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The Future of Engineering: The Managed Security Advantage (MCAS + EpiGrid)



Securing your proprietary engineering designs while maintaining strict regulatory compliance is a major challenge for…



AI Use Case — Converge Knowledge Base: The Brain for Everything We Do



 In mid-sized engineering and service firms, critical information is routinely trapped in siloes. To solve…



Hosting Multi-CAD with EpiGrid: Best Practices for Mixed-CAD Environments



Imagine a typical week at a fast-growing engineering firm. First, your primary team models a…



The Future of Engineering: Generative CAD and Automated Design Tasks



Picture a familiar engineering bottleneck: a tight deadline, an upcoming design review, and a critical…



Proactive Security: Why Cloud Hosting Protects Your IP from Hardware Failure and Ransomware

Cartoon-style illustration of a smiling blonde woman using a computer with EpiGrid security tools to protect engineering IP, CAD files, and cloud-hosted product data.


Uncategorized / May 25, 2026

 For many engineering firms, intellectual property does not live in a patent filing or a…



MCP Server or Native Connector? Choosing the Right AI Integration Path

MCP server vs native in-app connectors


Uncategorized / May 18, 2026

As AI becomes more practical inside engineering and business workflows, companies are facing a new…



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…



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