ANDOVER, Mass. and Solothurn, Switzerland – August 25, 2008 – Aras®, leading Microsoft enterprise open source software solution provider, today announced the availability of a packaged CAD connector from ICP Solution GmbH & Co. KG, a leading provider of CAD connector integration products and product lifecycle management [PLM] solution deployment services, for the Siemens PLM Solutions Solid Edge 3D and 2D software products.
“Solid Edge is a powerful mainstream CAD system that companies of all sizes are using across many industries, and ICP Solution is providing the corporate community with a robust CAD connector for the Aras Innovator enterprise PLM solution,” said Dr. Helmut Maier, President of Dr. Maier CSS. “The ICP CAD connector for Solid Edge enables robust product structure handling and product data extraction with Aras Innovator. For the first time Solid Edge designers have a comprehensive enterprise PLM solution that is flexible, open, and deploys quickly.”
The ICP Solid Edge connector product for Aras Innovator provides a comprehensive set of features including:
Load and save a 3D model structure as a document structure in Aras Innovator
Create a parts list and import to Aras Innovator as a Bill of Materials product structure
Create a drawing and refresh title block data
Synchronization of attributes including user specific attributes in CAD model, header data in drawing frame, release data and change history in drawing frame, and more
In the CAD session users can control the CAD structure and the PLM attributes, and have context sensitive pull-down menus for managing CAD information including:
Approval, release and revision operations
Model & drawing status information such as In Work or Released
Complete or selective structure copy of model & drawing for new variant
Read and write access rights, reservation capabilities, and preview functionality
“The packaged CAD connector for Solid Edge delivers complete 3D and 2D capabilities for Aras Innovator’s enterprise PLM solution,” said Martin Allemann, Vice President EMEA for Aras. “Companies now have a proven alternative to the inflexible PDM systems they have been forced to use in the past. With Aras businesses get the most flexible and advanced enterprise PLM solution on the market and they don’t have to spend financial capital up-front.”
For additional information on the Solid Edge connector product visit http://www.maiercss.de/
About ICP Solution GmbH & Co. KG
ICP Solution is a leading provider of product lifecycle management solution deployment services and packaged CAD connector integration products. With more than 50 PLM experts ICP Solution provides extensive PLM competence offering a one-stop-shop approach for PLM deployments and integration adaptors. ICP Solution is privately held with headquarters in Stutensee Germany. For additional information visit www.icpsolution.com
About Aras
Aras® is the leader in providing Microsoft enterprise open source solutions. Aras delivers the most advanced model-based service-oriented architecture [SOA] solutions for enterprise Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] on the Microsoft platform. Customers include Motorola, Rolls-Royce, Freudenberg, Lockheed Martin, Ingersoll Rand and ACCO Brands. Aras is privately held with global headquartered in Andover, Mass. For additional information visit www.aras.com