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) implementation is no different! Norm Crawford of Crawford Dimensional Management will discuss classic MBD implementation […]
Quality Information Framework: ANSI QIF 2.0 Revealed
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 framework standard for computer-aided quality measurement systems, enabling the capture, use, and re-use of metrology-related […]
Model-Based Environment Solutions in the Shipbuilding Industry
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 highly functioning “machine” equipped with the most technologically advanced hardware and software our engineers are […]
Applying Science to MBD/MBE and the Digital Thread
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 theory Publish the results for public consumption. The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) […]