Engineering Collaboration Tool Connects Team Members

Compiled ByTraci Purdum CoCreate Software Inc., a provider of collaborative product development software, is offering OneSpace.net software, an engineering collaboration tool that enables project team members to manage projects, share ideas and communicate among diverse product development teams and outsourcing partners via a hosted service or a licensing structure. It is built on Microsoft.net technology. Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, key features of OneSpace.net include:

• Secure project workspace allows users to find and store project documents, drawings, models and data;
• Integrated meeting center for conducting Web-based meetings and sharing engineering applications, such as MCAD, ECAD and CAE analysis;
• Unique application sharing and instant messenger utility optimized for engineering data and project teams;
• Markup tools;
• Decision and task tracker;
• 3-D model explorer for dynamically evaluating product design alternatives. Allows users to import files in several formats including IGES, STEP, PKG, ACIS, DXF and DWG.

"Usage is not restricted to the CAD/CAM group," says William Gascoigne, CoCreate CEO. "Any member of the design and supply chain familiar with a Microsoft desktop environment will be able to take advantage of the benefits of OneSpace.net."