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Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM

Aras EPLM, a new commercial offering from Aras, is available now for managing SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid Edge, and Pro/Engineer data in an enterprise PLM solution. The EPLM tool provides pre-configured PLM functionality on top of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM) to give new and existing EPDM users an ability to scale up to PLM quickly while retaining best-in-class CAD data management.

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Razorleaf Announces Office2PDM Acquisition

Razorleaf is proud to announce the acquisition of Office2PDM and EPDM Dashboard from Extensible CAD. Office2PDM offers a seamless integration between Microsoft Office products and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM). EPDM Dashboard provides real-time access to Enterprise PDM vaults, right from Microsoft Outlook, for monitoring the status of documents and workflows. More details about these tools are available on Razorleaf’s utilities page for Office2PDM and a separate dedicated microsite. Full Article >

Razorleaf at ACE 2011

Razorleaf will be attending the Aras Community Event 2011 in late April 2011 as part of our ongoing involvement in the PLM software community. The event, being hosted at The Henry Hotel, will be held in Dearborn, MI and focus on Aras Innovator and solutions built around the product. Razorleaf is anxious to be part of the growing Aras community and to learn what others are doing with the solution. Razorleaf will be presenting multiple times during ACE 2011, including during the Solution Showcase, and will also exhibit at the event. Follow us on Twitter at the event using @Razorleaf or the #ArasACE hashtag.

Configuring EPDM Dashboard in Office2PDM

EPDM Dashboard is a very interesting part of the Office2PDM package – it provides a quick look into the status of files in your SolidWorks Enterprise PDM vault. Despite its obvious usefulness, configuring the tool requires a few pieces of information, and following a couple of simple steps. Here are the basics of getting EPDM Dashboard for Office2PDM setup and running. Read Article >

To RFP or Not to RFP: That is the Question

Hamlet might have been contemplating the pain of life versus the fear of death as he said his famous line, “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” but a similar question is at the heart of most companies’ PLM selection processes. Many companies are afraid of the cost and pain involved in developing a detailed RFP (Request for Proposal), but just as many companies fear equally the ramifications of not precisely defining what they want in an enterprise business system. With this theatrical analogy now played out (get it “play”ed out), let’s explore RFP’s a bit further. What should you do in an RFP and what should you skip? Read Article >

More DriveWorks 8 Revealed

OK, so we’re not WikiLeaks (so PLEASE don’t launch a Denial of Service attack against us) since we’re pulling this information from the Philip Stears blog ,and we’re pretty sure he’s OK with it. But we want to make sure that all of this good stuff about DriveWorks 8 is getting to our readers. So here’s another installment in our commentary on the upcoming DriveWorks 8 release. Read Article >

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Razorleaf Helps AMF Bowling Score a Strike with SmarTeam

Generations of children have stood in wonder on their first trip to a bowling alley, mesmerized by the smooth motion of the automatic pinsetters and the sight of brightly colored balls spinning up the ball return. The technology that makes a bowling alley operate isn’t magic – it just seems that way.

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Behind the scenes AMF Bowling, a division of QubicaAMF , engineers a complex and carefully timed dance of moving parts to be both rugged and precise. AMF designs and fabricates most of the parts it uses and assembles everything from the ball returns to the laminates for the flooring. The pinspotter, for example, includes more than 3,800 different parts, all of which must be engineered to work smoothly without clashing.

Managing such complexity isn’t easy, as Brian Williamson, CAD-PDM Administrator and design engineer with QubicaAMF Worldwide, will be the first to admit. “When I got here four years ago, I think I spent more time trying to locate the designs for the parts in our machines than I did designing new ones,” he says. “CAD files were scattered all over the network and on local drives with very little chance of being found again so they could be reused.”
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