There are so many different CAD programs on the market (both 2D and 3D) that it can feel overwhelming to have to wrangle them all together into something cohesive. Picture this: you bought SOLIDWORKS for your team to start designing and detailing your products and it's going well, but a different division in your company bought CREO. Your sister company is still using AutoCAD. Your PCB supplier is using Altium to design the boards they're making for you.
All these programs are producing parts that have to fit together into the final assembly. Sound familiar? How do you make sense of all the data? If you're not using the 3DExperience Platform, it can be a challenge to make sure you have all the latest revisions of all the different 3D models to make sure you're assembling the right pieces together. However, with the collaborative tools available on the Platform, it makes work like this a snap. We have connectors for most major CAD programs as well as 2D programs like AutoCAD and Draftsight. We also have connectors to link your Altium PCB designs right to the 3DExperience Platform as well. Here's a full list of what's currently supported:
The connectors for each of these programs allow designers to save, revise, and control all their data on the 3DX Platform. More importantly, users can put together pieces from independent CAD programs in a tool called 3D Product Architect to pull together assemblies and BOMs right in a web browser.
No more guesswork or out of date revisions. Always have the latest version from every CAD source right at your fingertips, all the time, right in a web browser. If this story sounds like you, give us a call today to talk about how we can help organize your CAD data and make your team more efficient!