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Earlier this week, I previewed CAD File Agent for SOLIDWORKS. If you missed that, check these two articles: Why did...

A new kind of experience for engineers who never wanted a PDM system in the first place We Started with...

When I left Autodesk, I had a strong gut feeling about where the industry was headed. CAD vendors, I believed,...

Engineering work starts with files. CAD assemblies, parts, drawings and other related design files are the foundation of product development....

One of the most common questions I hear from engineering and manufacturing teams is simple: how do we move product...

There is a moment in every engineering company when Excel stops being a helpful tool and becomes the bottleneck. At...

Most engineering teams do not start with a product data problem. They start with a design problem. They need to...

Every manufacturing company has a BOM review process. The question is what that process actually catches — and what still...

A BOM can exist and still not be ready for release. Here is why that matters  and what a better...

Every month, I look at OpenBOM updates not just as a list of features, but as a reflection of how...

A continuation of the April 20, 2026 OpenBOM article: AI Agents and PLM Adoption: Why Understanding Your Work Comes First...

Why AI agents will expose the same adoption problem PLM has always had PLM Adoption Was Always Harder Than the...

Threaded at ACE 2026 by Aras: A Startup Space That Changed the Tone Earlier this week, I went to Miami,...

Part numbering sounds simple until a design project starts to grow. At the beginning, many teams use whatever feels convenient....

A bill of materials is one of the most important records in any manufacturing business. It defines what goes into...

AI-Powered CAD File Management Beyond PDM Engineering teams create an enormous amount of knowledge in the course of building a...

A bill of materials is where product definition begins. Creating a bill of materials is a collaborative effort that typically...

Every time an engineer opens a product data management system, they face a small but real cognitive task before any...

OpenBOM will be presenting at Threaded in Miami, the startup gathering space hosted by Aras ACE 2026 at the Hilton...

In manufacturing, quality standards are not optional. They shape product quality, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and the overall success of...

I’m coming to Share PLM Summit 2026, taking place on May 19–20 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. It the...

If you design, build, source, manufacture, or service products, the bill of materials is one of the most important documents...

For many SOLIDWORKS teams, the challenge was never the design work itself. It was everything that came after: configuring tools,...

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