Eaton-Holec Powers Product Development With OneSpace.net

Global Leader in Energy Distribution Adopts CoCreate Collaboration Tool

FORT COLLINS, Colo. And SINDELFINGEN, Germany, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- CoCreate Software, Inc., a leading provider of flexible CAD and collaborative PLM software, today announced that energy distributor Eaton-Holec N.V., the Netherlands, has adopted OneSpace.net.

Eaton-Holec is a global leader in electrical control, power distribution, and industrial automation products and services. Eaton has more than 55,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 125 countries. Holec was absorbed by Eaton in 2003.

"Since the takeover, our projects have become more and more global," said Wim Hoekstra, Manager R&D Low Voltage Devices, Eaton-Holec N.V. For example, Eaton-Holec works on a joint development project that includes their Dutch, English and Chinese subsidiaries.

"OneSpace.net improves communication among project team members anywhere and professionally tracks the status of our projects," said Hoekstra.

Prior to enlisting OneSpace.net, the company used conventional methods such as fax, postal service, e-mail and business travel to review drawings and models within their project teams. "These methods were error prone and expensive," said Hoekstra. Nor did these methods allow for professional control of the project status.

Eaton-Holec chose the CoCreate product after evaluating other collaborative products such as eRoom and others. "These products met some of our requirements," said Hoekstra. "But only OneSpace.net addresses the specific needs of designers and developers like us."

The company can set up projects in OneSpace.net's project workspace and keep documents, drawings, models and other information online. That way, team members can store and retrieve project files quickly and from any location. This guarantees that the team works on the same version of a file

- - a key tactic for drastically reducing misunderstandings.

The company holds meetings online with OneSpace.net's meeting center. "The meeting center is perfect for discussing, inspecting and changing our drawings and models," said Hoekstra. "Team members see the same view of the models on their screens; consequences of changes are quickly visible. We bring all relevant team members to a meeting, so we can use their combined expertise to make fast, informed decisions. In addition, we record meeting minutes and distribute tasks so every team member sees them online."

Finally, teams view, inspect, measure, change and mark up 3D models from any origin with impressive accuracy. Team members see every new change so that misunderstandings are averted. "OneSpace.net will speed our product development cycles while simultaneously lowering costs," said Hoekstra.

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About CoCreate

CoCreate's flexible CAD and collaborative PLM applications enable manufacturers to take advantage of changes within their supply chains and markets. Our software provides the competitive advantage manufacturers need to quickly adapt to new opportunities and gain sustainable top line growth.

Our mechanical CAD product, Designer Modeling, is for designers who need freedom to create and change 3D designs without misunderstandings or delay. Model Manager, a data management product, is for teams who can't afford to work on the wrong revision of a 3D CAD model or 2D drawing when creating assemblies. OneSpace.net collaboration software is for project teams who are overwhelmed by the complexity of a design process that stretches across sites, contractors, or outsourced teams.

We help teams design products, manage CAD data, and share ideas so they can reach their time-to-market goals.

www.cocreate.com