Lost the major problems of automotive suppliers with the heterogeneous CAD systems at the OEMs and the TIER 1 suppliers in automotive CAD data translation / inconsistent CAD systems in the automotive industry. The Volkswagen Group used CATIA V4, CATIA V5, ProEngineer (wildfire) and ICEM Surf. Daimler used CATIA V4 and CATIA V5. Opel used Unigraphics. Ford used IDEAS and this list could be expanded still. Currently at least 6 different CAD systems use the OEMs and tier 1. In times of DMU (digital Mock-Up), the OEM and TIER1 increasingly demanding development services by small and medium-sized suppliers. The CAD data to create in native data and in accordance with the internal policy of the OEM/tier 1, otherwise they cannot be used for the DMU.

Wants to satisfy all, then 6 different CAD systems must be provided plus qualified personnel. This is far from the reality. In real life, particularly small suppliers here have problems, because there is often only a CAD system and this is none of the above the most. Will you not end up as extended workbench of the OEMs and tier 1, you must invest or cooperate with the equally expensive as large engineering firms. Here require hourly rates by up to 65,-euros and also you don’t count here to the important customers, because the OEM or TIER1 are in turn. Data transfer secure another problem are the regulations for data security during the CAD data transfer. OFTP (Odette file transfer protocol) is the current standard for data transmission in the European automotive industry. These compounds via OFTP are not very fast and not very comfortable.

Therefore the classic email used for the transmission of sensitive data. This is insecure and therefore of the IT specialists of large companies is prohibited. What can you do? The CAD data exchange platform offers the possibility to Exchange data through a SSL server via HTTPS and also to provide the desired CAD format.