PLM Integration with EDA: Bridging the Gap

Historically, the genesis of most PLM systems is from mechanical design. Because of this, the initial data models did not lend themselves well to ECAD. On top of that, the means to get ECAD data into global PLM is cumbersome and foreign to most electrical designers. PLM suppliers have made efforts to improve this experience with many of them relying on third parties to create interfaces. Connecting EDA and PLM in Altium Designer can be painless with EDAConnect!

Connecting ECAD and PLM Worlds

The sole function of EDAConnect^® is to provide an accurate, usable, and intuitive connection between ECAD and PLM.  It contains no persistence layer and stores data as indices from the electrical and enterprise domains ensuring a single source of truth. The primary strength of EDAConnect is its ease of use and intuitive workflow for the designer.

The electronic design automation services provided with EDAConnect automates the interaction between Altium Designer^® and Agile PLM systems by focusing on three simple concepts:

Find

Easily search and locate exactly what you’re looking for through a familiar interface in Altium Designer.

Use

Now that you’ve found the approved part you can apply it to your design while keeping all metadata in sync.

Publish

Wizard-based interface guides you through the automated release-to-PLM process right within Altium Designer.

   

Making EDA to PLM Integration Seamless

EDAConnect removes the manual intervention in today’s conventional release-to-PLM process through a CAD interface familiar to the designer. With the intuitive, easy-to-use extension to Altium Designer, you can eliminate the effort of manually transferring data between your ECAD and PLM ever again.

Interested in learning more about automating your connectivity between Altium Designer and Agile PLM systems? Try our PCB design software today! Download our free white paper Effortlessly Bridging Altium Designer and Agile Environments today.