Open-XML software eases information sharing

Seemage 4.0 imports the complete digital product definition from any 3D CAD or enterprise application into Seemage's easy-to-use content creation applications.

Seemage has released Seemage 4.0, making product information everyware possible, improving product deliverables while reducing costs and improving productivity.

Based on open XML standards, Seemage 4.0 imports the complete digital product definition from any 3D CAD or enterprise application into Seemage's easy-to-use content creation applications.

Using Seemage 4.0, end users in any department can combine 3D design data with bills of material (BOM) and metadata from any enterprise system to create a broad range of product deliverables, including marketing, sales, manufacturing, service and support documentation.

With over 40 new or improved features, the new system is the most easily deployed, most compatible, most comprehensive way for manufacturers of all sizes to increase the productivity of users who create product deliverables.

Seemage 4.0 can be implemented first as a desktop productivity application and then, using open XML, it can be non-disruptively integrated into enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), product lifecycle management (PLM) and any other enterprise system.

For content creators, Seemage 4.0 offers superior ease of use and flexibility in the creation of lightweight outputs.

End-user consumers of Seemage-created content access rich information and deliverables at their desktop and in common tools such as Microsoft Office.

With Seemage, up-to-date information is available to users when, where and how they need it.

"With Seemage 4.0, we have made it possible for manufacturers of any size to quickly improve core processes in their businesses", said Chris Williams, CEO, Seemage.

"The areas that Seemage improves - marketing, sales, product maintenance, manufacturing and more - contribute real savings to the bottom line".

"PLM systems have not been effective in bringing product data 'the last mile' onto non-engineering users' desktops".

"Seemage 4.0 is the answer to the frustrations of end users who require secure access to 3D design data from their current desktop environment".

New capabilities in Seemage 4.0 include fully shattered file structures.

This new capability facilitates integration with existing enterprise systems by allowing the generation and maintenance of any BOM regardless of the existence of a CAD assembly.

BOM, visualisation and procedures can now be delivered based on any product configuration.

The problem of synchronising product changes is solved by supporting parts and assembly instances.

A fully shattered file structure allows for the concurrent authoring of all product deliverables.

The new version also offers automatic creation of interactive bills of materials.

Creating interactive parts catalogues and BOMs is easy.

Instances can be identified automatically and/or re-used from an ERP system.

Parts catalogues and BOMs can be updated and re-published automatically when CAD and ERP data changes, dramatically reducing rework.

The software offers static and dynamic clash.

All users across the enterprise can now evaluate how interference affects the assembly and service procedures they are authoring.

Interference problems will be found before manufacturing begins or the product goes to the field.

Static clash helps users obtain detailed information on an interference situation, facilitating exchanges with the extended teams.

It offers loading/unloading on demand.

It enhances the performance of the Seemage environment by permitting users to specify the active parts.

Seemage 4.0 can dynamically respond to user requests to modify the presence of any component, eliminating the need for users to break models into smaller pieces.

After authoring content and before publishing it, Seemage 4.0 can automatically remove any unseen components, therefore reducing the file size of the published content and protecting the removed parts.

Seemage 4.0 is available immediately from Seemage and its worldwide partners.

The Seemage 4.0 system includes Seemage Vis, a 3D viewing tool.

Seemage Vis extends viewing with the ability to create and store custom product configurations and interactive BOMs delivered as HTML, PDF and other document formats.

Seemage Mockup builds on Seemage Vis by offering multi-CAD digital mockup capabilities, the ability to create animations, kinematics and reverse-kinematics.

Seemage Publisher is the most comprehensive Seemage desktop environment and offers high-raster output formats, including industry-standard scalable vector graphics (SVG) and Computer Graphic Metafile (CGM) outputs.

Seemage Player is a free way to distribute Seemage-authored content.

Seemage Player offers the same high level of performance as Seemage Publisher, Seemage Vis and Seemage Mockup.

Seemage Rights Manager grants permissions and protects deliverables with 128-bit AES encryption.

Seemage Secure3D prevents accurate dimensioning of a part while still permitting use of the information.

Seemage Secure3D makes it possible for manufacturers to easily share and protect important intellectual property.

Seemage Clash offers both dynamic and static clash detection of parts.

Going beyond simple CAD-based clash detection, Seemage Clash makes it possible to qualify assembly and service procedures.

Seemage Sync delivers sophisticated, XML-based associativity among Seemage and any number of enterprise systems.

With Seemage Sync, changes in metadata, geometry, BOMs or manufacturing information can be automatically updated in Seemage deliverables, guaranteeing accurate and consistent information.

Seemage Importers free your CAD data by translating it into an open XML Seemage format.

All major 3D CAD file formats are supported.

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