Is your company CAD-centric? CAD-centric means your focus is on model-based 3D representations of a product. The revision of a part will be the same as the CAD version. Often this practice has been driven using file-based storage in Windows Explorer,…

Some might say it all starts with PDM (Product Data Management). That statement is true for many manufacturers. All design engineering, product development, and manufacturing organizations need an automated solution for managing, utilizing, and leveraging…

Aras EPLM is built as an extension of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. It expands your SolidWorks CAD BOM into a true Item-based EBOM that's ready for release to manufacturing. And with the familiar look and feel, it's easy to use for SolidWorks users. EPLM…

Historically, the design manager picked the CAD, PDM, and more recently the PLM system. This made sense as the beginnings of PLM came out of engineering and CAD file management. PLM methodology is a process that starts before design, and often the greatest…

The latest release of Aras Innovator features a series of CAD-focused enhancements enabling Aras to deliver best in class multi-CAD management performance, as well as a bunch of other scalability, performance and usability improvements. “With improved…

Choosing a Product Data Management (PDM) system to do the work of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution is a surefire way for a project to get stuck. As the name implies, PDM is great for managing engineering product data; however, when it comes…

Recently we introduced a new commercial offering designed specifically for companies that run SolidWorks called Aras EPLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM . It's built on top of SolidWorks best selling EPDM system to provide packaged functionality out…