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Flatter Files: The Smartest Way to Distribute Engineering Documents Without Giving Everyone CAD or PDM Access

Engineer using Flatter Files to access CAD documents and released drawings from his computer, Flatter Files workflow connected to SOLIDWORKS PDM for automatic PDF, STEP, IGES, and DXF/DWG distribution


Uncategorized / May 11, 2026

For engineering teams, creating great designs is only part of the job. The real challenge…



The Three Pillars of CAD Data – Converge


Tech Help / July 14, 2025

In engineering, your data is everything. From initial sketches to finalized shop drawings, how you…



Flatter Files With SOLIDWORKS PDM: A Cloud-Based Solution for Data Distribution

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Cloud / May 27, 2020

  We’ve touched on this subject before in various CAD-in-the-Cloud blog posts, but I still…



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