Taking a digital engineering approach to manufacturing—one composed of architecture-driven and model-based engineering—offers significant advantages (not to mention tangible benefits both in terms of time and costs). Yet, change is never easy. How can engineering executives ease the transformation? This Survival Guide to Digital Engineering will help create a path to success.
MBE and MBD
Best Practices for Navigating Your MBD Initiatives
There is no one-size-fits all approach to integrating an MBD into the product design process. In this PTC blog, Chad Jackson offers tips on creating MBDs and ensuring their effective consumption.
The Manager’s Survival Guide to Model-Based Engineering
In this Zuken blog post, Chad Jackson highlights the people, process, and technology considerations organizations should take before transitioning to an MBE-based approach to design and development.
Model-Based Enterprise Initiative Expectations: Are They Too Aggressive?
Companies tend to focus on the end-game when implementing model-based enterprise initiatives. However, there are some valuable intermediate steps companies should consider. In this video, Chad Jackson discusses how some of the intermediate steps can boost productivity.
Vertex: Do We Need Another 3D Visualization Tool?
Okay, so let’s talk about Vertex. First off, what is it and, what does it do?
SOLIDWORKS CAM: Generating Toolpaths from MBD PMI
SOLIDWORKS supports a Model-Based Enterprise effort in a number of ways. One important one is automating machining. In this video, we offer an overview of how SOLIDWORKS reads semantic PMI to automatically create sets of NC toolpaths.
What is a Model Based Enterprise?
This video provides a clear and concise introduction to how a Model-Based Definition can be used within a company, turning it into a Model-Based Enterprise.