CCE, a provider of advanced CAD interoperability solutions, expanded support for 2D Drawing data to include formats like Creo and SOLIDWORKS in its flagship secure online meeting and design review software, EnSuite-Cloud ReVue.
Since its launch earlier in the year, EnSuite-Cloud ReVue has steadily been adding new CAD formats and latest versions to allow users greater flexibility when collaborating using 2D or 3D CAD data with their team or suppliers. Last month, EnSuite-Cloud ReVue was updated with support for CATIA V5 Drawing support in direct response to overwhelming feedback from its user base. With this latest release, CCE expanded the support for 2D Drawing data by including Creo (*.drw) and SOLIDWORKS (*.SLDDRW) files. Users can use latest versions of 3D CAD, and open 2D Drawing data that still forms an important part of the design to manufacturing workflow.
EnSuite-Cloud ReVue supports latest versions all the major CAD formats, including CATIA V5, CATIA V6 (3DXML), NX, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, Creo, Solid Edge among others. Besides allowing users to collaborate using 2D and 3D CAD data, users can also share engineering documentation via screen-share thanks to its multi-document support in the same collaboration session.
EnSuite-Cloud ReVue uses secure peer-to-peer technology for collaboration. Some of the key features that ensures total security of intellectual property include:
- Uses browser exclusively? - No software installation or browser extensions required
- Data never leaves the user?? - No storing of proprietary design data on any server
- User is in control? - Well-defined roles & privileges for participants for data protection
- User’s data is never out of sight?? - No data footprint left after collaboration
Some of the key benefits of using EnSuite-Cloud ReVue for secure online meetings for engineering collaboration over typical screen-sharing apps like Zoom, Teams and Webex include:
- Independent control of collaboration session without compromising intellectual property
- High-quality 3D rendering with zero loss of fidelity of viewable data
- Natural collaboration experience without any overhead for data or session preparation
- Ultra-low latency allowing for excellent response/refresh rates
- Low bandwidth usage allowing for easy sharing of large CAD models
- Screen-sharing option for non-CAD documents for richer collaboration
EnSuite-Cloud ReVue can be used for conducting engineering design reviews directly in the browser or access it from an active CAD session using ReVue LiveLink. ReVue LiveLink is available for major formats like SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, Solid Edge, SketchUp, 3D Max, Revit among others and is particularly useful for design reviews (conceptual design or engineering changes) where the CAD model needs to be edited and the results updated in real-time with participants in the collaboration session.