Action Engineering CTO Ryan Gelotte attended the PTC/USER Winter Forum held in Charleston, South Carolina January 22-24, 2019. As the MBE Technical Committee chair, Ryan moderated the MBE/MBD session tracks during the conference. We chatted with Ryan following PTC/USER to learn more about the forum and capture key learnings and takeaways. 1. Let’s start with […]
Trusted Models and Path to MBE Maturity
Presentation Trusted Models and Path to MBE Maturity We’re all pretty familiar with the MBE Maturity Index that has been around in various forms for a number of years. This index establishes seven levels of MBE maturity starting at Level 0: Drawing Centric and ending at Level 6: Extended Model-Based Enterprise. This presentation will review […]
Future MBD Enhancements for Creo
Presentation Future MBD Enhancements for Creo Learn about the various MBD/detailing enhancements for Creo Parametric that are on the roadmap for future Creo development. Participants in this session will have to opportunity to learn about these future enhancements and provide their input to assist PTC establishing functional requirements and prioritization of these enhancements. This discussion […]
Digitizing DFM: Design for Manufacturability
Presentation Digitizing DFM: Design for Manufacturability Going from paper specs, emails, documents, and PowerPoint to a digitized DFM environment within Creo using DFMPro from HCL. Legacy Design for Manufacturability (DFM) systems involved paper specs and hundreds of rules listed in multiple documents. This is a good way to document DFM rules, but not a good […]
Enterprise Accountability: Striking a Balance through Technology & Automation
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, recently interviewed Swadhin Bhide, Director of Products & Technologies at HCL Technologies, for this featured blog about 3D enterprise accountability. Action Engineering appreciates HCL’s generous support as a Signature Sponsor of the 2018 3D Collaboration & Interoperability Congress in Golden, Colorado on October 15-18, 2018. Enterprise Accountability: Striking a […]
Product Structure and Meta-Modeling: The Final Frontier
Presentation Product Structure and Meta-Modeling: The Final Frontier Product structure philosophy, data/meta-modeling, and managing variance. Maintaining product structure can be a daunting task. But, when you understand the benefits, it far outweighs the effort. The product structure and the metadata behind it are the framework upon which reusability is leveraged and in order to reduce […]
Elysium: Bridging the Gap Between Interoperability and MBD
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, recently interviewed Annalise Suzuki, Elysium’s Director of Sales in the Americas, for this featured blog about 3D CAD collaboration and interoperability. Action Engineering appreciates Elysium’s generous support as a Signature Sponsor of the 2016 3D Collaboration & Interoperability Congress, being held in Golden, Colorado on October 25 & 26, […]
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 […]