Case Study: Boart Longyear
Global leader in drilling services, geological data collection technology, and drilling equipment serving the mining and resource industries worldwide.
Converting 80,000 Legacy Files with Automation
Boart Longyear faced a long-standing challenge of converting 80,000 legacy AutoCAD drawings into Creo, extracting critical engineering data, and vaulting the information in Windchill. The project was considered too costly and time-consuming to perform manually, while inconsistent formatting and deeply nested file structures made automation seem nearly impossible.
By implementing SIGMAXIM SmartAssembly, Boart Longyear automated the migration process, transformed legacy drawing data into searchable Windchill metadata, and created a scalable solution that completed in days what would have otherwise required an enormous manual effort.
Highlights
- 80,000 legacy AutoCAD drawings converted into Creo
- Searchable metadata automatically extracted and stored in Windchill
- Consistent formatting applied across legacy data
- Completed in just three days
- Cost of automation less than 1% of manual execution
- Improved accessibility of previously difficult-to-find engineering data
Discover how Boart Longyear transformed a decades-old legacy data challenge into a fast, automated process that dramatically reduced cost, improved data accessibility, and unlocked the value of thousands of engineering drawings through Creo automation. Read the full case study.