We’re pleased to share the following new content in OSCAR: Training Courses Model-Based Enterprise Transformation 3D PDF: Reviewing & Commenting GD&T for MBD How to Author MBD in SOLIDWORKS Intro to MBD Using Agile for MBE Implementation CAD Models Pump Assembly in Creo Pump Assembly as 3D PDF Pump Impeller Assembly Pump Impeller Pump Shaft […]
Jennifer Herron of Action Engineering Releases Second Edition of Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based Handbook
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Golden, CO, February 22, 2021 – Action Engineering announces the 2nd Edition of Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook. Seven years have passed since Jennifer Herron, founder & CEO of Action Engineering, wrote the first edition of Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook, and things have changed in the world […]
SOLIDWORKS
We’re pleased to share the following new content in OSCAR: How to Annotate a Feature of Size with a True Position Tolerance in SOLIDWORKS Annotating a Feature of Size with a True Position tolerance is essential to good MBD and GD&T. Let our CAD Coach talk you through applying this important element in SOLIDWORKS. How […]
Action Engineering Releases OSCAR to Bring MBD Within Reach
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Golden, CO, October 26, 2020 – Action Engineering announces the release of OSCAR, a Model-Based Definition (MBD) knowledgebase, to guide the future of 3D data adoption. OSCAR combines literacy and competency CAD-agnostic MBD training with CAD-specific resources such as templates and examples. This approach empowers users to understand core MBD concepts and […]
Introduction to Model-Based Definition (MBD)
Action Engineering has assembled a series of self-paced, online courses designed to advance the learning and adoption of the Model-Based philosophy across design and manufacturing sectors. I am Duane Hess, CIO of Action Engineering and instructor for Course 102. This course provides an introduction and orientation to 3D Model-Based Definition (MBD) data sets and the […]
Hands-On Course: MBD Using Modern GD&T
We’ve put together a new, very hands-on course that should be of interest to a lot of engineering professionals who want/need to learn more about Model-Based Definition and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). MBD Using Modern GD&T will take place over 2-1/2 days in Golden, Colorado. Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, and Scott Neumann, Senior […]
Finding Your CAD Groove
In Spring 2016, I wrote how you should take The Model-Based Definition Ski Challenge. Well, in late December, I started up the 2016-17 ski season with my family amidst fresh powder and all new ski gear … and it was all about regaining our ski groove. Getting into the CAD groove is much like finding […]
MBD & Design Documentation Survey – Share Your Pain and Triumphs
Are you and your organization going through the pain of implementing Model-Based Definition (MBD) in a Model-Based Enterprise (MBE)? Have you already been-there-done-that? The older I become, the more I realize that life is about the process rather than the product. In learning, it means you have to drudge through a bit of pain before […]