing Assembly Rules
CAD Design for Design
Rules for Design Rules for Design
Design
Changes Rules are available
at time of design
DFMPro
Reduction in time required for design changes
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13. DFMPro: Who will Benefit?
Design Engineers
• Quick and interactive feedback while designing
• Integrated access to organization’s knowledge repository
• Productivity improvement
• On the Job training
Manufacturing Engineers
• Assured level of design quality
• Ensures fulfillment of acceptance criteria or input filter for receiving jobs
• Saves downstream time and re-work
Organization
• Facilitates continuous process improvement
• Through ‘Manufacturability Knowledge’ capture and reuse
• Supports ‘Design anywhere and Manufacture anywhere’ paradigm
• Minimizes time-to-market
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14. DFMPro: Sample Out-of-The-Box Rules
Machining Rules in DFMPro Injection Molding Rules Sheet Metal Rules
Uniform wall thickness
Deep - Narrow Slots Hole Distance to Bends
Recommended Rib Parameters
Deep Radiused Corners Minimum Hole Diameter
Mold Wall Thickness
Fillets on Top Edges Multiple Bends in Same Direction
Undercut Detection
Narrow Regions in Pockets Counterbore Hole Distance to Part Edge
Minimum Radius at Base of Boss
Non Uniform Draft Features
Minimum Radius at Tip of Boss Counterbore Hole Spacing
Pockets with Bottom Chamfers
Minimum Draft Angle Counterbore Hole to Bend Distance
Sharp Internal Corners
Rib Reinforcement Check Countersink Hole Distance to Part Edge
Tool Accessibility
Maximum cutout Area Countersink Hole Spacing
Deep Holes
Entry/Exit Surface for Holes Countersink Hole to Bend Distance
Flat Bottomed Holes Rolled Hem Parameters
Holes Intersecting Cavities Rolled Hem to Hole Edge Spacing
Partial Holes Open Hem Parameters
Standard Hole Sizes An automated intuitive tool Tear Drop Parameters
Blind Hole Relief
Keyways should have end radii for designers to quickly Minimum Bend Radius
Cutout Distance To Part Edge
Long - Slender Turned Parts
Minimum Internal Corner Radius
assess the manufacturability Cutout To Bend Distance
OD Profile Relief of models Minimum Distance Between Cutouts
Symmetrical Axial Slots Minimum Distance From Bend To Parallel Slot
Minimum Distance From Part Edge To Parallel Slot
Minimum Slot Width
Assembly Rules in DFMPro Other Rules
Minimum Clearance between components Use preferred materials
Hole Alignment Linear and Angular Tolerance
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15. DFMPro – Rule Customization
Rapid Rule
Development
using Visual
Basic
Advanced
Rules using
C++
Ensure Add custom
confidentiality DFM
of proprietary guidelines
rules and best and checklists
practices in DFMPro
XML and 3D Interactive
Report feedback even
generation for custom
even for rules within
custom rules CAD
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16. DFMPro – Integration Possibilities in PLM Workflow
CCB Chairman Design Engineer Quality Engineer, Release Manager
Manufacturing Engineer
Create change Create / Create /
request Revise Revise Release
Product Drawings Review
Define CAD
Evaluate
detailed
Design CAD Tool
Create structure
Review ECO DFMPro Supplier Quality
(Interactive) data
Define
Components-
Compliance
DFMPro Batch
(Background)
Change Management
Design Assistance using
process
innovative
DFMPro Technology
Automated Manufacturability
Checks with integrated
DFMPro Technology
Collaborative Engineering Design and Change Management
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17. DFMPro – Integration Possibilities in PLM Workflow
CCB Chairman Design Engineer Quality Engineer, Release Manager
Manufacturing Engineer
Create change Create / Create /
request Revise Revise Release
Product Drawings Review
Define CAD
Evaluate
detailed
Design CAD Tool
Create structure
Review ECO DFMPro Supplier Quality
(Interactive) data
Define
Components-
Compliance
DFMPro Batch
(Background)
Change Management
Design Assistance using
process
innovative
DFMPro Technology
Automated Manufacturability
Checks with integrated
DFMPro Technology
Collaborative Engineering Design and Change Management
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18. DFMPro – MultiCAD support
STEP / IGES
IMPORTED
CAD DATA
DFMPro
APPLICATION
CUSTOM
CATIA
DFMPro NX
CONNECTOR
REPORTS ANALYSIS
STEP / IGES
Pro/ENGINEER
DFMPro IMPORTED
ADD-IN NATIVE
SolidWorks
CAD DATA
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19. Summary : DFMPro Benefits
Reduces overall cycle time, scrap and rework
Detects manufacturing issues in the design stage
Captures ‘lessons learnt’ and educate new engineers
Supports continuous process improvement
Facilitates training of design engineers
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20. Customers Speak: Rockwell Automation
“Injection molding parts are typically complex and difficult to check manually.
Compared to earlier manual methods of checking parts for draft angles, wall
thickness and undercuts; DFMPro quickly and accurately identifies such
regions. It serves the direct purpose of identifying manufacturability problems
right at the design stage and helps reduce design iterations.
It is an easy to use tool which significantly helped us to reduce our part
checking time by almost 60% while ensuring robust quality of design.”
Randy Scherger
Senior Tool Designer
Rockwell Automation
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21. Customers Speak: Sulzer
“Using DFMPro, we were able to reduce our time for checking the
product design from the manufacturing feasibility point of view by
approximately 90% w.r.t manual checking. The net reduction in total
time for checking of product design by using DFMPro software is
approximately 15%”
Amol Mane
Manager, Engineering Dept.
Sulzer India Ltd
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22. Customers Speak: Motorola
“Geometric Limited has quick, test-driven analysis tools – DFMPro and
GeomCaliper. They are indeed simply integrated, intuitive and seamless
in Creo ( Pro/Engineer).
The results of tool aid us in improving our design and reducing issues
in downstream”
Paul Lalinde
Motorola Solutions Inc.
ENGR MECHANICAL STF PRNCPL
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23. AUGUST
18,2010
www.dfmpro.com
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