Parameterisation of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models provides assistance to designers and engineers in making manufacturing related decisions, in combining creation feature and geometric parameters. Historically, the Digital Mock-Up (D...
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The need for BOM-CAD alignment and associated challenges Bill of Materials (BOMs) typically contain parts / items which are grouped into component and sub-component assemblies based on fit-form-function factors and other usage & market s...
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Digital twin technology: why and how it matters? A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical product or process, used to understand and predict the physical counterpart’s performance characteristics. Dr Michael Grieves...
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Product development requires an eco-system of inter-dependent capabilities and complementary functions to bring teams together around a product creation and industrialisation platform. The so-called platform contribute to converting new ...
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Backup vs Archive Data backups are usually risk mitigation measures in the event of a technical production issue, such as hardware failure, data corruption issue, accidental deletion, etc. Backups follow a cyclic process, and contain per...
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Complex products and services Most complex products are both mechanical and electrical, with the balance rapidly increasingly moving towards innovative electrical engineering as new product and service differentiation. Competitive produc...
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Simply put, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) is the process of solving complex engineering problems through the use of sophisticated, interactive graphical software, coupled with mathematical models and optimisation systems. The true val...
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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an ‘old‘ discipline; it came out in the mid 80’s as the engineering data management solution of choice to support product development, especially in the context of optimising CAD and Product Data Mana...
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“Design for X” (DFX) is not new (it was introduced over 30 year ago). DFX stands for detailed design techniques aimed at improving the product lifecycle efficiency, productivity, quality, flexibility, resource optimisation, etc. It bring...
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Virtual Reality (VR) vs Augmented Reality (AR) Connected devices and wearable products are now everywhere in the consumer electronics industry. They are not new – they’ve been around in various forms for almost forty years. VR and A...
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