{"id":2101,"date":"2017-02-23T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Teamcenter-Blog\/Autodesk-PDM-for-AutoCAD-and-Inventor-that-can-grow-to-PLM\/ba-p\/393234"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:55:01","slug":"autodesk-pdm-for-autocad-and-inventor-that-can-grow-to-plm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/autodesk-pdm-for-autocad-and-inventor-that-can-grow-to-plm\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk PDM, for AutoCAD and Inventor, that Can Grow to PLM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Autodesk product data management (PDM) for AutoCAD and Inventor can help you find, share and re-use designs across your engineering team, but is it enough for you as your business\u00a0grows?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/autodesk-inventor-and-autocad-pdm\/58383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Learn more by registering for this on-demand webinar including AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor demos!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or, watch this video to see how Teamcenter in AutoCAD and Inventor provides an Autodesk PDM solution to help your design teams quickly search and access parts, assemblies and drawings, and save time\u00a0trying to find and share design information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-center video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" title=\"Video\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FrVYjXP9Q3HQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrVYjXP9Q3HQ&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrVYjXP9Q3HQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=b0d40caa4f094c68be7c29880b16f56e&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, you can\u00a0access and use PDM without leaving your Autodesk CAD tool of choice.\u00a0Once you\u00a0gain\u00a0the improvements in engineering productivity and efficiency with Autodesk\u00a0PDM, it follows that you may want to include more\u00a0people and processes across your business. As you stretch your PDM system to do more, you need to be sure your software can grow as fast as your business.<\/p>\n<p>Our approach to PDM is to give customers the flexibility to grow from PDM to product lifecycle management (PLM) in one software system. We have developed this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/plm-deployability\/rapid-start.shtml#lightview%26url=\/en_us\/Images\/Siemens-PLM-PDM-to-PLM-Infographic-8-5-in-w-x-32-5-in-h-58709_tcm1023-250510.pdf%26title=PDM to PLM Infographic%26description=Follow the journey from PDM to PLM%26docType=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">roadmap of best practices and recommendations to help you get started with PDM, then grow\u00a0to PLM<\/a>, in a way that fits the priorities and budget of your business.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left\" style=\"width: 999px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Autodesk PDM to PLM.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Autodesk-PDM-to-PLM-1.jpg\" alt=\"Autodesk PDM to PLM.JPG\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the Teamcenter solution for Autodesk\u00a0PDM, you can easily access\u00a0functions such as search and reuse, structured workflows, change management processes, design relationships and more from within the native CAD authoring environments of AutoCAD and Inventor.<\/p>\n<p>Autodesk PDM is available\u00a0with both Teamcenter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/plm-deployability\/rapid-start.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Teamcenter Rapid Start<\/a>, the preconfigured PDM solution you can deploy in 2-3 weeks. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/plm-deployability\/rapid-start.shtml#lightview%26url=\/en_us\/Images\/2841_tcm1023-49447.pdf%26title=Teamcenter Integration for AutoCAD%26description=Capture, manage and share AutoCAD data using Teamcenter \u2013 the de facto standard for PLM deployments%26docType=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">AutoCAD<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/plm-deployability\/rapid-start.shtml#lightview%26url=\/en_us\/Images\/11855_tcm1023-79831.pdf%26title=Teamcenter Integration for Inventor%26description=Capture, manage and share Inventor data using Teamcenter \u2013 the de facto standard for PLM deployments%26docType=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Autodesk Inventor<\/a>\u00a0fact sheets\u00a0for details on the Teamcenter-Autodesk integrations.\u00a0To see\u00a0any other Teamcenter integrations with CAD, watch these videos:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/design-data-management\/multicad.shtml#lightview%26url=http:\/\/media.plm.automation.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/NX-data-management-61925.mp4%26title=NX Data Management with Teamcenter Active Workspace%26width=800.0%26height=450.0%26fullscreen=false%26autoplay=true%26docType=mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">NX Data Management<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/design-data-management\/multicad.shtml#lightview%26url=http:\/\/media.plm.automation.siemens.com\/solidedge\/solidedge-youtube-62113.mp4%26title=Solid Edge Data Management with Teamcenter Active Workspace%26description=%26width=1280.0%26height=720.0%26fullscreen=false%26autoplay=true%26docType=mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Solid Edge Data Management<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/design-data-management\/multicad.shtml#lightview%26url=http:\/\/media.plm.automation.siemens.com\/solidedge\/SolidWorks%20Data%20Management%20with%20Teamcenter%20Active%20Workspace-62114.mp4%26title=SolidWorks Data Management with Teamcenter Active Workspace%26description=%26width=1280.0%26height=720.0%26fullscreen=false%26autoplay=true%26docType=mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">SolidWorks Data Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest webinar we have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/autodesk-inventor-and-autocad-pdm\/58383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Unlock the secrets to Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD PDM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autodesk product data management (PDM) for AutoCAD and Inventor can help you find, share and re-use designs across your engineering team, but is 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