Authentise announced two new features for their Threads platform that strongly leverage AI.
Authentise is a software player in the 3D print space. They provide a sophisticated cloud-based platform on which operators can manage part production, from order to shipping. Last year, they introduced “Threads”, a feature that permitted online collaboration between parties on design and manufacturing projects.
This year, they’ve introduced ThreadsDoc and ThreadsAPI.
Let’s look at ThreadsDoc first. It’s based on Threads, which allows collaboration between people working on a project. The collaboration consists of documents, notes, comments, annotations to design diagrams, etc. In some cases, this could be a considerable amount of data, and even more so if a project involves a large number of parts.
The problem in industry is that after all the commotion of part design iteration, the resulting design must be properly documented. Normally, this can take a huge effort to do, because all of the chatter and documents leading up to the final design must be boiled down into a usable package of technical documentation.
That’s where ThreadsDoc comes in. Authentise uses AI tools to quickly analyze the pile of Threads data and prepares the required documentation.
You might be a bit skeptical, as AI summaries can be somewhat random. How could this possibly be used for proper technical documentation? The secret is that ThreadsDoc provides the ability to make “templates” into which the summarized data must fit. This ensures that the resulting technical document package aligns with each company’s standards and contains the required information.
One of Authentise’s beta testers on ThreadsDoc was Boeing, which saved a huge amount of time using the new tool. Authentise explains:
“The result is a draft document that allows users to avoid the typical manual work involved in generating technical documents. Boeing, which supported the development of ThreadsDoc, has already benefited from the tool by drastically reducing the time required to generate Technical Data Packages (TDPs) by up to 150 hours per project, to clear a backlog of over 100 parts.”
This capability could dramatically simplify documentation efforts in many large companies, making production a bit more efficient.
Then there’s ThreadsAPI. Authentise explains:
“Additionally, the collaborative data foundation of ThreadsDoc is now accessible to developers for creating new plugins, furthering the success achieved through the integration with Plyable. This expanded access through the newly released ThreadsAPI, empowers enterprises, students, and innovators to develop custom add-ons within Threads, addressing unique challenges and optimizing specific workflows.”
Between the two new features, it should be possible to create workflows and documentation configurations that match almost any company’s standards.
Via Authentise
