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An inside view of international standards
Within the context of a diminishing role for national standards, Jon Severn discusses the influence of international standardisation with Ronnie Amit, the general secretary and chief executive officer of the International Electrotechnical Commission.
PC shipments rise to 69.9m units
Intel adds momentum; AMD makes long-term gains in Q1 microprocessor market, according to iSuppli Corp
Surging demand for valves and actuators
Rising demand from diverse process industries supports steady growth in global valves and actuators market
Electric motors and gearboxes may never look the same again
Jon Severn meets Justin Levine, the managing director of Parvalux Electric Motors,  the man for whom design is a mainstay of his strategy to rejuvenate the company
Bi-stable displays gain momentum
Despite LCD dominance, opportunities remain for emerging display technologies
Airlines assess carbon costs
Only around 40 per cent of the 20 carriers surveyed currently monitor and report emissions data, Pricewaterhouse Coopers


Engineering tool designed to bring more clarity to data management

CustomTools for SolidWorks is an engineering tool for item and structure information management. It increases productivity by making everyday SolidWorks routines easier and faster to use.

CustomTools automates SolidWorks implementation for example by assisting in creation of drawing templates and bill of materials.
With CustomTools, installation and customisation is done by use of user-friendly and trouble-free wizards. It is also possible to use pre-configured default settings.
The file translation operations and assembly based batch printing of CustomTools is combined as a batch job in which all tasks are automatically executed at one go.
The multilingual output which functions with the help of the database directs the language translations of different description fields concentratedly and translates the language of drawing sheets by directing the layers of drawings. In connection with the batch operation for example a manufacturing quantity and delivery project can be given output-specifically.
Moreover the values of combination fields can be directed (for example the norm of library components or the scope of the descriptions). It is also possible to include any other than SolidWorks documents to the batch job.
CustomTools improves different data management systems, for example PDMWorks. The advanced data search options of CustomTools can be connected to search for information directly from PDMWorks vault.

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