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Company-wide availability of engineering data
. The software system company Aucotec has developed a new, standardized interface to ERP and PLM systems for its object-oriented cooperation platform Engineering Base (EB). It shortens the integration time as well as the subsequent data exchange. Seamless from material master to project management? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) are an essential part of modern corporate management and administration. The larger the company and the more complex its products, the more complex the tasks and processes are in ERP. The relevant systems are equipped with numerous tools for various application areas. This set-up requires experienced experts. Engineering also has its specialists who know "their" systems like…
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Constant dripping instead of a waterfall?
Parallelizing engineering processes increasingly has long been an enforced reality. Aucotec AG, a software developer for more than 35 years, is now setting new standards in this area. With "agile engineering", the company wants to empower designers to much more efficiently and effectively master the simultaneous cooperation of different disciplines in mechanical or plant engineering projects. Up to now, companies have lost a lot of time and data quality due to the change pitfall that arises from trying to achieve the necessary parallelization of processes with toolchains that are actually only suitable for waterfall processes. "The" waterfall process is long gone. No designer can wait until the previous project step…
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New gateway to the third dimension
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…
