Why is it so important for 3D data to be exact? After all, drawings on a drafting board weren’t a mathematically accurate representation of designs and they got the job done just fine. Right? Well sort of. We’ve all heard … Continue reading
Application Protocols (AP) are still gaining traction in the 3D modeling universe. A project funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) took a closer look at using AP 242, or Managed Model Based 3D Engineering, to drive … Continue reading
Can you recall an instance where spending more time on project setup would have saved time (and money) over the life of the project? Time invested upfront, more often than not, makes up for itself later. Model Based Definition (MBD) … Continue reading
Incompatibilities in manufacturing quality digital information are costly and affect everyone involved. Fortunately, a significant breakthrough for digital manufacturing was realized in the new Quality Information Framework (QIF) standard, approved by ANSI in October 2014. The QIF is a unified XML … Continue reading
A ship is a floating city in every sense. It is a “building” capable of sustaining and protecting its human inhabitants while enduring all that our oceans (and mother nature) can dish out. At the same time, it is a … Continue reading
It’s happened to all of us who have interacted with a 3D printer. It is very exciting, you know you want one, but who feeds the 3D printer? It does not work without human input. Read more about why at … Continue reading
There has been a great deal of work done in the area of Model-Based Definition (MBD), but now we are finally starting to apply these 4 scientific principles to this data: Set up a hypothesis Design an experiment Test a … Continue reading