DesignHub: Solving the Design Data Dilemma

Design data collaboration has long been a thorn in the side of manufacturing innovation.

Traditional PLM and CAD setups waste engineers' resources, with 19% of their time spent on non-value added tasks. Find out how DesignHub shifts the paradigm—connecting mechanical, electrical, and software designs through a unified platform.

In this webinar, Propel unveils DesignHub, a next-generation solution to simplify and modernize how CAD, PLM, and PDM data come together. With insights from the product experts and live demos from strategic partners, Bild, Razorleaf, and Accelerated Designs, this session walks through real-world applications that eliminate brittle, costly integrations.

No matter your setup—multiple CAD environments, ECAD, on-premise PDM, or no PDM at all—this webinar offers a look at how DesignHub connects your design data seamlessly with your product record, enabling faster product launches, streamlined change management, and higher data integrity across the product lifecycle.

Featured Speakers:

CEO, Propel, Ross Meyercord
CPO, Propel, Eric Schrader
Technical Product Manager, Accelerated Designs, Jeff Imes
CEO, Bild, Pradyut Paul
VP, Products, Razorleaf, Tim Noce
President & Founder, Tech-Clarity, Jim Brown (Moderator)

Skip to the demos

For Teams with No PDM

→ Start at 32:18
See how Bild enables multi-CAD version control, automatic BOM extraction, and part number creation, integrated directly into Propel. Ideal for hardware teams looking to move off legacy tools and accelerate new product introductions.

For Teams with Existing On-Prem PDM

→ Start at 49:39
Discover how Razorleaf’s Clover integration handles deep CAD data synchronization, revision control, and intelligent release management, bridging your existing infrastructure with DesignHub’s cloud-native platform.

For Teams Managing ECAD Data

→ Starts at 1:07:32
Watch how Accelerated Designs helps teams using Altium, OrCAD, or other ECAD tools integrate component libraries, schematic BOMs, and compliance data directly into Propel, while retaining full traceability across sourcing and design.

Key Takeaways

ERIC SCHRADER:

"Think of DesignHub as the clearinghouse that governs all new designs. How all new designs are incorporated into whole product, at the heart of the solution. It's the ability to merge new versions into the balance of your release product definition."

"We started with the goal of supporting a customer’s whole product definition and making it available to the entire enterprise, earlier and more frequently. Timeliness and time to market: that’s what enterprises are demanding. Get the data into the rest of the organization sooner so it can be collaborated on, released, and brought to market faster."

"If sharing data is made easier, collaboration increases, and decisions can shift left. That equates to faster new product development and removes manual and error-prone steps."

JIM BROWN:

"Two thirds of companies say that the impact of wasted time is missing deadlines. And not getting a new product release out to market is deadly to profitability, higher product costs, inability to stay on budget. These are real business impacts."

"DesignHub integration spans more than just design tools. It’s all about the digital thread, and that’s where all of this rolls up. What we’re talking about is bringing all of this design data—MCAD data, ECAD data—whether it’s managed in another PDM, a workgroup manager, or elsewhere, and pulling it into the digital thread. That’s what enables you to drive products to market in a way that increases market share and drives higher margins."

ROSS MEYERCORD:

"CAD-PLM integration is something everyone wants to see work—but over the years, many have become resigned to either brittle integrations, or none at all. Or frankly, many of them just end up doing the work manually. It's redundant, it's error-prone, and it's burning through my most valuable resource, my engineering talent."

Learn more about DesignHub and request a demo today.