CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
17 March 2005
Implementation Investments
Indiana University Cyclotron Facility Selects Synergis Adept to Control and Manage its Autodesk Inventor Files
Synergis Software, a division of Synergis Technologies, Inc. that develops the Synergis Adept® document management solution, announced that Indiana University Cyclotron Facility selected Synergis Adept to manage its Autodesk Inventor® files. The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility ( http://www.iucf.indiana.edu ) is a multidisciplinary laboratory performing research and development in the areas of accelerator physics, nuclear physics, materials science, and medical applications and accelerators.
The facility began searching for a document management solution because its Engineering Department needed to manage and control engineering drawings for multiple projects that may share the same components.
"Our biggest challenge was that the level of control required varies from minimal for experimental devices to strict for FDA approved systems," said Matthew Gevers, Division Head of Mechanical Engineering and Fabrication, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. "Synergis Adept gave us the flexibility to adjust the level of control according to our specific needs."
Synergis Adept offered Indiana University Cyclotron Facility some unique advantages. The solution delivers the industry's tightest integration with Autodesk Inventor software to manage the relationship of drawings within and between projects outside of Autodesk Inventor software's project control. This includes the ability to manually create relationships with any file type. Moreover, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility is now able to maintain a flexible database of drawing information that can be accessed with custom software. In addition, the facility can control native drawing files without altering them.
"While flexibility and greater control of documents is a significant advantage, Adept's ease of use allows technically advanced clients, such as Indiana University , to install Adept with little to no assistance," said Todd Cummings , director of Research and Development at Synergis Software.
The facility is supported by Indiana University , state and federal grants, and user fees and contracts. The laboratory is staffed by approximately 130 highly trained scientific, technical, and administrative staff members. Research and development activities are carried out by scientists and students from around the world.
The Synergis Adept software is an engineering document management (EDM) solution that supports multiple CAD platforms, including SolidWorks , AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, and ARCHIBUS. Adept facilitates collaboration between engineering workgroups, departments and remote design teams, ensuring access to the latest revision and streamlining the engineering change processes.
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