CAD File Management and PDM

A SolidWorks model is essential. A BOM is essential. Drawings, PDFs, STEP files, and DXFs are essential too. Many teams...

In the previous article, I wrote that engineering teams usually do not lose control because CAD design is wrong. The...

How file-based workflows, disconnected BOMs, and the limits of PDM combine to create a product data problem most engineering teams...

After returning from 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, I found myself having many variations of the same conversation I had with engineers...

A recent LinkedIn comment from Scott Morris captured something many manufacturing companies are quietly struggling with but rarely say out...

When experienced configuration management practitioners repeatedly say “CAD is not a part,” it is usually a signal that the industry...

Every once in a while, something shifts in the way engineering teams collaborate. Sometimes it’s a new tool, a new...

Manufacturing teams across industries face a consistent and very familiar operational bottleneck: the moment a design leaves the CAD system,...

I continue my 30 days blogging journey. Yesterday, I outlined how customers can start using OpenBOM and today we do...

Welcome back to Day 10 of the 30-Day OpenBOM Learning Journey! In Week 1, we covered the “why” behind OpenBOM...

This article is the next chapter in the OpenBOM Data Model 2025 Update series. If you’re new to the series,...

For decades, PDM meant file vaults, check-in/check-out, and revision control. But today’s products span mechanical, electronic, and software domains, with...