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An article titled:

"An Interoperability Update"

by Paul Hamilton published at: Machine Design in the March 2008 issue.

This article reviews in detail why issues continue to
exist with interoperability and what we can do about it.

Productivity

Process

Innovation

Phusion Engineering can help you improve and optimize your product development process. Below are just a few areas of focus.

Move From 2D to 3D

For many companies, moving to 3D design simply refers to the purchase of 3D CAD software for the designers. Companies can certainly begin the transition to 3D with a purchase, but there is much more to making the move to 3D than simply purchasing software.

Leveraging 3D

Moving from 2D to 3D can be a significant process change and Phusion can help to make it as painless and productive as possible.

Digital Prototyping

Improve productivity and quality by establishing some procedures and best practices around 3D data. 3D data can be used for much more than just making 2D drawings. Phusion can help you get the most value from your 3D CAD investment.

Knowledge and IP Capture

Re-use of intellectual property, knowledge, and data is critical to innovation. Many of the common PDM tools used today can actually be overly constraining and inhibit innovation. Effective knowledge and IP capture requires more than just a tool. Best practices can be established that better facilitate innovation.

Mechatronics Best Practices

Some of the complexities that many of our clients face is related to the interaction between the electronics and mechanics of their products. Phusion Engineering provides mechatronic system design and engineering services, but we also help our clients improve their processes, tools, and techniques to do mechatronic system design better themselves. Mechatronics

Data Exchange and Interoperability

In today's typical product development environment, it is common to exchange CAD data between vendors, suppliers and customers. Data exchange remains one of the more significant issues we face in the world of CAD. There are, however, many practices, procedures and tools that can greatly minimize the cost associated with data exchange.

Phusion Engineering provides data exchange services; we also help to develop data-exchange practices and reduce issues related to interoperability.