Secure Access

  • Protect your design data
  • Secure, managed access for authorized individuals
  • Access over a network or the web
  • Permit access to partners, customers and supply chain
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Revision Control

  • Avoid overwriting files
  • Order and produce the correct parts every time
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Find and Reuse Design Data

  • Locate all documents quickly
  • Multiple parameters including names, contained data, attached metadata (custom properties) and workflow states
  • Copy data from documents into new designs
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Audit Trail

  • Full audit trail of product development activities
  • Meet internal and external compliance reporting requirements
  • Identify process issues and drive continuous improvement to maintain your competitive advantage
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Integrated eDrawings Preview

  • Dynamically preview SOLIDWORKS and DraftSight files with the integrated eDrawings based preview window
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Integrated Search

  • Quickly and easily find SOLIDWORKS files by searching on metadata (custom properties)
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Advanced Search and Favorites

  • Content based searches
  • Find certain text strings with documents
  • Pre-define, save and share searches
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Multi-Document Preview

  • View and print more than 250 file types
    • SOLIDWORKS
    • AutoCAD
    • Inventor
    • Solid Edge
    • PDF
    • Microsoft Office
    • images
    • animations
    • movie files
    • many others
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Scalability

  • Work with the same high level of speed, functionality and security as your design organization grows
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Custom Configuration

  • Fully configurable
  • Work effectively within you unique team structure, design process and industry
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Automated Neutral File Creation

  • Automatically create neutral files from SOLIDWORKS documents
    • PDF
    • STEP
    • others
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Automated Data Import and Export

  • Automatically import and export data from/to other business systems such as MRP/ERP applications
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Serial Number Generators

  • Configure serial number generators to automatically
    • name documents and folders
    • assign project and ECR/ECN numbers
    • give individual numbers to metadata
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Distributed Design Teams

  • File vault replication over WAN
  • Current design information immediately available worldwide
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Remote Access

  • Increase productivity of designers, managers, sales and marketing
  • Access to design data on laptops and mobile devices via the web
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Automated Approval Process

  • Engage key-users in workflow and approval processes
  • Increase productivity, quality and accountability
  • Automation of multiple workflows such as Engineering Change Notice (ECN), Engineering Change Order (ECO) processes
  • Integration and connectivity to MRP/ERP systems
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Email notifications

  • Receive email notifications when documents change state, are checked in or various other events
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