3…2…1… United Launch Alliance is designing a new rocket to succeed the Atlas V as “America’s Ride to Space.” Vulcan’s development afforded ULA with the opportunity to implement Model-Based Definition from the program’s ground level. Even so, implementation of MBD is not without its challenges: making the business case to management, overcoming cultural resistance to […]
Raytheon’s Transition to MBD on Production Programs by William Cockrell
Can a 3D model be the single source of truth? Yes! Is this easy to accomplish? No, no it’s not. Dedicated organizational effort and coordination are required for the model to eventually take the top spot on the podium as the authoritative source of product definition. Model-Based Definition (MBD) is going for the gold! Model-Based […]
Slow MBEvolution by Denise Fitzgerald & Barry Cavanaugh
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a Department of Defense federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) that applies advanced technology to problems of national security. Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as rapid system prototyping and demonstration. Mission areas include: space control, air and missile defense, communication systems, homeland protection, cyber […]
KEYNOTE: Having Your MBD Cake and Eating It Too by Ryan Gelotte
For every company implementing Model-Based Definition (MBD), there is a laundry list of successes, challenges, and failures discovered along the way. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Clint Eastwood and friends, if you will. What is learned from these, and how they transform the organization along its Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) journey, can define MBD’s […]
Identifying Critical Information for Model-Based Product Definition by Dr. Nathan Hartman
2D drawings and annotated 3D models contain very different information. Moving from a largely paper-based product definition to annotated 3D models, or Model-Based Definition, is not a straightforward process. How can we ensure our models contain the right information? Who decides what’s “right”? Think of drawing-based product definition as our elderly great-grandparent. She’s been around […]
Using PMI & Color-Coding for Model-Based Inspection by Henk Jörg & Patrick Kerkhof
The Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) journey at TFH technical services started at NIST’s Model-Based Enterprise Summit in 2012. They’ve since implemented Model-Based Definition (MBD) for manufacturing of conveying systems for chicken slaughtery. Full production with zero drawings. TFH works together with Software Factory and B&W Software in Europe to investigate the latest practical methods for re-using […]
Transfer, Edit, and View PMI Annotated Models by Robb McCord
Over the last year, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems adopted changes to accommodate Model-Based Definition (MBD) designs in order to leverage the 3D models in manufacturing. The MBD data sets sent to suppliers do not include drawings. Most of the organizational changes involve conveying engineering documentation using file types that convey 3D annotations, or Product and […]
Analysis and Simulation Features in MBD by Dr. Andreas Vlahinos
Structural, stress, and tolerance analysis simulations for products are an essential piece of producing a quality design. Connecting these analyses with the native CAD model and semantic product and manufacturing information (PMI), that is, digitally associated dimensions and tolerances, is important for automating these essential analyses. Dr. Andreas Vlahinos of Advanced Engineering Solutions is an […]