Collaboration
     & Interoperability
                            Congress - May 3-5, 2010

List of General Topics Covered

With a focus on 3D collaboration and interoperability solutions, and best practices in global product development and manufacturing, the conference will cover such topics as:

  • Multi-CAD interoperability: strategies & best practices
  • Migrating CAD Data
  • Best practices, technologies and processes for managing legacy data
  • Strategies & solutions for verification and quality checking
  • Interoperability with downstream CAD applications
  • Cross-PDM interoperability
  • PMI/GD&T: standards & best practices
  • Service-oriented architectures (SOA) and Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Aligning 3D Formats to Data Requirements
  • Security & Intellectual property issues and solutions
  • STEP (ISO 10303) status and implementation cases
  • Feature-based translation: technology & update
  • Recent successes in real-time, fully functional interoperability
  • Future trends in CAD interoperability and/or collaboration technology
  • Interoperability with downstream non-CAD applications such as maintenance, purchasing, aftermarket and documentation
  • Cost and ROI tradeoffs: Justifying investments in interoperability/collaboration solutions and/or services