26Mar
13Mar
Extending Onshape with Automation: Technical Packages, BOMs, and Web Services in Action
Cloud-native CAD has changed how engineering teams collaborate. Platforms like Onshape eliminate infrastructure barriers and simplify version control. But as teams grow, the need often shifts from access to automation. How do you streamline documentation? How do you enforce structured part numbering? How do you extract complete technical packages...
09Mar
Intelligent Part Numbering in 3DEXPERIENCE Using EIN
Part numbering is one of those foundational topics within the PLM industry. It is a key aspect of managing data and effecting how all parties in an organization interact with parts and how they are designed, purchased, manufactured, supported within and outside the company. In practice,...
18Feb
3DEXPERIENCE World 2026: AI Is Arriving — Architecture Will Shape What Comes Next
Ilan Madjar and I have been attending 3DEXPERIENCE World and SOLIDWORKS World before it for many years. As a Dassault Systèmes partner, we look to the event for perspective on how the platform is evolving and how customers are applying it in real environments. This year...
28Jan
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for PLM Systems: Architecture, Use Cases, and Maturity
Generative AI is increasingly being evaluated for use in PLM environments, but applying large language models directly to engineering and manufacturing data presents well-known challenges. PLM information is fragmented across systems, governed by complex schemas, and heavily dependent on context such as revision, state, and...
27Jan
Beyond the Roadmap: The Technical Reality of PLM Mergers and Divestitures
In engineering and manufacturing, mergers and acquisitions are a constant reality. We all see the press releases and hear the familiar language around “synergy,” “scale,” and “standardization.” In PLM projects, that conversation often turns quickly to the integration roadmap — timelines, license consolidation, governance models,...
27Jan
ENOVIA SmarTeam Is Not Dead. It’s Mature. (And Still Doing Its Job)
In the PLM world, there is no shortage of noise around cloud, SaaS, and platform-based solutions. If you only listen to the broader market conversation, you might assume long-standing systems like ENOVIA SmarTeam have quietly faded away. That’s not what we see in practice. SmarTeam remains...
12Jan
Enterprise Integration Framework (EIF) in Practice: STEP AP242 XML, Imports and Real Cloud Data Migration Scenarios
Most teams that have spent time around Enterprise Integration Framework (EIF) are familiar with one side of the story: export and/or integration to enterprise systems like ERP or MES. Exports and integrations are very important, but they are usually the easier part. There is another side...
05Jan
3DEXPERIENCE Migration in 2026: What’s Changing and What to Watch
Late November, I attended a Dassault Systèmes technical training in Boston focused on migration, openness (web services) and supporting tools and methodologies. It was a pleasure to join the event and catch up with other Dassault technical partners and system integrators – many of which...
13Dec