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Collaboration technologies enable
engineers to work together more efficiently. Two basic
categories for collaboration are synchronous and asynchronous.
Synchronous collaboration is used
to connect engineering models and users together in real-time.
The applications for this technology are wide-ranging. For
example, it can be used to
let a wing designer in Ohio, a fuselage designer in California,
and a landing gear designer in Germany connect all of their
models in order to run system-level trade studies or
optimization. Alternatively, synchronous collaboration can allow a structural designer to
share her model with a stress analyst, working at a different
computer, to ensure that the mesh
generation process is working properly.
Asynchronous collaboration
includes technologies such as Product Data Management (PDM).
This technology allows engineering data and state models to be
shared among all of the stakeholders in the design process.
For example, a small team of co-located engineers may use a PDM
system to archive engineering models and trade study results.
Or, a large, distributed team including engineers, suppliers,
and customers can have secure, controlled access to a central
repository of product information. PDM systems typically include
the following functionality:
- Configuration management
- Workflow automation
- Web-based access to data
- Connections to external
systems, programs, databases, etc.
Find out more about TechnoSoft's
collaboration capabilities:
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