CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

25  May 2004

Product News

SofTech's ProductCenter AutoVue Integrator Now Available

SofTech, Inc. ( http://www.softech.com ) announced its new ProductCenterT AutoVue Integrator is now shipping, which pairs SofTech's ProductCenter PLM (product lifecycle management) solution with Cimmetry System's AutoVueŽ visualization and collaboration technology. Integration of AutoVue technology with ProductCenter PLM extends the collaboration capabilities of ProductCenter, complementing its document management, design integration, configuration control, change management, and enterprise integration capabilities.

ProductCenter PLM with AutoVue allows 'meeting attendees' to collaborate online without need of a face-to-face meeting. This solution facilitates communication and collaboration between extended product team members, as well as helps capture those all-important lessons learned for future efforts. During virtual online meetings attendees can brainstorm, chat, apply sticky notes, explore, and cooperatively mark-up 2D drawings, 3D models, Office documents, ECAD PCB/IC layouts, and others without need of the original authoring application. In fact, over 450 different file formats are supported. For added security corporate extranets can also be put to use to plug customers and suppliers into the information loop.

After the meeting, mark-ups can be then saved and stored in ProductCenter and linked to the original document for a detailed record of the product history. The results of the virtual meeting can be saved and become the basis for creating an engineering change request or can be used to clarify a design decision early in the design process between engineering and a remote supplier. The change request can also be launched for processing via ProductCenterT Workflow, shaving considerable time off traditional review cycles.

SofTech has more than 100,000 users benefiting from its solutions, including Boeing, FlightSafety International, General Electric Company, Goodrich Turbine Fuel Technologies, Honeywell, Millipore Corporation, Siemens, Sikorsky Aircraft, U.S. Army, and Whirlpool Corporation.

 

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