03-30-2021

BIM Document Management: Why You Should Outsource It

Many design firms struggle to find processes that can help increase their production and design. Setting standards, methods, organized content, and documented procedures in place is the most effective way to increase your production and design output. Without established procedures, your team may find themselves disrupting each other to locate, learn, or recreate content; this leads to a large amount of wasted time and energy. Once implemented within your company, best practice standards and policies positively impact your team’s productivity by reducing needless tasks. Outsourcing BIM document management and establishing standards will allow your company to improve designs, deliver more […]
03-15-2021

5 Reasons to Assess Your AEC or Manufacturing Business

We know growing businesses are often overwhelmed with active projects and deadlines, making it challenging to dedicate time to important things to grow your business. Trust us; we’ve been there too. Our solutions consultants have been in the architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries and dealt with these same challenges. Let’s face it, in today’s climate; we are all forced to find ways to do more with less. Because of TPM’s industry knowledge and field experience, we understand that you have goals to improve designs, deliver more work, and win more business. You may be asking yourself – where do […]
03-11-2021

Secure File Management with a PDM System

  Product development is an intricate and collaborative process. Yet, aspects of one product can cross over to another and serve as a baseline for your CAD team. The right tools improve productivity and enhance the assets you already have available to you. Secure file management is essential for protecting your intellectual property while still allowing your team to collaborate and repurpose existing designs for added efficiency. We’ll explain the benefits of product data management systems, the basic features, and how you can get started on SOLIDWORKS PDM. We will also demonstrate how fast and easy the SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard […]
02-16-2021

SOLIDWORKS Electrical: I Have a Design Need Now What?

  What is SOLIDWORKS Electrical? With its real-time, multi-user design, SOLIDWORKS Electrical enables complex schematic designs to be easily shared across multiple disciplines. The software translates single line schematics into detailed multi-line power and control and PLC schematics.   Do Electrical Engineers use CAD? Electrical engineers design, develop, and test the manufacturing of electrical equipment. CAD enables these engineers to create electrical and electronic diagrams, control circuit diagrams, schematics, and documentation.   Do Electrical Engineers use SOLIDWORKS? Electrical engineers need direct access to all electrical projects and data within the CAD environment to streamline the design process. SOLIDWORKS Electrical integrates […]