This is an interesting development for information technology… A $100 server that could do to servers what netbooks did to notebooks. With the Marvell SheevaPlug, you get a hardware/software server that is about the size of a power adapter. Believe…
Most Product Data Management systems are built on top of the ubiquitous relational databases… An article on ReadWriteWeb discusses the future of relational databases versus the emerging key value stores (e.g., SimpleDB, CouchDB, etc.). The conclusion suggests that relational databases and…
This is from a recent article on the Quality Magazine website: The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is seeking industry volunteers to create a guide to effective error proofing. Ineffective error proofing in the automotive industry results in poor quality,…
I know that the posting title looks a little oblique, but the ANSI standard for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (Y14.5) will have a 2009 revision next month. For those of you not aware, GD&T is central to engineering design. The new…
For those of you wanting to understand how steel is made, this is a nice summary animated GIF.
We get the opportunity to work with just about all of the latest CAD software: CATIA, NX, Pro/E, SolidWorks… each has its own idiosyncracies and most of them take days if not weeks to learn before you become productive. The…
Not everyone is familiar with the acronym, CAPP, but the notion of Computer-Aided Process Planning has been around for over twenty years. The focus has been to reduce the labor hours required to create manufacturing planning. There have been numerous…
This diagram is a little dated, but it’s a nice picture that illustrates the positioning of the major CAD and PDM packages from Siemens, PTC, Dassault, etc.