Aras Innovator Integration with 3DViewStation

Aras PLM - Optimal performance with the 3DViewStation

When visualizing 3D CAD data within Aras Innovator, the problem today is that the viewing solution offered as standard can only partially complete the desired tasks.  There are problems with performance even with normal assembly sizes, but also with the insufficient range of functions for many tasks.

The solution for all Aras users

Kisters 3DViewStation with 180+ functions in Product Lifecycle Management

The 3DViewStation is very fast and can process various native 3D & 2D CAD, standard formats and also Office formats.  The 3DViewStation is fully integrated into the Aras Innovator interface as a WebViewer version.

With over 180 Functions & Features, all Aras PLM users have access to the complete range of functionalities from the usual measuring, dimensioning, cutting and creating new views to advanced analysis: 3D comparison and Digital MockUp (DMU).

It should also be emphasized that the Aras Discussion Thread is fully supported. However, not only snapshots of the current view are created, which can be annotated. If you click on these snapshots again later in Innovator, the 3DViewStation WebViewer loads the 3D model again in exactly the same view and is therefore fully editable again in 3D.

Your company with the optimal PLM software

Our support is available to help you find the right integration solutions and integrate them into your product lifecycle management in every way. We will be happy to provide you with telephone support or find the right solution in a personal discussion about our product.

PLM - Kisters and the Aras Community

Loading complex products as a prerequisite

Kisters has been well known in the Aras community for many years. Aras quickly recognized the potential of the Kisters 3DViewStation based in Aachen, whereupon the first integration, at that time with the 3DViewStation Desktop, was carried out.

With Leonardo Helicopters, then still Agusta Westland, the requirement was to load even complex products, such as a helicopter consisting of several million components, completely dynamically.

Adaptations to Aras PLM

Step by step, our 3DViewStaiton developed as a result. The first step was to prove that the 3DViewStation can load such a complex assembly in just a few seconds. Aras Innovator was then adapted so that the helicopter variants could be configured in the Aras PLM system. The result has since been made available as a viewer in the 3DViewStation. 

Aras PLM - Well known and popular

This project has made the 3DViewStation known in the Aras environment. Kisters has been sponsoring the Aras ACE events for years and has demonstrated his skills in the legendary Rapidfire demos. During these live demos, lasting just 5 minutes, customers and interested parties were able to experience live how the Kisters 3DViewStation has become faster from year to year.

In the first year, an assembly line from Airbus, where the wings are assembled, was loaded in 13 seconds. And was met with fascination. In the years that followed, the loading time was gradually reduced to just 1 second, which is now taken for granted. We've known each other long enough now. The good performance development is accompanied by continuous functional development.

3DViewStation as part of the PLM

From Desktop to Web Viewer

A few years ago, the then new 3DViewStation WebViewer version replaced the Desktop Integration with the WebViewer version. As Aras Innovator is web-based, this cloud-based integration was an obvious choice. The advantage of server-side rendering can be fully exploited, especially with extremely large assemblies.

Data security in product lifecycle management

Protecting your own data when connecting external business partners (KnowHow Protection) is extremely important. Because it is purely browser-based, the 3DViewStation WebViewer version does not require any client installation, making the solution even easier to deploy and administer. 

The combination makes the difference

Aras PLM and KISTERS 3DViewStation

If you ask Google, the Kisters 3DViewStation is ranked high in the Media Wire as a CAD viewer with Aras. The combination of Aras PLM with Kisters View is ideal because it connects data with projects and products. The software offers real added value, add value, view services for PLM, PDM, variant and configuration management and after-sales use cases, which was also confirmed by Microsoft employees at an Aras ACE.

Invest in the satisfaction of your employees

Say stop / cancel to half-hearted decisions that ultimately don't help the user to do their job. The professional 3D CAD viewer Kisters 3DViewStation pays for itself after a short time. In the age of industrial information, 3DViewStation has become an integral part of product lifecycle software (PLM).

Product data security along the digital thread

We at KISTERS are also concerned with today's challenges in the area of technologies for PLM applications. The security of your company's products and access to confidential design data are a particular focus in the development of our software.

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