The document summarizes recent developments with the Aras product. It discusses that over the last 12 months, Aras has released several versions of its Innovator product including version 9.3 and 5 service packs. It also introduced a new product called Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM. The document outlines several new features for CAD integration, including a CAD integration platform and connectors for 30 CAD tools. It also discusses new solutions for requirements management and office integration. Finally, it covers recent usability improvements and plans for a new browser neutral client.

1. BEDIFFERENT ACE GERMANY
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2. ACE
Germany
What’s New
Patrick Willemsen
Senior Consultant
Aras Software AG
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3. Last 12 Months …
Since last year’s conference, the Aras product team has:
 Released Aras Innovator 9.3 and 5 service packs
 Added a second product – Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM
 Well under way on development for our next major version
 Closed more than 700 issues
 Finished over 50 custom development projects
 Retooled processes to deliver service packs on a one-a-month pace
 Aggressively expanded development, QA and product management
 Supported ISV and Sales Partners worldwide
 Helped foster community growth
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4. The Latest…
 Public Release: Aras Innovator 9.3
 Impact Matrix  Manual Release
 Thumbnails  BOM Structure
 Teams
 Subscriber Release: Aras Innovator 9.3 SP5
 Multilevel TOC Folders
 Installer localization (Japanese)
 Improved foreign property search
 Platform Support
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5. What’s New
Platform
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6. CAD Integration Platform
Available Now (9.3)
Aras Innovator
Application Framework
Solution
Database
CAD CAD
Integration Solution
System Platform
File Vault
Solution
 Provide a Standard CAD Integration Platform
 Allow CAD integration partners to focus on what Aras CAD Integration Platform
they do best • Standard, documented data model
 Minimize the cost of developing integrations • CAD-specific APIs and method code
• Guidelines and samples provided to partners
 Enable connectors from different partners to
“play together” well delivering a consistent data
structure across all the major CAD systems
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7. CAD Connectors
Available Now (9.3)
Aras Innovator
1
CAD Data Part BOM
CAD MCAD 2
System
Software
ECAD
CAD Connectors available for 30 unique CAD tools 3
 Developed in close cooperation between Aras and its CAD Integration partners
 T-Systems, SofTech, xPLM / CAE Consulting, Focus PLM and PLM-TEAM
 Mechanical Design CAD Connectors include:
 CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Solid Edge, Creo Parametric - Pro/ENGINEER, Inventor, AutoCAD, thinkdesign, and HiCAD
 Electronic Circuit Board Design CAD Connectors and Librarian Connectors include:
 All major applications from Cadence, Mentor Graphics, and Altium
 Electrical Wire Harness Design CAD Connectors and Librarian Connectors include:
 AutoCAD Electrical,ecscad, Elcad, Engineering Base and EPLAN Electric
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8. Conversion Server
Available Now
Innovator Server
Innovator Process
 Automatic server-side file conversion
Source File
 Independent process, typically run on File
Document Converted File
Server machine for best performance
Conversion Task  Conversion Rules process specific file
types, related to specific item types
Conversion Server
 Conversion Task queuing, re-tries, and
timeouts
Converter 1
Source File
Converted File
Converter 2
 Customizable Task Event Methods
Conversion
Directory  OnStartTaskProcessing, OnBeforeConvert,
OnAfterConvert
File Server  Public API for adding converter plug-ins
Source File
Vault
Converted File
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9. What’s New
Solutions
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10. Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM
Available Now
EPDM Aras EPLM
Trigger Workflow
Register
Submit
SolidWorks
 Aras EPLM is a packaged solution to extend
SolidWorks EPDM beyond the CAD workgroup into
the enterprise
 It is designed to be consistent with existing EPDM
functionality, and not get in the way of how
designers do their work-in-process design
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11. Requirements Management
Available Soon
New Aras Subscription Add-on with:
 Versionable Requirements Documents
 Capture requirements as formatted
text, tables
 Link Requirements to other
Requirement Documents
 Link Requirements to Files, URLs, Parts
 Extended content UI for ease of
entering and editing requirements
 Export Requirements Documents to
PDF
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12. Office Integration
Available Soon
 Ability to manage documents in Aras directly from Office applications
 Create from template in Aras, based on document type
 Link to Aras item (Product, Project, etc.) with derived numbering and file
naming
 Property synchronization
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13. What’s New
User Interface / Usability
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14. Usability Improvements
Available Now (Service Packs)
We like for our users to avoid the following
So we continue to deliver usability improvements such as:
 Drag and drop files from inside the client to Windows folders
 Can configure “Item saved successfully” dialog as popup
 Can view Item Properties dialog from the Item menu
 Improved Excel export formatting
 Click icon to pop item browser, in addition to F2 key
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15. Browser Neutral Client
Available Soon
 Windows, OS X
 IE, Firefox
 Availability
 October 2012
• Subscriber-only beta
 Early 2013
• Subscriber-only
 Mid 2013
• Public
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16. ACE
Germany
Questions ?
Patrick Willemsen
Senior Consultant
Aras Software AG
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