Sacramento, September 8, 2025 – Manufacturing companies are more dependent than ever on engineering IT solutions that scale well and reliably support complex, constantly changing processes. With the new Kisters 3DViewStation, Kisters offers a powerful enterprise solution for the visualization, analysis, and use of 3D CAD data, 2D drawings, and Office formats, across all departments and locations.
From product design and work preparation to manufacturing, assembly, and after-sales, 3DViewStation enables the consistent use of 3D information and 2D documents and drawings – efficiently, quickly, and securely.
One platform, many roles: Consistent 3D and 2D use along the process chain
In today's manufacturing industry, most departments work with 3D CAD data – often with different systems, formats, and requirements. 3DViewStation closes this gap: It supports more than 60 native and neutral 3D CAD formats such as CATIA, NX, Creo, SolidWorks, JT, STEP, and many more, making even complex CAD data usable for every user – from sales staff to project managers to service technicians. Often, however, 2D drawings and Office documents must also be supported, which 3DViewStation also covers.
Companies use Kisters 3DViewStation for, among other things:
- Production planning and work preparation: e.g., for creating assembly instructions or fixture planning
- Design reviews and change management using markups and annotations, also online and in real time
- Technical sales and purchasing: for preparing quotations or requesting quotations and coordinating with customers, based on real 3D data
- Marketing: as a graphics engine for 3D product configurators or for creating high-quality images
- Assembly and quality assurance: for dimensional checks, section analyses, digital checklists, target/actual comparisons of CAD data with scans of the manufactured component
- After sales and service: for providing 3D data or instructions on the web or as interactive 3D spare parts catalogs, with or without position number graphics
“Kisters 3DViewStation is not just a viewer – it is a central tool for 3D CAD-supported processes in manufacturing companies. It helps to implement digital twins consistently across all areas of application,” explains Craig Impastato, sales manager at Kisters.
Enterprise functions for all sizes of companies, including large enterprises
What makes 3DViewStation a true enterprise solution are its versatile operating modes and integration options:
- Web or desktop solutions, available worldwide, depending on your needs
- Powerful APIs for deep integration into PLM, ERP, MES systems, product configurators, preventive maintenance, QA, and long-term archiving solutions
- Use by all user groups thanks to intuitive, Office-like user interface
- Support for 3D manufacturing information (PMIs) as a replacement for 2D drawings
- Easy implementation of digital twins, even as part of machine control (HMI)
- Batch processes & automation: e.g. for mass conversion or automated geometry checks
- Virtual reality (VR) for immersive reviews
The high performance is particularly valuable: even huge assemblies with a volume of several gigabytes or millions of individual parts are loaded in seconds. This enables companies to interact with the most complex data in real time – without waiting times or CAD licenses.
Success in practice: From medium-sized businesses to global corporations
Several thousand companies in the automotive, aviation, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, and plant construction industries already rely on 3DViewStation – often deeply integrated into leading systems. One example: An international aircraft manufacturer has fully integrated the Kisters solution into its data management system. The result: All employees of the group worldwide have access to constantly updated 3D CAD data or 2D drawings – without any CAD knowledge of their own, directly from the leading web-based system. But many smaller companies also work successfully with 3DViewStation, usually without a leading system.
“For companies, this means: demystification and democratization of 3D and 2D CAD data, faster processes, fewer queries, lower costs – and, above all, consistent use across all levels,” Impastato continues.
Ready for the digital future
With its open architecture, continuous development, and strong performance, Kisters 3DViewStation is ideally suited to master the challenges of the manufacturing industry. It is a key tool for anyone who wants to use their 3D data efficiently and securely across the enterprise – without media breaks and regardless of CAD format.
About 3DViewStation
Kisters 3DViewStation is continuously enhanced in response to customer needs and requirements. It is available as a Desktop, HTML5 WebViewer and VR Edition product versions plus the online collaboration tool VisShare. All product offerings can be integrated with a PLM, ERP or other leading management system as well as service and spare part applications. Kisters 3DViewStation provides all necessary APIs for your development team. For cloud, portal and web solutions, there is a HTML5-based WebViewer solution available, which does not require client installation. All file formats can be used in combination with the intelligent navigation and hyperlinking features to address the needs of complex integration scenarios.
About the company
With more than 25 years of success in the market as a provider of superior visualization solutions from desktop to mobile, Kisters has become the CAD viewer tool of choice within the 3D visualization industry. The company’s clients range from small firms to well-known multinationals, comprising more than 3,000 customers and over 200,000 installations worldwide. The 3DViewStation's easy-to-use interface is suitable for all user groups and 100% customizable to everyone’s specific requirements.
Contact:
Kisters AG
sales-viewer@kisters.net
3dviewstation.com
