Easily Print and Export Files From

Teamcenter, Web Based and Secure

Siemens PLM Connection 2016

Orlando, FL • May 16-19

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Teamcenter as a Single Source of Content
Many types of documents and tools to author them are in use

Change Spare Part

Report Catalog

Drawing FAI

Microsoft
Office
Documents
Manu-
facturing Service
Information Manual

xBOM Work
Instruction

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BCT portfolio to support the product lifecycle

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Different Integrations with Teamcenter
Output Management in different ways to find, select, view and process data

BCT EasyPlot BCT CenterPoint

Standalone Portal Web Active Workspace Microsoft Sharepoint

Teamcenter
Application Web application Web parts
Standalone Start plot jobs in connected to
integrated in connected to
application connected
Teamcenter Rich Active Teamcenter
to Teamcenter Teamcenter via for Microsoft
Client HTTP or HTTPS Workspace Sharepoint

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Access to Teamcenter in Microsoft SharePoint
BCT CenterPoint Web Parts

Find, display, visualize

Teamcenter data in BCT CenterPoint
Microsoft SharePoint
Teamcenter Search
• Drawings (PDF, TIFF)
• Documents (Word,
Excel, JT, …)

Up to date information for

everyone
• Redundant free, simple
and secure access to
data from PLM

Simple integration in
company-wide intranet
based on Microsoft
SharePoint
• Seamless integration in
Windows SharePoint BCT CenterPoint
Services / Microsoft Drawing Preview &
Office SharePoint Attributes
Server
BCT CenterPoint
Teamcenter Bill of
Material
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Different Integrations with Teamcenter
Output Management in different ways to find, select, view and process data

BCT EasyPlot BCT CenterPoint

Standalone Portal Web Active Workspace Microsoft Sharepoint

Teamcenter
Application Web application Web parts
Standalone Start plot jobs in connected to
integrated in connected to
application connected
Teamcenter Rich Active Teamcenter
to Teamcenter Teamcenter via for Microsoft
Client HTTP or HTTPS Workspace Sharepoint

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Supporting Automated Reproduction Processes
Output Management in different ways to find, select, view and process data

View

Export and/or Mail

Plot/Print

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Configurable User Interface
Different widgets allow different look and feel

Navigator Clipboard Preview

Search

Attributes

Bill of
Material

Detailed
View
BOM Filter &
Configuration Rule
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Benefits of the Client Server Architecture
BCT EasyPlot

• Centralized plot management

• Centralized configuration
• No printer drivers for client
machine
• Client gets all customizations
from server
• Traceable and well organized
output

Client Printer
Client
Printer
LAN

BCT EasyPlot Server ?

Client
?
Plotter

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Print and Export Files From Teamcenter
Web Based and Secure, using Teamcenter File Management and Web-Tier

BCT EasyPlot seamlessly

integrates into Teamcenter
infrastructure
• Uses client – server ? file
communication via ?
Teamcenter 4-Tier Local Cache BCT EasyPlot
Server Server
• Consider Teamcenter BCT EasyPlot
Access Management Server

(ACL)
• Leveraging Teamcenter
FMS
file !! www
• Web based access via file ! ?
www
BCT EasyPlot web FMS Database Web
Master Server Server
client Poolserver

• Use of Teamcenter file

Audit Manager to keep Local Cache BCT EasyPlot
Server Server
track of data access

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Basic Use Cases
BCT EasyPlot

Search capabilities Dataset type selection Viewing

Printing/Plotting Export Send to E-Mail

Attribute-Preview BOM-Plotting Grouping of drawings

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Search capabilities

• Browse Teamcenter folders

• Search data via key words
• Use advanced search with additional criteria/attributes
• BCToogle
• Multiline Input

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Dataset type selection

• Possibility to filter the added datasets based on the dataset type

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Viewing

• Preview documents (Image, TIFF, PDF, etc.) before processing

• Launch the corresponding authoring system like Word,
JT2Go, etc.

