Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, collaborated with aerospace industry peers from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Mass Properties Engineering Committee on Standards to review and revise the Mass Properties Control for Space Systems standard (ANSI/AIAA S-120A-2015). This update was in response to contractors who noted that there were implicit requirements called out […]
Jennifer Herron to Present at NIST’s MBE Summit 2017
Action Engineering is pleased to announce that Jennifer Herron, CEO, will give two presentations at NIST’s Model-Based Enterprise Summit, April 3-6, 2017 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This will be Action Engineering’s 8th year supporting the MBE Summit. The purpose of the MBE Summit is to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in manufacturing and quality assurance […]
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 […]
Measuring Digital Thread Value: NIST MBE Summit 2016
Government and commercial entities gathered at the MBE Summit in April 2016 to discuss the digital thread and Model-Based Engineering. This annual event is hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The purpose of the MBE Summit is to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in manufacturing and quality assurance where […]
Stop Whining About MBD and Accurately Model Your Products
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 the stories of someone faking in a dimension to show the right value, causing the […]
3D Printing & Complex Geometry: Why the New Toy Doesn’t Play by Itself
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 GrabCAD >>
MBD and CAD Re-Use Workshop at SOLIDWORKS World
Do you use 2D flat drawings to communicate your product designs? Does it make sense to hand over a 3D model to your manufacturer? Do you know how to take advantage of the SolidWorks software suite to enable your organization to leap into a model-centric product definition world? Do you need more educational support on […]
STOP! Collaborate and Listen – MBE Workshop on CAD
It is time to stop worrying about what you can not do with your CAD models and focus on what you can do with them. Many times, you are the CAD Super User trying to make your job and everyone’s more efficient. However, don’t go it alone. Integrating, Interoperating and Collaborating with CAD comes in […]