Case Study: Siemens PLM Software expands its target market with mobile apps using Xamarin

Siemens PLM Software Expands Their Target Market with Mobile and Xamarin

Siemens PLM Software wanted to expand beyond traditional desktop users by creating an intuitive mobile drawing app for engineers, designers, and new consumer markets. To do that, the company needed a way to deliver a smooth, pen-and-paper-like experience on both iOS and Android without the cost and complexity of building separate native apps from scratch, so it turned to Xamarin.

Using Xamarin, Siemens PLM Software built Catchbook with a single codebase across platforms, reusing about 75% of the UI code and even integrating desktop C++ functionality for features like curve recognition. The result was a high-performance mobile app that reduced development costs, preserved native responsiveness, and helped Siemens PLM Software extend its drawing technology into new markets with a differentiated user experience.

Siemens PLM Software

Ken Hosch

Director of Innovation, Research, and Strategy