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Want Better Results? Collaborate with More People, More Often
Learn how breaking down communication siloes that exist between disciplines can help you innovate more and get better results.
... ContinuedSeven Ways to Stop Wasting Industrial Design Time
Discover Tech-Clarity’s research study of 187 manufacturing companies to learn the seven best industrial design practices that rocket design productivity and time to market.
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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DONTs – Introduction
Model-Based Definition (MBD, Figure 1) is the practice of integrating Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI), such as Dimensions, Tolerances, Datum, Bill of Materials (BOMs), Surface finishes, Notes, Weld symbols, and associated metadata with 3D solid models within 3D CAD software
... ContinuedThe Cardinal Rules of Designing Injection Molded Plastic Parts
When designing injection molded plastic parts, here are some simple rules to follow that will help to ensure higher-quality parts that are easier to manufacture: Maintain Uniform Wall Thickness Maintaining uniform wall thickness is the single best design element you can
... ContinuedSee What You Missed: Top Webinars of 2014
I’ve been guilty of binge media consumption. If I get hooked on a TV or book series, I cannot stop until I’m caught up. I went through Breaking Bad in a week, the Winds of Winter arrived in no time
... ContinuedSigmund: Seven Steps to Guaranteed Product Quality in Design
Today, 3D CAD technology has matured to high levels of building complex designs. Validating the design for Fit, Form and Function (F3) are now completed with great care, upfront. Yet, Superior Assembly Build Quality, Consistent Performance and Low Cost Objectives
... ContinuedRecorded Webinar Spotlight: Winning Principles for Better Design
We all know that there is more to design than drawing lines and arcs. It’s a rare mix of art and science collaborating on a process that combines concepts, specs, parameters, costs and available manufacturing to achieve a designated objective.
... ContinuedRecorded Webinar Spotlight: Better Plastics Part Design
When designing plastic parts or injection molds, it’s important to predict and avoid manufacturing defects during the earliest stages of part or mold design. This 22-minute Better Plastics Part Design webinar will provide tips that help you inject plastics best
... ContinuedNon-CAD documents need love too
Have you ever saved an office document locally and also on a network or shared drive so other people can see it? What file is the master then? How do you know who modified the file and when? These questions
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