When it comes to effective communication, context is key. Many design teams use email or spreadsheets to relay information. Texting, IM, Excel worksheets, and email are pervasive tools but are not traceable to the item (Part, Physical Part, Requirements, Next Generation Design), therefor context is lost, and the Digital Thread is broken. Manual methods are disconnected, error-prone, and take effort to connect the dots leading to product failures and missed deadlines.

Visual Collaboration enables teams to track information around an object inside of the context of that item. This eliminates diverging conversations and ensures everyone is on the same page. This enables effective communication in a secure environment, allowing you to work seamlessly across the Enterprise. Product content, including documents, drawings, 3D models, and images, are easily viewable. Collaboration on this content is also enabled through commenting and markups.

This demonstration will review Visual Collaboration’s capabilities and highlight the effectiveness of clear communication across Aras Innovator. You will learn how to view and add comments in the Discussions Panel in order to gain visibility into all related content and create markups to effectively communicate changes needed. Most importantly, conversations can evolve around parts and products where the design intent naturally resides rather than between individual people in email.

This demo will be presented by, Crystal Brandl, Visual Collaboration Product Manager, dedicated to delivering a purposeful collaboration tool.