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Printing/Plotting

• Select output formats and destinations (e.g. different plotter types)

• Add watermark with additional information
• Print title page, error page and bill of material pages
• Output in interactive mode or combined with a scheduler

Print Teamcenter data

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Printing/Plotting

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Export

• Export documents to directory (incl. ZIPing)

• Add a “readme” with additional information
• Export original file format (e.g. native CAD data)
• Teamcenter group/role dependent privileges Export to directory

Export Teamcenter data

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Send to E-Mail

• Export documents to directory (incl. ZIPing)

• Add a “readme” with additional information
• Export original file format (e.g. native CAD data)
• Teamcenter group/role dependent privileges Send to E-Mail

Export Teamcenter data

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Attribute-Preview

• When selecting an item or item-revision, dataset or document their attributes are displayed in the
Attribute-Preview
• Configuration within GUI:

Depending on Item Type

• Item attributes
• Revision attributes
• Dataset attributes
• BOM attributes

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BOM-Plotting

• Select an Item with BOM

• Select a configuration rule
• Use filters e.g. to filter out spare parts, defined on BOM level
• Support of different view types

get BOM data

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Grouping of drawings according to dataset type and print size

• Group the datasets by e.g. page size or attributes

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Advanced Use Cases
BCT EasyPlot

BOM-Filter Advanced search Plot list

Batch Print Stamping / Watermarking Documentation of print jobs

Automatic creation of
plot formats Plot-Conversion Configuration Rules
Reports to generate Start print job in Active
documentation Workspace

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BOM-Filter

• Use filters to collect your documents

• Assembly is only resolved to a defined level
• Selection of documents via BOM Notes
• Filter documents based on Teamcenter attributes – include/exclude
• Filter can be configured by the admin
or user (if allowed)

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Advanced search

• Advanced Search through all Teamcenter attributes (e.g. different for each item type)
• Support of Item, ItemRevision, Dataset or BOM attributes
• Search is based on Saved Queries
• Global Search over all attributes

Configure attributes

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Plot list

• Managing of periodical plot lists

• Store the list in a special directory
• Could be user or company specific
• Optional: Resolve the BOM

Save/open plot list

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Batch Print

Text File including item ids

Start print Used for search

jobs via 3
Search
result
Text files
including list Text file is
of item ids used for
Open 1
search
2 text file

URL Request
Example Call for BCT EasyPlot including list of Item Ids
http://EasyPlotWebServer/bct_web_clients/sendto/easyplot-
web-attribut.html?attribut=element-id&value=009981;009982
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Stamping / Watermarking

• Possibility to define watermarks (position, font, size, rotation, etc.)

• Different watermark types / templates according to level of definition

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Documentation of print jobs

• Title page
• Job logs (e.g. missing docs.)

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Automated creation of plot formats

• Call up the corresponding translation service (TSTK, Dispatcher, CRI, etc.)

• Use API to generate plot data from NX drawings
• Operation is running on server

Generate plot data

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Plot-Conversion using different Converters

Format Converter

tiff Native print

doc/docx/xls/xlsx/ppt/pptx direct print

/txt/gif/jpeg/bmp/png

pdf ps2tiff.bat

hpgl hp2xx.bat

cgm, dxf and others TC VisConvert

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Configuration Rules

• Switch configuration rule

• Show ‘not-up-to-date‘ information

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Reports to generate sets of documentation
Efficient Report Generation using PLM XML and Style Sheets

• Create report, e.g.

• Bill of material
• Revision history
• PDF / Excel / HTML

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Start Print Jobs from Active Workspace

• Start batch print in Active

Workspace
• Print jobs are sent to BCT
EasyPlot server
• Automatic format
recognition
• Stamping

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Basic & Advanced Use Cases
BCT EasyPlot

Search capabilities Dataset type selection Viewing

Printing/Plotting Export Send to E-Mail

Attribute-Preview BOM-Plotting Grouping of drawings

BOM-Filter Advanced search Plot list

Batch Print Stamping / Watermarking Documentation of print jobs

Automatic creation of
plot formats Plot-Conversion Configuration Rules
Reports to generate Start print job in Active
documentation Workspace

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