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Batch extraction of data from CAD/PLM
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Elmo Solutions product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Mar 16, 2007
CAD companion software application that provides a live, bidirectional, hot link between CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP applications
Elmo Solutions is the leader in managing CAD/PLM metadata, and provides unique software products such as Elmo Search, the enterprise search engine software for CAD/PLM and other documents; Elmo Link, a CAD companion software application that provides a live, bidirectional, "hot" link between CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP applications; and Elmo BoM, a standalone application that allows batch extraction of the metadata found in CAD/PLM documents in a single operation.
Elmo Link can process and synchronise a wide range of data from either side, including, but not limited to:.
* Part/Component/Assembly data: When any component, subassembly or assembly is processed, Elmo Link determines where appropriate metadata is sent, and updates it accordingly.
* Bills Of Materials: When an assembly or subassembly is being edited, a new updated Bill of Materials is produced, and sent to the MRP/ERP system, thus ensuring immediate and permanent consistency between PLM/CAD and MRP/ERP metadata.
* Routing instructions: Editing a drawing of a component or assembly automatically brings a scrolling list that shows the current manufacturing steps for that component.
The end-user may then add or remove steps, as well as alter the sequence of operations at will.
When done, an updated routing table is sent to the MRP system, and a copy is automatically inserted into the drawing.
According to Ricardo Talbot, Chief Science Officer with Elmo Solutions, "Elmo Link is the only software application of its kind that offers such a unique and reliable way to unify CAD/PLM and MRP/ERP databases, while supporting such a wide range of CAD platforms".
"Upon saving a drawing, component or assembly for the first time, and at any moment afterwards, the user may enter and/or edit CAD data using possible values taken live from the MRP/ERP application".
"Upon end-user confirmation, the data is updated in both the PLM/CAD document and the MRP database, thus ensuring perfect synchronisation of both data sets, and completely eliminating redundant data entry".
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