Designers can easily reproduce past problems, fix bugs, create patch release, extend design functionality and release an update. Each work-area is local to each designer and does not contain any links to the centralized design repository. This allows each designer to be isolated from design changes made by other designer on the project. Also, this shields designers from working over the network, one of the primary reasons for slow CAD tools performance. Furthermore designers can continue to work even if the network goes down.
SOS allows easy access to design files and directories in the centralized repository.
SOS provides each designer with complete control over his or her work-areas. For example, in a team environment, often someone makes a change to the design, that causes the entire design to break. Instead of waiting for the design to recover, each designer can continue designing by going back in time and updating his or her work-area to when the entire design worked. Release Management SOS allows designers to snapshot a design project. Whenever designers want to make an external release to system teams, system houses, and external partners, they can take a snapshot of the design project and build a new release.