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Article: CAD data finds new use in manufacturing supply chain, support organizations.
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- Manufacturing Business Technology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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By Staff
3D CAD data has many other uses outside the engineering function-in computer-based training tools, for example, as well as in marketing and maintenance manuals. But making use of 3D data for such purposes presents a challenge because often it's too technical for the nonspecialist user, thereby requiring costly transformations that undermine the whole logic of reusing the design data in the first place.
As a recent study by Boston-based Aberdeen Group argued, manufacturers seeking best-in-class performance must make it easier for nonengineering functions to both access 3D design data and repurpose it for use in the documents they typically ...