GrabCAD talked to Michiel van der Kley, the creator of Project EGG - one of the biggest co-created 3D printed objects on Earth. Thousands of people 3D printed small pieces of the EGG and shipped them to The Netherlands where Michiel assembled them. Project EGG is a spacious building consisting of 4760 unique "stones" which... read more →
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Manufacturing companies face relentless pressures building competitive products and operate profitably in an increasingly complex global market. These are challenging enough, especially for smaller organizations. However, manufacturing companies are also subject to an unrelenting torrent of standards, regulations, due diligence requirements and practices they must comply with in order to... read more →
Nov
17
Newsflash. You've read it in your favorite blog, heard it from a trusted colleague or consultant, and before too long such advice might very well be floating in the sky or laser etched on the moon. When it comes down to improving engineering efficiency and quality in today's increasingly competitive... read more →
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11
We put together some quick tips for engineering teams who are asking the question, "Why PDM?" These snippets from Tech-Clarity’s Guide to Basic CAD Management are easy for you to consider and then put into action. (more…)
Nov
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GrabCAD spoke to Marcus Knobloch, Project Coordinator and Researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Germany, about their concept vehicle Kulan. Kulan was created by a consortium of 14 companies to explore the future of environmentally friendly farm utility vehicles. (more…)
Nov
04
Brian Neville-O’Neill recently sent me this Reddit conversation in which an engineer complains that he is consistently reprimanded by his boss “for over stepping my bounds.” As the sole engineer at his company, he interfaces with multiple departments yet has no job description or guidelines for working with other teams.... read more →
Nov
03
One of the first questions people ask about cloud applications like GrabCAD Workbench is, “is it safe”? Spoiler alert: we think the answer is yes. But why we say that may surprise you. (more…)
Oct
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We put together some quick tips for engineering teams who are asking the question, "Why PDM?" These snippets from Tech-Clarity’s Guide to Basic CAD Management are easy for you to consider and then put into action. Take 5 minutes to learn why you should stop manually managing your CAD data.... read more →
Oct
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That 's likely to be your natural conclusion after reading Laurence J Peter and Raymond Hull's nearly fifty-year old humorous treatise on managerial theory: The Peter Principle: Why Things Go Wrong. The central premise of the book is simple: in a company hierarchy, individuals are commonly promoted based on the... read more →
