With its new 3-D portal, software developer Aucotec is standardizing the link between 2-D and 3-D engineering in mechanical and plant engineering. The interface also allows web-based, client-independent data exchange between all common 3-D applications and Aucotec’s cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB) at any time. The third dimension is always important in engineering when the optimal utilization of the given area or its adaptation is involved. Whether in large halls or in the cabinet: the tangible, physical route of pipes, cable trays or individual wires must be exactly calculated and reliably documented for manufacturing. However, the associated connections can be found in EB’s 2-D design. In order to achieve continuous…