M5935-V Integrating SAP® with AutoCAD®
Bill Svokos
CIDEON consultant SAP PLM
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Class Summary
In this class, you will learn how you can use SAP software to manage
complex design information for AutoCAD software. Specifically, you will
discover how AutoCAD has been integrated with SAP to provide a
comfortable working environment and stable engineering platform. You will
also learn how design information can be leveraged in SAP for
downstream planning and production activities, thereby encapsulating the
entire product life cycle process. A general knowledge of SAP and
AutoCAD is recommended.
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
 AutoCAD with SAP PLM as a functional engineering platform
 AutoCAD as the source of SAP Materials & BOMs
 Utilize the Engineering Work Space for multi-CAD and non-CAD
management
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Brief overview of CIDEON
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CIDEON Milestones
2010
2008/09
2006/07
2004/05
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• First Customers in
2002 America and Asia
• SAP quality certification
• CIDEON becomes
SAP World Class Partner
• Office Philadelphia
• Worldwide more than
10.000 SAP CAD
Integrations for Autodesk
• SAP partnership for
• “Special Expertise
Partner SAP PLM”
• Development Partner for
SAP PLM Microstation
Integration
• SolidWorks Gold
Partner Certification
• Autodesk Certification
Inventor 2009 - 2012
compatible
SAP CAD SolidWorks
and Solid Edge
Integrations
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CIDEON America, Inc.
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PDM Implementations with SAP PLM
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Deployment of full set of SAP functionality
 Replacement of PDM systems
 Full SAP Integration of the design process
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Over 15 years PLM experience and successful growth
Over 120 successful PLM projects world wide
300 consultants and engineers
Service and Sales office in Philadelphia, PA
SAP world class development partner for:
Autodesk – AutoCAD & Inventor
 SolidWorks
 Solid Edge and
 Microstation
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The SAP Partner Program
RESELLER
SAP xApps/
Reseller Partner
Powered by
SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver certified
Certified for SAP NetWeaver™
Non-certified integration to
SAP NetWeaver
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CIDEON Portfolio for SAP PLM
SAP PLM
Integration
for CAD
CAD
Collaboration
View & Output
Management
Import PDM
CIDEON Conversion Engine
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Worldwide References
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North American References
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Purpose
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Demonstrate and establish the value of implementing integration for AutoCAD and SAP
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Benefits
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Direct integration of SAP into AutoCAD
Permanent & consistent CAD, engineering, & PLM data
Complete PLM solution for AutoCAD
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Demo
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Interface overview
 Creating new documents
 Linking SAP and title block values
 Automatic file naming and numbering
 Automatic creation of neutral files
 Managing document status
 Working with XRefs
 Linking drawings to materials
 BOM Creation
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Interface overview
SAP Commands
SAP Logon
SAP Search
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Creating new documents
SAP as network file storage
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Linking SAP and title block values
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Automatic file naming and numbering
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Automatic creation of neutral files
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Managing document status
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Working with XRefs
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Linking drawings and materials
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BOM Creation
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Demo review
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Interface overview
 Creating new documents
 Linking SAP and title block values
 Automatic file naming and numbering
 Automatic creation of neutral files
 Managing document status
 Working with XRefs
 Linking drawings to materials
 BOM Creation
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Engineering Work Space
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A Typical Engineering Workspace
Software
Search &
Find
Analysis
Tools
eCAD
ECM
Office
CAD
Projects
25
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Our answer …
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
Backend driven Object browser
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Based on the needs of the company / user
Based on existing or implicit structures in SAP
Based on classic PLM
Based on PLM 7.x
Drag and Drop
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Browser  Browser
- File system  Browser
- Browser  Application
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
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Enterprise Search
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User defined Searches
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User defined Scopes
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
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Backend driven Details
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Previews
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3D Viewing
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Business Context Viewer
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Drag and Drop of Files
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Open File and Save Files
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
CAD Integration
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Mechanical
Electrical
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Office Integration
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Integration for any authoring
Tool
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
zero
administration
client
prioritized task
packages
multithreaded
asynchronous
data access
intuitive,
state-of-the-art UI
backend driven
business logic
PLM 7 and NGCI
service
integration
easy to
enhance
Preview
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
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CIDEON Engineering Work Space
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Wrap up / Next steps
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Questions?
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Wrap up
Contact: Bill Svokos
CIDEON America, Inc.
Bill.Svokos@CIDEON.com
+1.484.532.7800
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