Jennifer Herron shares her thoughts on one of the questions we get asked a lot in the MBD transition: why aren’t there basic dimensions? We get asked this all the time by folks who haven’t been through our training. Typically, they think basic dimensions have to be measured, which is inaccurate. There are theoretically perfect dimensions that are used to describe […]
Meet Penny, Continuous Improvement Champion
Penny lets out an audible sigh as she scrolls through her phone while waiting for her drink at the local coffee shop. Her day is jam-packed with meetings with barely any time to wolf down lunch, let alone check in on the kids to ensure they’re actually involved in their virtual schooling. The only things […]
Ryan Talks Digital Consumption
Our unofficial Professor of Model-Based Design, Ryan Gelotte, sat down recently to chat about digital consumption of MBD data. To digitally consume MBD data, you first need to understand the four parts of MBD: Geometry Annotations Presentation states Metadata (Or properties, attributes, whatever you want to call it) Digital consumption of MBD data involves consuming one or more of the three components that can be machine-readable, which is geometry, annotations, and metadata. CNC Machining CNC machines have been able to use 3D model geometry for a long time, 20 or 30 years. It’s the annotations that those programmers have either […]
Happy Holidays from the Action team!
What a truly strange and challenging year it has been. Through it all, we’re grateful to work with caring customers and our brilliant team of creative problem-solvers. We’ve made it through 2020 together and we’re looking forward to a brighter 2021! We’re slowing down to enjoy the Colorado mountains… …and the Pennsylvania views… …baking all […]
Been challenged this year? Work smarter, not harder.
By Jennifer Herron This weekend I read ASME’s Mechanical Engineering magazine issue No. 01/143. They published a survey regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering businesses. The results are relevant to Action Engineering’s business operations over this year. So many of you have asked how we are doing; it’s always nice to know our […]
CAD Interoperability and the OSCAR CAD Toolkit
In most cases, a “Model-Based Enterprise” is going to include multiple CAD platforms. You could be a large corporation that uses multiple CAD applications or a smaller company that only uses one but has suppliers that use other CAD platforms. This reality means CAD interoperability challenges cannot be ignored. While each CAD system has strengths and weaknesses, the big five are capable of: modeling geometry, creating 3D annotations, defining attributes (metadata), and creating “presentation states.” We […]
3D CIC Signature Sponsor: International TechneGroup (ITI)
International TechneGroup (ITI) returns as a Signature Sponsor of the 3D Collaboration & Interoperability Congress. ITI provides more than just software – they solve complex interoperability problems so that the world’s leading manufacturers can focus on making great products. Raphael Nascimento, CADIQ Product Manager, shares how ITI lives the values of “Trusting Digital” to enable […]
Scott the GD&T Master on Mastering MBD
Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the engineering universe was in turmoil… On one side, the old guard, determined to maintain the traditions of the Old Force, though the errors and inefficiencies of +/- tolerancing echoed across the federated planets. But deep inside the mountains on a small blue world, […]
