Design Support

The phrases "concurrent development" or "development collaboration" have been around for a long time, and all the vendors have a spin on this.

One problem is that the focus on the collaboration process can potentially be distracted by the supplier's desire to get your supply chain to buy their products.

Well 3DVIA Composer takes a different 'spin' on this, by allowing all your consumers of your data to access the data for free providing all the functionality they would need to interrogate your data whilst under your access control.

What does this mean to me?

Put simply, this means...

Distribute the information as a 3D deliverable for FREE to anyone.
Reduce indirect software licence costs from your supply chain.
Protect your intellectual property with control over who can access the data once distributed.
Collaborate with suppliers and customers with the accurate 3D data but with minimal risk to your intellectual property.
Save collaboration results for onward distribution for FREE.
Take accurate measurements and apply rich 3D markup.

Don't forget that your next design review can be automatically generated by updating the current one with the new design data without the loss of markups.

What can I actually do with the software?

To be honest, it's more a question of what can’t you do with it.

Markup And Measurement

Make accurate measurement of your geometry using one of the many measure functions, or markup onto the model in 3 dimensions for communication with the rest of your team.

Large Assemblies

Work with, integrate and distribute large assemblies thanks to the small file format of 3DVIA Composer and advanced geometry optimisation tools.

Views

Manipulate, hide, explode, apply transparency, annotate, markup and then capture each state of the model or animation as any number of ‘View’s to support your design reviews.

Save Collaborations

Optionally allow your 3DVIA Composer dataset to be saved after markup, for onward distribution as a FREE to use model.

Update It All

Remember that all your information can be quickly and simply updated through associativity with the source CAD data. If the CAD data updates, you can choose to update also.

Batch Production

If you want to carry out periodic design reviews, 3DVIA can be configured to update the design review models daily (or other) from the source CAD data without losing the markup or collaboration information.

Integration

3DVIA insist on being open for integration through its XML format. With this approach there is no protectionism of data formats. You can integrate into your current systems or simply insert into Powerpoint.

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