We use 2D and 3D CAD, but we certainly aren’t RE-USING it Aren’t most companies using 3D CAD? Yes, most are, less those rare cases where manufactures are still modifying 2D AutoCAD drawings to satisfy their customers. Yet those designing with 3D CAD are still not reaping the full benefits. Meaning that they have […]
How to Integrate CAD and 3D Print Manufacturing
Are you using a 3D Printer to manufacture your parts? If so, do you know where your CAD is coming from? When using a 3D Printing Manufacturing technique, you MUST understand Model-Based Definition (MBD) and what it means to the quality of your product.Are you using Solid Works/EPDM or CREO/Windchill or NX/TeamCenter to design your […]
What and How of Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM)
Realizing this is the 3rd post in a row on 3D Printing and it’s uses, I do apologize. But I can’t help but get excited about how excited everyone else is exited about 3D Printing. The juices are flowing (NASA Uses 3D Printing to Build a New Breed of Aircraft), and technology is improving (Stratasys […]
CAD Best Practice: Resilient Modeling
A partnership of Michael Hadley (Michael Hadley & Associates LLC) and Richard Gebhard (Assembly Technology Inc) results in great, and YES free, web accessible training videos that instruct in CAD best practices. The instructional videos are offered using ProEngineer (Wildfire/CREO), Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks.Voice-over instructional videos, present three main elements. A strategy to […]
Semantic PMI Defined: Product Manufacturing Information
PMI is Product Manufacturing Information. In ASME Y14.41 language this means the annotations and attributes contained in a 3D solid model that compliment the geometric definition and complete the digital data set. PMI is a critical data component of a 3D solid model that enables Model-Based Engineering (MBE). The process and artifact of applying PMI […]