Global Product Data Interoperability Summit September 23-25, 2025 – Booth #17 Presentation: September 25, 9:10 am Abstract: As engineering organizations transition toward model-based strategies, the ability to integrate Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Model-Based Definition (MBD), and the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) becomes a critical differentiator. While MBD defines the product through precise geometry, annotations, and metadata, […]
Melissa Harvey Joins Action Engineering as MBD & Interoperability Implementation Coach
The Action Engineering team continues to grow with the addition of Melissa Harvey in the role of MBD & Interoperability Implementation Coach. Melissa is responsible for strategic Model-Based Definition (MBD) interoperability implementation coaching, teaching courses on MBD best practices to achieve lossless data exchange and championing customer requirements to the International Standards Organization (ISO). Melissa […]
The Differences Between MBD, MBE, and MBSE
Author: Duane Hess I have encountered some confusion and misunderstanding around the difference between Model-Based Definition (MBD), Model-Based Enterprise (MBE), and Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) with people I meet. The first confusion point is that all three phrases contain “model.” I will dig into that first, and that should start to shed some light on […]
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 […]