Autodesk Revit Integration with Aras Innovator - Japanese Version

This video presentation provides an overview of vdR’s Integration between Autodesk Revit and Aras Innovator. This Revit to Aras integration highlights the various triggers and transaction templates available in the integration and illustrates the powerful business use case for pursuing tighter BIM and PLM integration.

This presentation has Japanese narration over English slides. A full English language version of the presentation will be available soon.

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Data Enrichment – Static and Dynamic Sources Part 1

Data Enrichment – Static and Dynamic Sources Part 1

As mentioned in a prior post, CAD models are like mini databases, and these CAD models represent just part of a bigger picture. There’s related data in other apps like product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise content management (ECM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO). For example, a part referenced in a CAD model might have pricing and vendor data in ERP, maintenance data in MRO and user manuals in an ECM environment. There are multiple connections, but rarely is this related data found and/or virtually connected. That’s where data enrichment can add significant value to the wealth of information CADnection extracts from CAD models.

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CADnection “Smart Parsing” for Normalizing Measurements and Labels

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In our last blog post we talked about CADnection and looked at the solution’s core capabilities comprised of extraction, data enhancement, and CAD model visualization. This post takes a closer look at the first of these capacities to better understand a key piece of the extraction approach referred to as “smart parsing”. We’ll look at the technology and how it solves the issue of maintaining data’s context when extracting information from dissimilar CAD model formats. This improved context is what enables downstream capabilities such as data enrichment and normalization.

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Unlock The Value of Your CAD Model Data

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Extracting, enhancing, and viewing CAD model data without the need for the original authoring application is now a reality! CADnection is a plug-and-play utility that delivers app-ready data, insights, and viewables derived from your CAD models. As a data-source solution, CADnection can significantly improve the scope and value of your existing search and discovery applications, enterprise data management solutions, and even your custom apps.

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Liberate Revit Data through “Intelligent Parts” to Drive Company-Wide Efficiency

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You missed the webinar and that's OK.  Watch the recording.  The rigid and siloed structure of Autodesk’s Revit data has been a long-time source of frustration for companies in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) space. Revit projects and family data rarely “play nice” with enterprise-wide solutions such as ERP, product lifecycle management (PLM), or even simple document management. While many AEC companies have invested heavily in enterprise solutions, it has proved difficult to seamlessly harmonize with the Revit environment. 

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