Connectors for PLM 10.5 Now Available

Connectors for PLM 10.5 Now Available

We are pleased to announce the Connectors for PLM 10.5 release, which addresses customer reported issues and includes a number of new features and platform support listed below.

  • New Feature “Essig PLM BOM to CAD” provides the ability to build an assembly in the CAD system through a Bill of Materials defined in Aras Innovator.
  • New “Automatically Continue to Store BOM” resource setting; when enabled, the Connector will continue to Store BOM after the Store Hierarchy operation.
  • New “BOM Quantity Driven By” resource setting provides a way to determine whether the BOM quantity is driven by the CAD application, Aras Innovator or the Part Item Unit of Measure.
  • New “Displayed Detailed Generation” resource setting; when enabled the Connector will indicate those items that deviate from the referenced generation.
  • New “Family Part Number Expression” resource setting is used to control the format of a family Part Number.
  • Enhancement to Retrieve Hierarchy to show the Current and Referenced Generation.
  • Enhancement to Property Mapping to support Part BOM Quantity.
  • New Connector Unregister and Re-register operations provide the ability to Unregister / Re-register a CAD Document or its configurations.
  • Enhancement to Search dialog allows adding xProperties associated to the Part items in the Column Chooser dialog.
  • File Overwrite dialog now includes the Column Chooser to display additional columns supported by the CAD Item Type.
  • Update to Register Rename operation provides the ability for the Connector to register the selected CAD Documents as a separate CAD Document and rename them.
  • Branch and Merge operations, currently available in the SolidWorks Connector, have been extended to the Inventor, Creo and NX Connectors allowing users to identify a CAD Part or Assembly file (source) and create related but independent branch designs.
  • Enhancement to the Branch tab in Aras Innovator will now display the branched items as well as the Source item of the CAD Document.
  • Enhancement to the Branch tab in the Connector now displays the “Branch Type” column.
  • SolidWorks Connector enhancement to Check Status dialog to include light weight models if they are part of the active model hierarchy.
  • View Info dialog now includes a Parts tab.
  • Enhancement to View Info and Search to include a Color Selection dialog.

Important Notes:

Essig PLM will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday, September 27th that will highlight the new Connector 10.5 features. In addition, several short videos demonstrating the following new features are available on YouTube.

When upgrading from older Connector 10.x versions to 10.3, it was required to delete the UI registry key. This issue has been resolved and there is no need to delete the registry keys when upgrading to Connector 10.5.

Customers that have customized the “Family Part Number Format” setting (updated in Connector 9.1) in one or more Projects, should update this setting in all of the Projects to include the appropriate separator. For questions or assistance with updating this setting please contact Connector support.

Platform Support

  • Connectors for PLM 10.5 supports Aras Innovator 14-28
  • Support for AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical 2024, 2023 and 2022
  • Support for Autodesk Inventor 2024, 2023 and 2022
  • Support for SolidWorks 2023, 2022 and 2021
  • Support for NX Series 2306, 2206 and 1980
  • Support for Creo 10, 9 and 8

As a reminder, when installing the Connectors for PLM, please run the ConnectorServerConfig.exe utility to update the server to the latest Connector packages. Refer to the Connector Installation Guide for more information.

As an Aras Gold Certified Partner, Essig PLM develops integrated CAD Connector products for the Aras Innovator PLM solution suite and delivers CAD/PLM implementation services that enhance business performance.

If you would like to request a copy of this Connectors for PLM release, or if you have any questions, please contact Connector Customer Support at (978) 203-5152 or email connector-support@essigplm.com.

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