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About: Dennis Lindinger
Dennis is a PLM consultant with over 20 years of experience in Engineering, CAD and PLM administration, and development. His extensive work experience provides a unique perspective when working with clients. Dennis focuses on customization projects for clients.
In June 2010, Aras announced the release of Service Pack 1 for Innovator 9.2.0. The service pack resolved several issues identified by subscribers, but its primary objective was to introduce the new vault replication functionality. Continue Reading
As you may know, Aras offers standard Project Management, Quality Planning, and Configuration Management solutions for their Innovator product. What you might not know is that there is also a whole community of other open source solutions and projects that are available to download and add to your Innovator environment. These solutions range from integrations to CATIA, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Dynamics to examples of workflow automation. You can find the complete list of solutions by selecting the Projects tab at the top of practically any page on the Aras website. This article will discuss one solution in particular, the CMII Affected Items Wizard with Bulk Change. Continue Reading
In late April 2010, Aras announced a new open release (9.2) of the Innovator software suite. The new release can be freely downloaded from the Aras website. Here are some of the highlights in this public release. Continue Reading
The majority of businesses these days have a need to manage documents in at least one location other than the “main” site. If the documents have any size to them, the vaulting process can be very painful and time consuming, regardless of the PLM system in use. Luckily, most PLM systems, including Aras Innovator, have the ability to house vaults in multiple locations to support such a multi-site environment. This allows for the vaulting operations to be moved local to the user, saving time and money. Continue Reading
Aras Innovator has an underlying mark-up language it uses for all of its database transactions. The language is referred to as Aras Mark-up Language, or AML. Aras also provides a sandbox interface for developing and running AML, called NASH. Here’s a short primer for getting familiar with AML and NASH. Continue Reading

Early in January 2010, ARAS released Service Pack 6 for version 9.1 of their Innovator product, making it available to subscription holders. In addition to resolving a number of issues, Service Pack 6 added support for Windows 7 clients to their compatibility list. Continue Reading
If you do not actively follow the PLM market, you may not have heard of ARAS Innovator. Innovator is a web-based package that offers a suite of solutions for Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Quality Management, and Global Supplier Management. Although there are a number of vendors active today in these spaces, ARAS Innovator’s business model and architecture make it somewhat unique. Continue Reading