Integrations are critically important in manufacturing. After all, product development and manufacturing activities usually require multiple applications integrating together. In a traditional application space – desktop applications and enterprise applications, integrations are often complex and require significant efforts in developing services, using various APIs and data formats. When it comes to cloud applications, integrations are…
Pierson Workholding Is Using OpenBOM For A Complete Design To Manufacture In-house Process If you need to hold a piece of material for any type of CNC/Manufacturing operation then you need to contact Pierson Workholding in Simi Valley, California! At this one facility, Pierson designs and manufactures a wide variety of innovative work-holding solutions for…
Stone Aerospace is tracking BOMs, RFQs and Purchase Orders using OpenBOM The folks at Texas-based Stone Aerospace are modern age explorers! Their team of seasoned expeditionary scientists and explorers develop the tools needed to explore, survive and work in the most extreme environments imaginable. The SUNFISH® vehicle was developed in collaboration with NASA for a…
IMBU has been monitoring and analyzing compression equipment in the most remote places on the planet for years and provides a proven solution which works under the toughest conditions. As such, IMBU is all about reliability and operation under tough conditions. “We felt very strongly about the ability to have a plug-and-play installation for Ariel…
IMBU has been monitoring and analyzing compression equipment in the most remote places on the planet for years and provides a proven solution which works under the toughest conditions. As such, IMBU is all about reliability and operation under tough conditions. “We felt very strongly about the ability to have a plug-and-play installation for Ariel…
At OpenBOM, we believe in the visual Bill of Materials. Therefore, almost from day one at OpenBOM, we wanted to allow users to share visual information. This is how we can with OpenBOM Images Properties. These properties can be generated automatically when you extract data from the CAD system and placed in the OpenBOM Bill…
As you probably heard, PTC agreed to acquire Onsahpe. The press release and additional materials from PTC can be found here. PTC is acquiring Onshape because we have a deep commitment to providing innovative technology that drives business value and enhances your competitive position. It is a technological purchase. Read more of my thoughts here…
CAD data is one of the main sources of engineering information used to create the Bill of Materials and extract additional data to organize OpenBOM Catalogs. OpenBOM provides a wide range of CAD integrations. You can get list of available OpenBOM integrations on our website here. If you have questions about specific integrations, please reach…
Cloud software is evolving with new features and functions. As such Onshape was evolving and introduced new user experience. Which made me think it is a good time to share an updated workflow of how to integrate OpenBOM Bill of Materials with Onshape Drawings. Before giving you step-by-step instruction on how to do so, some…
One of the questions often asked by OpenBOM users and customers is how OpenBOM is merging data between CAD systems and Bill of Materials in OpenBOM. After talking to many users, I thought I’m ready now to write an article to summarize it and also clarify some potential misunderstanding. To start with, I’m talking about…