Workbench - CAD Viewer

With CAD-viewer software, users without CAD applications or CAD-usage experience can open, view, print, and mark up design files. CAD-viewer software is typically used by non-designers to reduce the high licensing costs of CAD applications and also to avoid the knowledge acquisition required to use them. A CAD viewer is also delivered with Infor PLM.

The CAD Viewer Workbench (pdpdm8500m000) provides a seamless integration between PLM for Discrete and on-premises CAD-viewer software. You can open the CAD viewer in this workbench and access all features of the CAD viewer.

For authorized users, the workbench supports these features:

• Search for CAD files, components, assemblies, and drawings, and open them in the CAD viewer
• View CAD structures and perform operations for which no CAD application is required
• Create markups and save them into PLM
• Open the CAD viewer in the PLM application without leaving the PLM application to access the third-party CAD viewer

The workbench has these advantages for customers:

Effectiveness of flow

PLM for Discrete interfaces with the CAD viewer out of the box. Non-CAD users can access design files that are already available in PLM. All authorized users can search, browse, view, and mark up the design files in the system. Markup details are saved into PLM and can be accessed by any authorized user.

Seamless integration

The CAD Viewer Workbench (pdpdm8500m000) provides the CAD viewer as an embedded component of PLM. Using the workbench, users can access the CAD viewer software and access all features of the viewer within the PLM session.

Enterprise-wide access

Markup details are stored in the system and are accessible to the entire organization without the need for expensive and complex CAD applications.