White House Playground Set Designed With SolidWorks
 CONCORD,
MA, Mar 16, 2009 - First daughters Malia and Sasha Obama are climbing,
swinging and sliding on a playground set designed with SolidWorks 3D CAD
software so President Obama can watch his daughters playing through his Oval
Office windows.
Rainbow Play Systems recently delivered “Malia & Sasha's Castle,” to the
White House for installation just a few yards from the West Wing. The company
used SolidWorks software to develop multiple configurations of parts and
subsystems that made customizing the final design layout for the Obamas a simple
process. The play set includes a double bubble, overhead monkey bars, shimmy
bars, four standard swings, a race car tire swing, rock wall, step chain ladder,
slide, binoculars, periscopes and chalkboard. Rainbow Play Systems flipped the
set’s design from the standard model so that the "double bubble" faces the Oval
Office, where President Obama can keep an eye on his daughters at play.
“SolidWorks helps us provide the customer with the exact play system they are
looking for,” said Jon Mattson, product design manager for Rainbow Play Systems.
Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, were said to have greeted the swing set with
"squeals of joy," when it was installed on March 4, according to White House
staff. The girls played on the set for almost an hour in chilly weather that
afternoon. Their mother went for a swing, too. A plaque on the play system
reads: "Established March 4th, 2009, Malia & Sasha's Castle, Handcrafted with
Pride in the Heartland of America, Beautiful Brookings, South Dakota, The
Hometown of: Rainbow Play Systems, Inc., God Bless America." The playground is
made from 100 percent North American cedar and redwood, which was an important
selling point due to President Obama’s drive to promote green economic policies.
Original Rainbow Play Systems contain only certified lumber from third-party
inspected mills that comply with all local, state, and federal harvesting
regulations.
Rainbow Play Systems relies on SolidWorks authorized reseller Alignex, Inc.,
for ongoing training and support.
About Rainbow Play Systems
Rainbow Play Systems has grown from a small custom job shop in Minnesota to a
high-tech manufacturing facility on 130 acres in the heartland of
America-Beautiful Brookings, South Dakota. While the scale of our operation has
changed over the last 24 years, our focus has not. We continue to pride
ourselves on manufacturing the safest, most durable and highest-quality play
systems available in America.
About Alignex, Inc.
Alignex is an Engineering technology company that assists their customers in
improving their manufacturing process, whether through software solutions or
engineering services. Serving Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and
western areas of Wisconsin and Illinois, Alignex has been the premier SolidWorks
Reseller in the Upper Midwest for 11 years and in business as an engineering
technology provider for nearly 20 years. Alignex has helped over 1000 companies
make the transition to SolidWorks from a wide variety of 2D and 3D CAD formats.
About Dassault Systems SolidWorks Corp.
Dassault Systems SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systems S.A. subsidiary, is a
world leader in 3D solutions. The company develops and markets software for
design, analysis, product data management, and documentation. It is the leading
supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software
that helps them design better products.
For more information, visit
www.solidworks.com.
About Dassault Systems
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions,
Dassault Systems brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A
pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systems develops and
markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes
and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to
maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systems portfolio consists of CATIA for
designing the virtual product – SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design – DELMIA for
virtual production – SIMULIA for virtual testing – ENOVIA for global
collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike
experiences. Dassault Systems’ shares are listed on Euronext Paris (#13065,
DSY.PA) and Dassault Systems’ ADRs may be traded on the US Over-The-Counter
(OTC) market (DASTY). For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.
For more information, visit www.3ds.com.
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