Centric Software levels up SOLIDWORKS connector to break down
engineering silos and accelerate time to market for consumer goods
companies
CAMPBELL, Calif., May 7, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Centric Software, the Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) market leader, is pleased to announce the launch
of SOLIDWORKS PDM Connect 1.0, an enhanced PLM connector for
SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM users. Centric Software provides the
most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop,
source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products
such as fashion, outdoor, luxury, multi-category retail, grocery,
food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care and consumer
electronics to achieve strategic and operational digital
transformation goals.
With the enhanced connector, a process that
would take an entire day can now be completed in minutes utilizing
PDM's own workflows in conjunction with the SOLIDWORKS PDM
connector
SOLIDWORKS is one of the 3D CAD design solutions most used and
preferred by hard goods engineers, especially among consumer goods
brands and manufacturers. More than 3 million product designers and
engineers worldwide, representing 240,000+ organizations, use
SOLIDWORKS to bring their designs to life.
Centric launched a SOLIDWORKS connector in 2021 as part of their
3D agnostic strategy, extending native, end-to-end 3D product
design, development and product review with integration between
leading 3D design packages and Centric PLMTM. The original
connector enables 3D designers and product teams to access Centric
PLM from SOLIDWORKS and vice versa in order to integrate CAD
functions, automate certain tasks, deploy revisions and improve
communication between design, engineering and suppliers.
The new SOLIDWORKS PDM Connect 1.0 connector links files from
SOLIDWORKS PDM (Product Data Management) to Centric PLM and
automates the export of native 3D (and 2D) files directly to
Centric PLM without having to leave the PDM environment. Engineers
can also visualize and edit data from Centric PLM in the SOLIDWORKS
PDM Windows File Explorer interface.
"In the past, engineers could have set up a macro with
hard-coded instructions to export 3D files," explains Ron Watson, EVP Products and Chief Security
Officer at Centric Software. "But then those files still would need
to be transferred by those engineers to the correct location. This
involved waiting for each file to generate and then make the manual
transfer only when the generation is done. With the enhanced
connector, a process that would take an entire day can now be
completed in minutes utilizing PDM's own workflows in conjunction
with the SOLIDWORKS PDM connector."
Centric PLM can automatically generate 3D viewables directly
from the SOLIDWORKS file, or create a PDF from a 2D drawing
associated with the file. These files are viewable directly in PLM
by users across departments such as production, sourcing or
merchandising, enabling them to review designs in development or
build tech packs, for example.
Ron Watson, EVP of Products and
CSO at Centric Software notes, "The enhanced SOLIDWORKS connector
enables a seamless workflow from SOLIDWORKS to Centric PLM, turning
manual processes into hands-off automated operations with
significant associated time savings. Engineers free up time to
focus on creating great designs and other teams gain accurate
insights into designs in progress at an earlier stage, driving
faster time to market for consumer goods brands and
manufacturers."
"We are delighted to announce that we have enhanced our
SOLIDWORKS connector to bring increased efficiencies to our
customers in consumer goods," says Chris
Groves, CEO of Centric Software. "As part of Centric's 3D
strategy, we innovate with customers and solicit their feedback to
constantly improve integration between Centric solutions and the 3D
tools that teams use every day, building a tighter software
ecosystem that works seamlessly to deliver benefits such as greater
speed, improved collaboration and cost savings."
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Media Contact
Aurore Evee, Centric Software,
+16479155377, aurore.evee@centricsoftware.com,
www.centricsoftware.com
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