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March 16, 2017 Direct CAD as Part of the Lean Manufacturing Environment Many manufacturers have embraced the principles of lean manufacturing on the shop floor and in the back office. Unfortunately, many small contract ... Read More
January 05, 2017 KeyCreator CAD CKD Format Revealed – More Flexible Than You May Think It’s worth discussing the flexibility of KeyCreator’s file format. It’s a benefit that may not be all that obvious and requires a little bit of “out ... Read More
December 01, 2016 Break Free of the CAD History Tree We’ve heard it time and again from future customers “Rebuild errors are costing us time and money." So have others. Another CAD company recently did ... Read More
November 10, 2016 From CAD Design to Prototype--A Look at 3D Printing File Formats 3D Printing, or Additive Manufacturing is an up-and-coming technology.  Obviously, CAD is going to be a big part of this process for many prototyping ... Read More
October 27, 2016 Are Manufacturers Safe Connecting to the IoT? The October 21, 2016, DNS attack which shut down websites across the country including Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, Etsy, and Spotify, was reportedly ... Read More
September 12, 2016 7 Things to Do in Chicago During the IMTS Show   Let’s face it. Often the most exciting part of tradeshows is what goes on around the tradeshow. That’s not to say we aren’t excited to head to IMTS ... Read More
August 17, 2016 Reworking Other People's CAD Designs As a contract manufacturer you are often juggling a lot of files, from a lot of customers in a lot of different formats....   C   Read More
August 12, 2016 Keeping Your Eye on the Prize   Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water. The Newton MessagePad. Crystal Pepsi. The Edsel. New Coke.  What do these, and hundreds of other examples, ... Read More
July 15, 2016 Manufacturers and CAD Designers Can Do More With Less I read the U.S. jobs and unemployment numbers every month — it’s the old business journalist in me. There is a lot of information buried amid the ... Read More
May 26, 2016 Contract Manufacturers Are Still Wasting Time With Broken Geometry   Today's contract manufacturers are spending (wasting?) a lot of time redrawing their customers' data and fixing broken geometty. This cuts into ... Read More

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