Arena is an extremely powerful PLM tool. I have used Arena for over 20 years at multiple manufacturing companies. I have also implemented Arena for new companies as well. Over and over, Arena displays why it was chosen over the leading PLM tools currently out in the market. It provides solid backup and control for securing your IP data while still allowing your contract manufacturers or suppliers direct access to the most effective and approved data that protects all parties.

Overall, I believe that Arena is very useful for organizing CAD and production files, though I think the interface is pretty dated and some of the functionality it clunky.