Stephanie's presentation focuses on how intentional design practices can improve consistency, clarity, and collaboration across engineering teams. She’ll walk through practical SolidWorks tools and workflows that help teams better understand changes, communicate design intent, and streamline downstream processes.

• Learn how to visually compare revisions using SolidWorks’ Compare utility, making it easier to identify meaningful changes between part versions.

• Explore how to structure drawings using layers to support different departments, so that exported CAD data is clearer and more actionable.

• Learn how simple macros can greatly enhance your communication methods, with an example of batch generating part images for technical documentation.

Overall, this talk is about building smarter, more consistent workflows that reduce friction between design and manufacturing, and make collaboration across teams significantly more effective. Drawing from five years of hands-on experience in regulated product design, this session demonstrates tools that can improve standardization, accelerate design reviews, improve communication, and enhance regulatory readiness, giving you methods to be consistent by design.

Agenda:

6:00 pm Intro & Greetings

6:05-6:10 pm Presentation with Stephanie

6:45 pm - 7:00 pm Q&A

About the presenter: Stephanie is the New York City SolidWorks User Group Leader and works as an Engineer III with ICU Medical. She has 10+ years of experience designing and innovating both consumer goods and industrial products. Stephanie is passionate about delivering quality work and will share some of her expert tips in how to be an effective communicator in any engineering role.