About five seconds into your average conversation about CAD translation, someone will invariably mention one of the venerable and long-held neutral formats: STEP or IGES. Neutral CAD formats are the... read more →
We frequently hear that design reuse is important. You don’t have to be an engineer to understand the benefits of reusing designs and inventory parts instead of designing them from... read more →
Imagine the horror. The untimely disintegration of a particularly brittle parametric model explodes right in the face of an unsuspecting designer, an unwary victim of a thousand unresolved dependencies. What... read more →
The debate around part number systems is often reduced to a pitched battle of absolutes, pitting the cold simplicity of the Generic Numbering Coalition (GNC), against the historically focused Confederacy of... read more →
For many entrepreneurs, manufacturing in high volume is a new journey. In turn, how do you know if your contract manufacturer (CM) is performing up to snuff with no basis for comparison?... read more →
Business is good and you're anticipating a big new project. The development team seems stretched, and you think it might be time to add headcount. But as a manager, you... read more →
What's in a part number? That which we call a part by any other number should assemble as easily? Every company struggles with defining part numbers. Should you use an... read more →
The trick to getting better products out the door faster is design reuse. You start with a legacy model, incorporate a vendor’s new PC board, add some mad curves to... read more →
Somewhere lurking in your Bill of Material (BOM), there just might be a hidden surprise, and not the good kind of surprise with cake and balloons. (more…)
