{"id":4605,"date":"2020-03-25T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:50:09","slug":"stop-wasting-design-time-with-a-winning-cad-data-management-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/stop-wasting-design-time-with-a-winning-cad-data-management-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Wasting Design Time with a Winning CAD Data Management Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s the cost of wasted time in CAD design?  No one likes to waste time.  But without a good CAD data management system to manage your product data and processes, you may not realize how much time you&#8217;re wasting on non-productive data management tasks &#8230; it can add up to one day a week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Interested in PLM on the cloud? Experience cloud PLM software-as-a-service with the <a href=\"https:\/\/trials.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenterx-cloud-plm\/cpmid=13514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teamcenter X free trial<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CAD design is no game, but we&#8217;ve laid it out for you on a gameboard so you can see for yourself the time-wasters design engineers like you run into every day.  This infographic by industry research firm Tech-Clarity shows all the obstacles that get in the way of design productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"CAD data management_Avoid Time Wasters Infographic by Tech-Clarity\" class=\"wp-image-4717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-scaled.jpg 496w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-116x600.jpg 116w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-768x3966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-397x2048.jpg 397w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/CAD-Data-Management_Avoid-Time-Wasters-1-1110x5732.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/Tech-Clarity_Avoiding-Time-Wasters-in-CAD_infographic.pdf\">Avoiding Time Wasters in CAD Design Infographic by Tech-Clarity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/03\/Tech-Clarity_Avoiding-Time-Wasters-in-CAD_infographic.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Want to learn the best CAD data management strategy to win?<\/em><\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the e-book by Tech-Clarity, &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/resource\/best-pdm\/76251\" target=\"_blank\">Reduce Wasted Time in CAD Design: Winning the Engineering Productivity Challenge<\/a>.&#8221; Or read this Tech-Clarity white paper, &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/resource\/cad-management\/76300\" target=\"_blank\">Design Data Management Improves Profitability<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>To learn how Teamcenter can help,<\/em><\/strong> take a look at a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/topic\/plm-system\/69449\" target=\"_blank\">PLM System that&#8217;s easy, intuitive, and accessible<\/a> for videos to show you how easy it is to use Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) software inside your CAD tool of choice.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Want to learn how you can get started with Teamcenter and into production quickly, and cost-effectively?<\/em><\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can deploy Teamcenter in as little as one week! Register for one of these webinars to see how you can get up and running with Teamcenter, whether you use <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/autodesk-inventor-and-autocad-pdm\/58383\" target=\"_blank\">AutoCAD\/Autodesk Inventor<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/altium-pcb-design-management\/69829\" target=\"_blank\">Altium Designer<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/mentor-pads-data-management\/68743\" target=\"_blank\">Mentor PADS<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/nx-pdm\/58896\" target=\"_blank\">NX<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/solid-edge-pdm\/59089\" target=\"_blank\">Solid Edge<\/a>, or SolidWorks (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/best-pdm-for-solidworks\/70998?sf119270299=1\" target=\"_blank\">webinar for SolidWorks users<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/solidworks-pdm\/59136\" target=\"_blank\">webinar for SolidWorks managers<\/a>) &#8230; or any other mechanical, electronic, or electrical design tool.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the cost of wasted time in CAD design? 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