Clarizen & AutoCAD - It Makes Sense

Last week we announced the first of its kind project management integration with Autodesk's AutoCAD solution at AutoDesk University being held in Las Vegas. For the first time, a pure on-demand solution seamlessly integrates with AutoCAD, bringing core project management functionality into AutoCAD.

AutoDesk University participants stand in line to see a demo of Clarizen and get a glimpse of Clarizen mascot Josh Jr. standing guard with Clarizen vest and cap

CAD solutions are notoriously centered around the individual designer even in this day and age where even solo user design projects require a team effort. For example, there is the manager reviewing the work, the client approving it or the fellow designers providing their input and efforts. Hence, it takes a team to complete a design project in a timely fashion and within a certain budget.

Clarizen is leading this effort to embrace the team and allowing AutoCAD users to work in the comfort zone of their AutoCAD solution, which they are so familiar with, without needing to step outside to their email or any other collaboration solution to collaborate with other team members.

Integration with AutoCAD is yet another offering from Clarizen allowing team members to choose their preferred work environment while at the same time ensure all project data is centralized and made available to other team members. Team members can update their progress in Clarizen, via AutoCAD, Outlook Add-in, SolidWorks Add -in, or simply over email using Clarizen's unique feature ProjectMail.


  Screenshot from AutoCAD's Clarizen Plug-In where users can see and update all their tasks.

Numerous analysts, journalists and bloggers have already reviewed the latest integration of Clarizen with AutoCAD, the first of its kind in the industry. Kenneth Wong, from Cadalyst, put together a nice summary highlighting the key points.

Stay tuned for the next integration announcement. With our SOA enabled platform and open API, things are just getting easier.