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,…

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…

The Needs of a Few Should Not Outweigh The Needs of Many Is highly automating the use cases of a few hundred individuals working on one product information authoring tool really the best use of resources? Where is the ROI?  The business case? What about…

Once you’ve defined your business objectives, work backwards to identify the related processes that will be involved. For example, if achieving faster time to market is your priority, identify all the things that go into the new product development and…

Walking the floor at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio I saw some outstanding examples of cool product design, and heard more cool stories and great discussions about 3D design and product innovation in the breakout sessions. But what really got my…

In case you missed it, earlier this week ShapeSpace released a connector for their 3D Geometric Search to Aras . This brings a powerful new ability to visually search and select parts using a graphical interface instead of your typical list metaphor.…

In a typical 10,000 person company there are probably 50-100 full-time 3D CAD engineers. So how come these few CAD users and their CAD software vendors so often drive the selection of an enterprise PLM system that will likely touch thousands of users…