PLM Tech Talk Blog
When I think of the countless customers I have consulted with over the years, it amazes me how many don’t use parameters to control the design and capture design intent! What is a parameter, you ask? A parameter can be thought of in two ways when it comes to CATIA V5. Parameters are built the moment you start a new part
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A Bill of Material (BOM) at its core is a very simple concept: a list of components needed to manufacture a finished product. So if one was making a pair of spectacles, the BOM may look as follows: Finished Product Spectacles Quantity Item 1 Right Lens 1 Item 2 Left Lens 1 Item 3 Frame 1 Item 4 Hinge 2
Read moreFor those companies struggling to create a 3D Digital Factory, the process can be daunting. NOT modeling the entire factory is the key to achieving your goal. Companies are now adopting the use of a hybrid file with both scanned data and vector objects. “Model what you need, leave the rest in the point cloud.” Although not commonplace yet, it is
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Here is a classic scenario associated with developing medium to large complexity products: A team of people (say, 50 to 100) have to be coordinated. Each member has deliverables and deadlines that must be executed in a specific order. You apply well-known project management techniques. Now the question is – what technology do you use to support your project management? An informal survey shows
Read moreThere is a phrase among finite element analyst user community. Those who have been in the industry since a while must have heard of it at some point in their career. GARBAGE IN….GARBAGE OUT It means that if the data being fed into the input deck is not correct or appropriate, the solver is very likely to give incorrect results, and
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Fundamental to any PLM system is the idea of Access Control and data security. Only authorized personnel can access a PLM system and view or manipulate its contents. This is controlled via a login procedure that includes a user password. Personnel are added to the list of authorized users by the PLM administrator after someone has approved of their specific
Read morePeople are wondering about their workflows now that Product Design Suite and Factory Design Suite have been combined into the new “Product Design Collection.” Many of my customer visits in the last three weeks have included the same question: “How is upgrading to Product Design Collection going to affect us?” All of my customer visits the last three weeks were also factory layout users. They
Read moreBack in the day… There it was, one of the first internet communities, Usenet, about to undergo a sea-change unlike any it had seen before. It was 1993, September, a month that would never end. It started much like the years had before; an influx of new people coming into the universities, getting online for the first time. The community
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