{"id":838,"date":"2021-03-05T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.productdesignsoftware.com.au\/?p=838"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T03:42:52","slug":"windchill-for-product-data-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leapaust.com.au\/blog\/dx\/windchill-for-product-data-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Windchill for Product Data Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"838\" class=\"elementor elementor-838\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484e432c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"484e432c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6fba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd6fba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Across Feb &amp; March 2021, LEAP is running a 6-part webinar series on PTC Windchill\u00a0suitable for both existing &amp; new users of PLM. During this series, we intend to provide an in depth look at the core capabilities of Windchill and highlight examples of how companies around the world are using PLM to boost their efficiency and product quality, at a time when teams are increasingly forced to collaborate remotely.<\/p><p>The recording of the first webinar in the series entitled <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.productdesignsoftware.com.au\/introduction-to-windchill-plm-and-the-digital-thread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction to Windchill PLM and the Digital Thread<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong> is available for those of you who missed it \u2013 read on for the highlights of webinar two of the series, <em><strong>Windchill for Product Data Management<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>To start off proceedings, LEAP&#8217;s PTC Technical Manager Allan Thompson introduces the topics covered in this session and provides an overview of the Windchill packaging structure as requested by several participants of our first introductory webinar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf08c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ecf08c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/TGTERrdwTC4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f6b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08f6b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next Allan takes a closer look at the common data management problems companies face including:<\/p><ul><li>Design data residing in multiple locations in multiple states (version control, change management etc)<\/li><li>Limited ability to search (finding and reusing existing data, viewing history etc)<\/li><li>Manual business processes controlling design data (excessive user input, lack of visibility \/ insight into processes)<\/li><\/ul><p>and the Windchill capabilities that directly address these problems such as:<\/p><ul><li>Requirements and validation<\/li><li>Source code management<\/li><li>CAD data management<\/li><li>Enterprise visualisation, validation and review<\/li><li>Document management<\/li><li>Enterprise document publishing and collaboration<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6164551 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6164551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/zP85I09giF4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd2841c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd2841c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Allan continues with a deep dive into Windchill&#8217;s object-based digital data model and how it manages product data. The model starts with an object that the business produces which may then have a structure which defines it, CAD associated with it, CAD derived content such as drawings or STL files associated with it, history and versions associated with it for version control and meta-data, attributes, documentation and much more associated with the structure.\u00a0 We then take a step-by-step look at related data in Windchill using Creo data as an example.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794f25c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"794f25c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/Qy05G9kSQZQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e37bc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e37bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Allan then guides us through an overview of each of the key Windchill Product Data Management capabilities including integral component management, Creo data management, Windchill workgroup manager (for Solidworks, Inventor, Autocad, CATIA) and Windchill integration for E-CAD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-633bc18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"633bc18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/skPEnIjEMIs&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0e1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab0e1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next is a demonstration of CAD data management in Windchill starting with a brief overview of the user interface for those unfamiliar with it. This is followed by a more detailed look at Windchill&#8217;s core PDM functionality including tracking down in which assemblies a particular part is used, connectivity between Windchill and your CAD system (in this case Creo), workflows and tasks and much, much more. If you have not yet seen Windchill in action be sure to watch the clip below!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c2b20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"80c2b20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/hrGGg5Lgt8U&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0142459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0142459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Finally Imran Muthaliph, Application Engineer at LEAP Australia provides an overview of document management within Windchill including desktop integration with applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel and Windchill&#8217;s enterprise document publishing and collaboration tools before providing a live demonstration of this functionality in action.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921f135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"921f135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/zAJt8bqiFFo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40905791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40905791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We trust you have enjoyed the second of our six-part webinar series on Windchill. 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