design capabilities technical resources At Western Thomson we pride ourselves in our design and development facilities. Our computer-aided design system allows us to perform product testing and development without the high cost of physical testing, enabling us to offer our customers a high level of product confidence before any costly investment. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) plays a key role in this activity, allowing components to be subjected to physical effects for engineering analysis. Computer-Aided Design SolidWorks 3D software I-Deas is the backbone of any automotive design requirement at Western Thomson. Modeling to the Ford C3P standard ensures every component, whatever the application, is fit for purpose without being over engineered – a cost reducing fundamental. 3D software SolidWorks provides us with some of the latest modeling, analysis and presentation capabilities available enabling us to offer our customers a complete concept to production bespoke design and marketing solution.