reference
CZ LOKO
Implementing Engineering Base in CZ LOKO's processes. Discover how Engineering Base supports the development of diesel-electric locomotives.
How Praga Cars Accelerated the Development of the Praga Bohema Hypercar with 3DEXPERIENCE
The development of a supercar is not just about design and performance. When engineers, designers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams collaborate on a single product, effectively managing data, changes, and the entire development process becomes crucial.
This is exactly what Praga Cars faced during the development of the Praga Bohema hypercar. The Czech car manufacturer, with a history dating back to 1907, entered the exclusive supercar segment with the ambition to create a unique vehicle that combines extreme performance, low weight, and maximum driving experience.
From the outset, the project had high demands for development speed, collaboration, and data integrity. Therefore, the company needed a modern digital environment that would eliminate the fragmentation of CAD tools, unify team efforts, and enable effective management of the entire development process from concept to final production.
What the situation looked like before implementation
Praga Cars was working on the development of a complex hypercar with high demands for design accuracy, development speed, and coordination among various disciplines.
The fragmented CAD environment and the absence of a unified platform complicated collaboration among engineers, data management, and change control during development. As the project's complexity increased, it became increasingly difficult to maintain data consistency and effectively coordinate the various stages of development.
How collaboration and solution implementation proceeded
The development team implemented the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, which became the central environment for design, data management, and coordination of the Praga Bohema vehicle development.
The platform enabled the unification of development processes, increased engineers' productivity, and significantly accelerated individual phases of development. At the same time, it brought better control over data, more efficient collaboration, and higher consistency throughout the entire project.
How the solution works from a system perspective
The solution is built on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes, which connects design, product data management, and collaboration among development teams into a single digital environment.
The platform allowed for the unification of engineers' work across various CAD tools and created a unified system for data management throughout the entire product lifecycle.
All teams today work on a common data foundation, where design changes, product versions, and the continuity of individual development steps are managed—from concept through prototypes to production phase.
How Praga Cars describes this change
From Praga Cars' perspective, it was not just about deploying a new platform, but primarily about changing the way of working with design data and product development.
All teams today work on a single common data foundation, which has significantly simplified change management, development coordination, and collaboration among various disciplines.
The development of the hypercar now functions as one interconnected digital process, where individual steps follow each other without unnecessary delays and complications caused by inconsistent data.
“After four years, it can be said that the 3DEXPERIENCE platform has brought many quantitative benefits. Among the most significant are a 10–30% increase in engineers' productivity and a 20–30% reduction in the conceptual cycle,”
Ondřej Chotovinský
Chief Design Engineer
Praga Cars
Praga Cars
impact
What impact the solution had in practice
Engineers' productivity increased by 10–30% and conceptual cycles were shortened by 20–30%, significantly accelerating the entire design and development process of the Praga Bohema hypercar.
The company also gained higher consistency in design data
more efficient collaboration among teams
better change management during development
higher integration with manufacturing processes.
Digitalization of development also allowed for better management of project complexity and faster transition from concept to production phase.
relevance
When does a similar approach make sense
This approach makes sense especially for companies that develop complex products with high demands for development speed, collaboration, and change management.
Typically, this applies to situations where development occurs in several CAD tools,
teams work separately and share large amounts of data, changes need to be coordinated across disciplines,
the product undergoes rapid development from concept to production, and the company needs to effectively manage product data throughout the entire product lifecycle.
position
Why TECHNODAT was part of the solution
TECHNODAT assisted Praga Cars with the implementation of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and the preparation of the development environment for the effective use of modern digital practices.
Part of the project included unifying design processes, supporting migration from various CAD environments, and setting up methodologies for effective data management throughout the entire vehicle development.
Thanks to its experience with PLM and development digitalization, TECHNODAT helped create an environment that supported faster development, higher team productivity, and the successful launch of the Praga Bohema project into the final production phase.
What has changed in everyday work
Thanks to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, there are no longer discrepancies between design data, individual versions of designs, and what individual teams are working on at Praga Cars.
Engineers have access to current data in real-time, changes are easier to trace, and the entire development process is significantly clearer and more stable.
The development of the vehicle now functions as one interconnected digital process that effectively connects design, data management, and production preparation.
Why this approach is important
Praga Cars' experience shows that the benefits do not arise solely from deploying a modern digital platform, but primarily from changing the way of working with design data and managing development. Data have a clear origin, all teams work on a common data foundation, and changes are managed in the context of the entire product.
This shift is being addressed by an increasing number of manufacturing companies today. With the growing complexity of development, pressure for speed of innovation, and the need for effective collaboration, it is no longer feasible to manage development using separate tools and unconnected processes. Without a unified digital environment, unnecessary delays, complications in change management, and poor coordination among individual teams and subsequent processes arise.
If you are facing a similar situation, you are probably dealing with the same problem
This experience is typical for companies that develop complex products and simultaneously need to effectively manage design data, changes, and collaboration across development teams.
If your design data is created in various tools, teams work separately, and changes need to be complicatedly coordinated or manually checked, you are likely facing the same problem as Praga Cars.
In such situations, it becomes crucial to create a unified digital environment that connects design, data management, and collaboration into one controlled process.
We would be happy to look at your development process and show you where the biggest complications arise and how the entire development can be accelerated, clarified, and better connected.
If your design data is created in various tools, teams work separately, and changes need to be complicatedly coordinated or manually checked, you are likely facing the same problem as Praga Cars.
In such situations, it becomes crucial to create a unified digital environment that connects design, data management, and collaboration into one controlled process.
We would be happy to look at your development process and show you where the biggest complications arise and how the entire development can be accelerated, clarified, and better connected.
What this means for you
These experiences translate into faster project realization, higher data consistency, and reliable engineering outputs in complex industrial environments.
We help you manage engineering complexity, modernize outdated systems, and confidently scale your engineering capacities.
ARE YOU ADDRESSING THE DIGITALIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN DATA?
Effective development does not start in the system. It starts with working with data
If you are currently dealing with complicated development coordination, outdated design data, or complicated change management among teams, you probably do not lack another tool, but a unified way of working with data throughout the entire product development.
We will take a look at your process and propose specific steps that will fit your environment, development approach, and collaboration requirements.
We will take a look at your process and propose specific steps that will fit your environment, development approach, and collaboration requirements.
HOW TO START WITH DEVELOPMENT DIGITALIZATION IN PRACTICE
Every development process has its solution
We will show you what a modern digital environment for design development, product data management, and team collaboration can look like from the first design to production and change management.
Together, we will go through your way of working and you will gain a clear idea of where the biggest complications arise today, what makes sense to digitalize, how to streamline data work, and what benefits a unified digital environment can bring to your development and production.
Together, we will go through your way of working and you will gain a clear idea of where the biggest complications arise today, what makes sense to digitalize, how to streamline data work, and what benefits a unified digital environment can bring to your development and production.
