Track Changes in Autodesk Manufacturing 2013 Products Here!

The 2013 software is out and Autodesk is launching PLM into the cloud!  This year’s release of Autodesk products feels different than other years.  A ‘normal’ year has been about the features and upgrades to the software that we use everyday.  This year, there is a large discussion around the cloud and subscription in addition to the new features in the software and the changes in the suites as compared to last year.  We are going to be posting blog entries on all of these changes so stay tuned!

2013 Release: Different from other years.

One of the biggest pushes from Autodesk is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).  Heads up:  Autodesk PLM 360 is already here!  I say heads up for a reason.  Autodesk went from no PLM to launching PLM in the cloud for everyone.  We are trying to take an objective approach to this new direction for Autodesk.  Please check it out for yourself! If you sign up for a trial version, please list Adraft as you Reseller and let us know.  This way we can learn more about your use/testing.  Here is a link for you:

Autodesk PLM 360

We are very interested in getting feedback from clients and what they think about it.  We will be stopping and taking a look at this technology to see how our clients would be using it.  We are going to be posting blog entries as our journey with this unfolds.

I want to be sure to say that there is huge potential here for a useful tool that goes past the Engineer/Designer crowd.  I love the thought that this could provide easy to use tools for Managers!  We will be looking to answer questions about: How easy is it to get started?  How does this tool stack up to other PLM tools out there?  What are the sources of data and how are they connected?  What utilities stand out as useful for the Manufacturing industry?  How well does this work with the Autodesk Vault?  We like to “play” with technology before making recommendations on, so please check in here to see what we are finding!  This could be huge!