When to use Fancy Symbols Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is super complicated – it takes 40hrs to cover the introductory class at ASME. Honestly, as I mentioned in the previous blog, you can get away with using several symbols to cover 80% of the situations. You should be aware that GD&T is often unnecessary.Read more
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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing or GD&T Do you know what these symbols mean? I didn’t. Frankly, these symbols made me nervous as there was such a large depth of knowledge needed to understand them. The ASME course is a weeklong! Looking back, there are a few major items that you need to know in orderRead more
Design for manufacturability and assembly (DFMA) is, simply put, the proper way to design equipment. The products designed that used proper DFMA have these benefits: They are faster to assemble Have a less expensive overall cost to manufacture Are easier to maintain Have fewer parts You may ask, why doesn’t everyone apply this technique? Frankly,Read more
DFMA stands for Design for Manufacturability and Assembly. I learned this technique during my first year of my engineering design career, back in 2000, and I have used it ever since. When applied properly, the techniques taught during DFMA can elevate the skillset of even the most skilled designers and engineers. DFMA was created inRead more
An immediate shift to a remote work status can be a significant strain on any design team. In an emergency situation, confusion is likely already in the air and typical procedure and protocol is out the window. Quick, concise decisions need to be made by your leadership team to bring everyone back on the rightRead more
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Having recently won a $90 million contract with the Navy for their PB(X) vessel, Metal Shark is continuing to win the hearts of the US Navy with its designs. WMD Squared provides 3D modeling support to Metal Shark Boats. http://www.katc.com/story/36498695/louisiana-based-shipbuilder-wins-contract-to-build-next-gen-patrol-boats-for-us-navy#.Read more
Any given day of the week you will find WMD Squared’s Barrett Broussard hard at work tweaking, designing or on the phone with Caldwell Racing Technologies president Mathew Caldwell. Barrett takes the whims and creative genius of Caldwell’s passion and makes it a reality. The outcome are CRT’s amazing racing boat engines. Read more aboutRead more
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MLC CAD SERVICES_Jan 2015 We at MLC CAD Systems are (obviously) believers in the Enterprise PDM product. Every day we get asked the question, “Why would my business need EPDM?” Luckily, it’s not a hard sell once the benefits of this amazingly powerful Product Data Management software are described. If your company is a oneRead more
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