Collaboration
     & Interoperability
                            Congress - May 3-5, 2010

3D CAD Model Validation

Doug Cheney, Manager, CADIQ Product Development and Interoperability Consulting
ITI TranscenData

As global companies implement model-based engineering and their customers demand model-centric data deliveries, it is critical that CAD models be validated throughout their product lifecycle to avoid the high costs and schedule delays caused by quality defects or unintentional changes. Using production implementation examples, this presentation will recommend technology and methods for validating CAD models during legacy migration, design release, engineering change and long-term archival.

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Biography

Doug Cheney is the CADIQ Product Manager and a CAD Interoperability Consultant for ITI TranscenData. He leads the development and delivery of CAD model validation solutions for Boeing, Airbus, Snecma, Lockheed, Spirit, Rockwell Collins, Raytheon, Ford, Samsung, Xerox and the US Army. He advises technical teams in PDES, Inc. and ProSTEP. Doug holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and enjoys raising four active teenagers in Denver, Colorado.