Day 49

Generation
4R
Design

4Generation Design (4GD) allows users of NXand

Lifecycle Visualization to co-operate in real time

during
of product.
the design cycle a

Evolution ofDesign Management Systems (DMS)

-

↓ Generation DMS and Generation DMS grdGeneration DMS 4M Generation DMS.

· Stored product Introduced

· ·
Uses PLM 4GD uses flexible
·

models in individual separate assembly system to access

component-based approach
files. files components and control the

inefficientapproach Teamcenter & NX

to takenindividual
·
·
productdata. are

could integrated closely to

easily assembly separate possibility of
·
not reuse in

files. Store
Standard
Geometry process bottleneck independently
only 1 managed objects called
designer depending how
design component.
·
on

can edit the well the product

assembly at
time
a Structure is ·

Assembly data is
organized.
organized in more
Limitation can
flexible groupings
·
L

become severe

for extremely
called partitions.
large or complex ·
4GD Removes
Structures.
of Previous
limitations
to
design systems
enable design of
very large products
in collaborative way.
Advantages of 4GD for Design

management
① Performance &
scalability
② Design integrity
③ working concurrently

④ user
productivity.
How LGD 1 Smart covery are
related?
4G based Teamcenter
· SmartDiscovery is

solution that makes iteasier to -organize,

product information, find specific information
of interest, provide actionable insights etc.
· Smart
Discovery makes use of 4GD for search
& setting up contexts for analysis & visualization.
includes SmartDiscovery, as well as component
· 4GD

based
authoring in NX.

· SmartDiscovery can be the firststep to achieve

full 4GB adoption