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PLM windchill

By- Bhanu Prakash VemulaMatrikel no 206745

Data Managment For Engineering Applications

16-06-2014

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CONTENTS

• Introduction to PLM• Introdunction to Windchill• PTC Windchill Product Categories• PTC Windchill Product Categories• Understanding Windchill PDMLink• Managing Documents• Windchill Documents

Integration with Microsoft OfficeCAD Data ManagementManaging Products and Product Structures

• Visualizing Data in Windchill• User interface• Common terminology• References

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Introduction to PLM

PLM is the activity of managing a company’s

products all the way across their lifecycles in the

most effective way

PLM system is [an information system] that

facilitates all or some subset of PLM activities.

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Introduction to windchill• It is PLM  software product that is offered

by PTC• Developed by windchill technologies Inc.,

cofounded by Jim Heppelmen.• Offers complete know-how on all product

content and business processes throughout the product and service lifecycle

• CAD and document management system, any information - CAD models, Microsoft Word documents, PDFs or spreadsheets - related to the design, development manufacturing or service of a product is stored in PTC Windchill

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WINDCHILL PRODUCT CATEGORIES

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UNDERSTANDING WINDCHILL PDMLINK

• Facilitates the following critical processes :o release managemento change managemento configuration management• Allows global and controlled access to critical product data•Web-based master product data management repository• Seamlessly connects to multiple mechanical/electrical CAD applications, desktop applications and ERP systems

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CREATE, COLLABORATE, AND MANAGE

• Productive and efficient in creating, collaborating and managing all types of product-related content, whether defined in the different bills-of-materials or product structures.•Manages all product related content including MCAD models, ECAD schematics, drawings, technical specifications and software code.

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Create, Collaborate, and Manage

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MANAGING DOCUMENTS

•The document management functions allows to create, view, modify, and manage documents.•With Windchill Desktop Integration, one can open and save new Windchill documents directly from the Office application’s.

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Windchill Documents: Integration with Microsoft Office

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CAD DATA MANAGEMENT: WORKSPACES AND MODEL STRUCTURES

CAD documents are Windchill objects that are used to store and manage CAD information files (the output of CAD authoring applications).

CAD documents are uploaded into Windchill PDMLink using a

• Gateway (Pro/INTRALINK and Optegra)• Workgroup Manager for a CAD

application (Catia V4, Catia V5 SolidWorks, Unigraphics, and Mentor Graphics)

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CAD DATA MANAGEMENT: WORKSPACES AND MODEL STRUCTURES

Workspace• Private area used to manage multiple objects and

perform basic PDM operations.• One can filter object types for display.• View system messages regarding PDM actions

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CAD Data Management: Workspaces andModel Structures

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CAD Data Management

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MANAGING PRODUCTS ANDPRODUCT STRUCTURES

• The database of PDMLink is structured such that all information uniquely defining a product is collected in one logical location created by administrator which is called as product.• A product structure is a hierarchical representation of all assemblies and component parts necessary to assemble an end item.

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Editing Windchill Part Structures

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VISUALIZING DATA IN WINDCHILL

• ProductView, the Windchill visualization tool, allows to view and annotate 3D models, 2D drawings,documents, images, and ECAD files•Windchill provides compressed, viewable representations of product data, which are displayed as thumbnails.• ProductView provides the following basic features:

• Viewing• Navigation• Annotation• Measurement

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USER INTERFACE

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Common terminology used

• Actions• Commonspace• Libraries• Projects• Objects• Tables• Versions, Revisions, and Iterations

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SUCCESS STORIES

• Hewlett-Packard Co. used PTC’s Windchill to improve their product development process. HP achieved an 80% improvement in design and process reuse. Time-to market, product cost, and warranty cost fell. Productivity rose between 20% and 30%.

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References

1. http://www.ptc.com/product/windchill/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windchill_(software)

3. http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/117580/en/

7158_Windchill_QSG_EN.pdf

4. learningexchange.ptc.com

5. Product Lifecycle Management ,John Stark BSc, PhD