PLM windchill
By- Bhanu Prakash Vemula
Matrikel no 206745
Data Managment For Engineering
Applications
16-06-2014
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CONTENTS
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Introduction to PLM
Introdunction to Windchill
PTC Windchill Product Categories
PTC Windchill Product Categories
Understanding Windchill PDMLink
Managing Documents
Windchill Documents
Integration with Microsoft Office
CAD Data Management
Managing 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 management
o change management
o 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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Create a new document
either by clicking the
New Document icon
or choosing New Document
from an actions menu.
Windchill Documents
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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 and
Model Structures
Action Icons:
Check in
Checkout
Undo checkout
update
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CAD Data Management
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MANAGING PRODUCTS AND
PRODUCT 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
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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%
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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
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4. learningexchange.ptc.com
5. Product Lifecycle Management ,John Stark BSc, PhD
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