CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
12 October 2004
Product News
Synergis Software Delivers Industry's Most Complete EDM Solution for Autodesk Inventor 9 and SolidWorks 2005 Users
Synergis Software announced the release of their comprehensive engineering document management (EDM) solution-Synergis Adept 5.2-certified to support Autodesk Inventor® Series 9, Autodesk Inventor® Professional 9, and SolidWorks® 2005. Many enhancements and updates have been added to improve customer productivity with the additional feature of automatic Image Extraction. The Adept 5.2 software offers more functionality, collaboration, and scalability than the newer EDM offerings from most CAD vendors and other established third party developers. Out-of-the-box, Adept has the ability to find, view, track, secure and control access to 2D and 3D AutoCAD®, Inventor, SolidWorks drawings, parts and assemblies, as well as Microsoft® Office® and other related PC files across a LAN, WAN or the Internet.
New Features of Adept 5.2
Adept continues to gain Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks Gold certifications, due to its tight integration and close partnership with their respective development teams. This gives Adept 5.2 users the assurance to effectively track, view, redline, and manage their latest drawing, parts and assembly files. The latest versions of Adept's integration will improve the customer experience of using Adept with their respective 3D design tool-a significant benefit for users who are new to the improved processes associated with using a document management system.
The new Image Extraction feature automatically extracts thumbnails of the popularly supported image files, including TIF, GIF, BMP and JPG for display in Adept's Library Card and Relationship Browser. Adding a visual image reference to a drawing, will help users identify the files they want to sign out for editing.
"It is a priority to deliver to our customers high-quality solutions in a timely manner so they can leverage the latest version of their CAD tools without impacting their production environment," said Joe Gasper, director of Adept Technical Services, Synergis Software. "Autodesk and SolidWorks have consistently given us early access to their technology so our advanced EDM capabilities are included with each new version of their products. Ultimately, it's our customers who drive the development of our integrated solutions."
The advantages Synergis Adept offers include:
• CAD Independence-supports multiple CAD platforms, including AutoCAD-based products, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, and ARCHIBUS, with more integrations planned for the future.
• Built-in 2D/3D Viewer-displays, prints and redlines more than 300 file formats, including Autodesk 2D/3D, SolidWorks, Microsoft Office and raster files.
• Central Database and Remote Vaults-gives cross-geographic users the power of a single repository with remote document vaults that can be accessed via a LAN, WAN, or the Internet. It provides a centralized database for controlling documents without the need for additional database software, web services, or added client-access database licenses to deliver an unbeatable price/performance value.
• Security without Changing the File Naming Structure-provides document security while ensuring a company has complete control and access to their data at all times.
• Ease of Use-recognized by customers as simple to implement, use, and maintain in a workgroup environment, across departments, or across the entire organization.
• Collaboration-facilitates collaboration between departments and remote design teams, ensuring access to the latest revision and streamlining engineering change processes.
• Price and Performance-offers 80 percent of the features of more sophisticated EDM systems for a fraction of the investment.
Synergis Adept software's comprehensive functionality helps users work on a higher and more professional level by maximizing the use of their design information within the engineering department and across the enterprise to ensure that the highest quality products are manufactured. To learn how Adept can be employed as a simple and effective solution for product lifecycle management (PLM) challenges, download the free whitepaper, "De-Mystifying PLM: How Electronic Document Management Helps You Manage Your Product Life Cycle-Simply and Affordably" at http://www.synergis-adept.com
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