The document discusses Aras's visualization strategy and the Aras Visual Collaboration App. It notes current limitations in visualization, including a focus on 3D over other data types and lack of ability to easily recombine content. Aras's strategy focuses on key data types like office docs, scans, images, audio, video, 2D drawings and 3D models. The Aras app will leverage 3D PDF and allow for multi-content viewing, secure social markup, metadata and graphical queries, and derived content creation across data types in a modular way built on PDF.

1. BEDIFFERENT ACE GERMANY
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2. ACE
Germany
Aras Visualization Strategy
Rob McAveney rmcaveney@aras.com
Director of Product Management
Aras Corp
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3. What’s Wrong with Visualization
Current state-of-the-market for visualization
falls short
 Undue focus on 3D above all else
 Fragmented support for different data types
 Reliance on proprietary formats
 Can view and markup, but can’t easily re-format and
re-combine content for downstream use
 Markup is mostly demo-ware
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4. Key Enterprise Use Cases
PLM
Enterprise Markup &
Viewing Markup
Collaboration
Authoring
Office Integration
MS-Office MS-Office Work Package
Generation
File Work
Viewable
Viewable Conversion Viewable Package
Authoring
CAD CAD
Native CAD Connector Native
Metadata
Advanced View
& Analysis
 File Conversion
 Ability to convert file formats in an automated process
Relative Use in Organization  Enterprise Viewing
 Ability to view files and perform basic queries
 Markup & Collaboration
Interactive  Ability to create comments and store back into PLM in a context-specific manner
Work  Advanced View & Analysis
File Types  Ability to interact with more complex file sets, such as version compare or digital mockup
Automated
Process  Work Package Generation
 Ability to create compound documents using existing files in PLM, such as work instructions or tech pubs
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5. Key Product Data Types
 Data types where a broad base of users need to see and act on
the file content without the originating application
 Aras considers the Key Product Data Types to be:
Office Scans Images Audio Video 2D 3D EDA
Drawings Models Models
Documentation Media CAD
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6. 3D PDF for Visualization
 Aras Secure Social & Visualization leverages open 3D PDF
 Aras is a founding member of the 3D PDF Consortium
www.3dpdfconsortium.org
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7. The Aras Visual Collaboration App
Aras Innovator
Office App
Aras File Aras Visual Collaboration App
Conversion
View – Comment – Create
Framework
Software IDE • Multi-content viewing
Office • Advanced 3D PRC
Doc PDF • Secure Social Markup
Source Code
Converter • Metadata query
Media Editor • Graphical query and
Media PDF compare
Media
Converter • Derived Content
Creation
PDF
2D PDF • Digital Rights Mgt.
CAD System 2D Native
Converter
PRC
EDA Native
3D PDF
Converter
3D Native PDF
Adobe Reader
 Standard, integrated functionality
 Modular around PDF format
• Basic viewing of static • Consumption of re-authored
file content content
• Archival of Aras rich content
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8. ACE Germany
Questions ?
Rob McAveney
Director of Product Management
Aras Corp
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