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 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.

Rand Worldwide Partners with Razorleaf

Razorleaf is pleased to announce our recent relationship with Rand Worldwide, a global provider of technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements.  Rand Worldwide selected Razorleaf to provide Rand’s Dassault Systèmes customers with ongoing phone support for ENOVIA SmarTeam, CATIA, and other Dassault products.  Rand’s customers began transitioning to Razorleaf’s support processes late in 2010.

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Service Pack 3 for Aras Innovator 9.2.0

On January 3, 2011 Aras release Service Pack 3 for Aras Innovator 9.2.0.  In this service pack, Aras added some features and events to enhance administration capabilities.  They also addressed a number of issues.  Some of the highlights include:   Continue Reading

Electronic Signatures and Aras Authentication

The Aras Innovator workflow engine has many options and features that enable the modeling of robust business processes in PLM. One of the options available is the capability to authenticate users before they can complete an activity. You may be asking, why would I want to authenticate a user in a workflow? Or, isn’t supplying a username and password when the user starts Innovator sufficient?  In many cases, enabling authentication in workflow is not necessary and login authentication is sufficient to monitor workflow activity actions.  However, some activities represent approvals or legal acknowledgments and can result in the release of parts (items), BOMs, and documents.  Depending on your business and your PLM strategy, these activities may require additional authentication to be in alignment with regulatory compliance requirements for providing electronic signatures.  Continue Reading

Inforbix Gets Started

For those of you familiar with the key players at Dassault, ENOVIA, and SmarTeam over the years, you probably know Oleg Shilovitsky.  Oleg is the former Chief Technology Officer for SmarTeam, and is one of the founders of a new product data applications company, Inforbix.  Simply put, Inforbix is in the early stages of developing novel technologies for use in the engineering and manufacturing software space.  Continue Reading

Oracle Database Report for SmarTeam

For those of you running an Oracle database as your repository for SmarTeam, check out this helpful utility.  The SmarTeam Database Oracle General Report tool is a collection of plain text files containing batch commands and SQL statements that can generate a detailed HTML report of key Oracle statuses and settings.  The tool is available from Dassault’s support site by searching for QA00000002533.  Continue Reading