Large
Assembly Management Effectively Designing in the Context of
Your 3-D Assemblies

Today’s CAD technology provides many advantages over the design
methods of old. Through
innovations and advancements in design hardware and software,
new avenues have been opened for increased productivity in the
design environment. Great
strides have been taken in the areas of solid modeling,
collaborative web communication, and prototyping, to name a
few.
To most engineering/design environments, it has become
increasingly more challenging to manage the large quantity of
data that exists in the company’s product
database.
In addition, concurrent development of concept within a
multi-user CAD environment has become more demanding from
a management level due to the introduction of
parametrically associative programs such as
Pro/Engineer. Though
highly functional, these programs require a greater
degree of attentiveness to design criteria because of the
geometric control this information has over the
electronic representation of the product. In
order to effectively manage and utilize the valuable
information this new technology provides, a system must
be put in place in order to standardize the daily usage
and control of this environment.
CMCI can provide the help
you're looking for in standardizing your CAD design
environment. We will work with you to put in place a rigid
design paradigm that promotes consistent design methodology and
insures a robust CAD database. We will work with you to
identify and define:
- Template-able design practices
and methods
- Product redundancies
- Processes ready for
consolidation
- 2D drawing templates
- Top level master
skeletons
- Roles and responsibilities for
users of the design environment
- CAD system and user
governance
- 'Super-Macros' for
standardization of legacy data
- Complete system
documentation
With these elements in place, you can
easily work with full-time and contract design
personnel and never run the risk of your product structure
disappearing with a reduction in your workforce.
Contact us today to see how CMCI can
revolutionize your design environment!
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