Author Archives: Rich Allen
The History of Engineering Design Tools: Engineering 4.0
There have been four great stages of engineering and design tools leveraged over the past 250 years to account for all mechanisms, inventions and designs that we have used to simplify our lives. This post will take a look at
... ContinuedThe History of Engineering Design Tools: Engineering 3.0
There have been four great stages of engineering and design tools leveraged over the past 250 years to account for all mechanisms, inventions and designs that we have used to simplify our lives. This post will take a look back
... ContinuedThe History of Engineering Design Tools: Engineering 2.0
There have been four great stages of engineering and design tools leveraged over the past 250 years to account for all mechanisms, inventions and designs that we have used to simplify our lives. In part one of this series, we
... ContinuedThe History of Engineering Design Tools: Engineering 1.0
There have been four great stages of engineering and design tools leveraged over the past 250 years to account for all the mechanisms, inventions and designs that we have used to simplify and improve our lives. This post will take
... ContinuedEngineering 4.0
Engineering 4.0 What is Engineering 4.0? Are you prepared for Engineering 4.0? What is the next wave of best practices in engineering? How will best-in-class companies continue to differentiate themselves from their competition? To understand where the future trends in
... ContinuedConfigurable PDM
Part of my job as Product Manager at DS SolidWorks Corp is to visit customers and see how they are using our technology. I love to ask how they did things before implementing our software, what productivity gains they have
... ContinuedProduct Data Management (PDM) Basics III – Versioning and Revisioning – Rich Allen
Thanks for reading and commenting on this Blog. In this installment, we will explore the concepts of versioning and revisioning or the incredible PDM Time Machine. The Design Process As you work on your designs in the form of
... ContinuedProduct Data Management (PDM) Basics II
Thanks for reading and commenting on this blog. In this installment, we will explore three important areas of Product Data Management (PDM) – Where Used, Contains and Bill of Materials (BOM). Where Used? Whenever a change is being made to
... ContinuedProduct Data Management (PDM) Basics
This is my first blog post so bear with me as I adjust to this new communication form. I thought of starting with the basics, so why not Product Data Management (PDM) basics? Product Data Management (PDM) Everyone creates and
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