Aras & TechSoft 3D: A PLM Partnership in Visual Collaboration
To strengthen the Aras Innovator Platform, Aras has partnered with TechSoft 3D to integrate World Class PDF technology. Using TechSoft 3D's HOOPS technology, Aras is able to integrate conversion, viewing and markup capability directly into the core of the product. This enables all Aras applications and user customizations to leverage the technology efficiently.“We’re very picky about who we partner with…it’s the willingness to engage and solve problems together, that’s what is making a big difference.” - Peter Schroer, CEO & Founder (2:34)The Aras Innovator Platform is built from the ground up with the distributed organization in mind. We feature a web based interface using the most popular internet browsers and apps for all of the major mobile platforms. Vice President of Global Alliances, Jay Pappas stated, “We’ve architect-ed a product that has a capability of running wherever the customer wants to deploy it, making product related information available to anybody on any device.”
Enabling Visual Collaboration
Aras licenses the HOOPS Communicator product from TechSoft 3D, providing a complete solution that offers conversion, viewing and markup of product data. The typical use case is conversion 3D CAD models from all popular MCAD systems. They are automatically converted to a 3D view-able format with no user involvement. Aras Visual Collaboration uses these 3D assets for collaborative viewing and markup. This is of particular value to our customers as a way to “break down the barriers” of collaboration within PLM.With the flexibility of TechSoft 3D's technology, Aras is able to create a seamless user interface and experience. The HOOPS web viewer is directly embedded within Aras' PLM Platform, creating a common approach across all types of view-able content. Users access the advanced capability without the need for extra installation using the web based and mobile clients.
The partnership between Aras and TechSoft 3D extends past Visual Collaboration and further into the PLM digital thread by providing the ability for 3D view-able content within other Aras Applications like Technical Publications. Aras is able to integrate viewing capabilities inside technical documents authored with Technical Documentation and publish this out to PDF with 3D content included.Want to know more about Aras Visual Collaboration using the TechSoft 3D HOOPS Converter? Click here.