With the new year upon us, and the 2016 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Congress in our rearview mirror, we’ve been reflecting on our initial year organizing 3D CIC. We were delighted with the quality of the speakers and ever so grateful to the sponsors who made the event so successful. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing so […]
Tech Soft 3D: At the Heart of CAD Interoperability
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, recently interviewed Dave Opsahl, VP Corporate Development for Tech Soft 3D, for this featured blog about 3D CAD collaboration and interoperability. Action Engineering appreciates Tech Soft 3D’s generous support as a Signature Sponsor of the 2016 3D Collaboration & Interoperability Congress, held in Golden, Colorado on October 25 & […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Transfer, Edit, and View PMI Annotated Models by Robb McCord
Over the last year, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems adopted changes to accommodate Model-Based Definition (MBD) designs in order to leverage the 3D models in manufacturing. The MBD data sets sent to suppliers do not include drawings. Most of the organizational changes involve conveying engineering documentation using file types that convey 3D annotations, or Product and […]
Analysis and Simulation Features in MBD by Dr. Andreas Vlahinos
Structural, stress, and tolerance analysis simulations for products are an essential piece of producing a quality design. Connecting these analyses with the native CAD model and semantic product and manufacturing information (PMI), that is, digitally associated dimensions and tolerances, is important for automating these essential analyses. Dr. Andreas Vlahinos of Advanced Engineering Solutions is an […]
Using CAD Models in the Digital Thread
We see in 3D, We Should Document in 3D We are operating at a stage in design and manufacturing where 3D models are used for direct tooling, or used to generate injection molds, but still need to be supplemented by 2D drawings for PMI (dimensions, tolerances and notes). In addition to creating extra work, 2D […]