“Upon finishing concept design, I usually output the BOM before
meeting with our customers. Being able to do this at the push
of a button with Pro/ENGINEER allows me to always be well –
prepared for my meetings, and to impress our customers with
systematic proposals.”
Kim Sook Goo of R&D Plus Co. Ltd. – a leading manufacturer of small appliances in Korea, has
been working with Pro/ENGINEER for more than decade, and strongly favors the software
over other CAD systems he has tried, such as AutoCAD® or I-deas®.

Kim Sook Goo, President
R&D Plus Co. Ltd
Bucheon, Kyunggido, South Korea
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Mr. Kim says that Pro/ENGINEER contains so much powerful functionality that it provides a
clear competitive advantage for his company, but at the same time, from a user perspective, it
is so surprisingly easy to use – especially for “freshmen” who have never worked with a 3D CAD
system before.
“From concept design to manufacturing, we are successfully using Pro/ENGINEER throughout
our whole product development process,” explains Mr. Kim. “The product provides strong func-
tionality out-of-the-box, as well as refined modules for specialized tasks that are all integrated
and work very well together. This allows us to have a development process that is smooth, fast
and error-free.”
Why Pro/ENGINEER is So Effective

R&D Plus designs innovative products .and Pro/ENGINEER helps them tocomplete any design task with ease.
“Maybe the best way to describe working with Pro/ENGINEER is that it is convenient. This con-
venience starts with its ease of integration – learning the software has only taken me a month
and a minimum of training. At the same time, Pro/ENGINEER offers a wealth of powerful
functionality that helps me complete any task with ease – no matter how complex.
The Feature Recognition Tool is especially important for me. With this tool I can replace
imported geometry (STEP and IGES files)– generated from the CAD systems of our suppliers –
with content-rich Pro/ENGINEER features. This process is fast – it spares me any manual
remastering effort and allows me to leverage this third-party data for down-stream product
development tasks, such as analysis and manufacturing.
Also, the fact that we can easily reuse our 3D models for creating sales and marketing materi-
als is very valuable to us. With the rendering capabilities of Pro/ENGINEER, for example,
I don’t need to be a specialist in photorealism to create beautiful images from our models to be
implemented in the brochures for our appliances.
Last, but not least, I would like to mention that upon finishing concept design, I usually output
the BOM before meeting with our customers. Being able to do this at the push of a button with
Pro/ENGINEER allows me to always be well – prepared for my meetings, and to impress our
customers with systematic proposals. This is an important aspect for us since it helps us be
customer-oriented and thus successful in our business.”