Teamcenter Integration for Inventorenables design information created inInventor to be captured, controlled andshared by your organization is a single,highly secure cPDM environment, whileversion management and access controlensure that the right people get the rightinformation at the right time.

Using the Integration for Inventor, designteams can quickly search and access Inventor parts, assemblies and drawings to eliminate timewasted trying to find and share design information, while reducing change orders by ensuring thateveryone is working from the latest design information.

The capabilities go beyond workgroup CAD data management, enabling design teams at differentlocations and through your supply chain to work closely together to streamline the productdevelopment process through multi-site collaboration.

The Integration for Inventor is a designer centric solution that leverages existing Teamcenter rulesand enables Inventor data to be incorporated into a multi-CAD environment. The user interface isembedded in Inventor and includes:• A pull-down menu for connecting to Teamcenter, searching the Teamcenter database andaccessing online help

• The Teamcenter home browser panel for selecting documents and adding them to the currentInventor session

• The Teamcenter file status browser panel for reviewing PDM information and performing PDMoperations on the documents in the current Inventor session

Supported Inventor documents• Assemblies (.iam)• Parts (.ipt)• Drawings (.idw)• Presentations (.ipn)

Teamcenter Integration for InventorCapture, manage and share Inventor data usingTeamcenter, the de facto standard for PLM deployments

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BenefitsIntegrate your Inventor files with allof your technical data to provide asingle source of product informationthat supports your complete design-through-manufacturing process

Less time spent finding the correctrevisions of Inventor data

Faster product change and approvalprocesses resulting in decreasedtime-to-market

Enables consistent work processesto be followed across all dataformats resulting in less errorsand rework

Improved collaboration within yourorganization and with customersand suppliers

FeaturesAccess Teamcenter cPDMcapabilities directly from withinInventor

Create and edit Inventor parts,drawings and assemblies under thecontrol of Teamcenter

Create and manage new productrevisions and versions

Automatic generation of lightweightvisualization (JT) files for Inventorparts

Save Inventor Part models to theindustry-standard JT lightweightrepresentation

Bi-directional transfer of Inventordocument properties to/fromTeamcenter

SummaryTeamcenter® Integration for Inventor software enables you to reduce your product development cycle times and costs by enhancingyour Inventor environment through integration with Teamcenter, the industry-leading collaborative product data management(cPDM) solution.

Integration for Inventor – supported functions• Version and revision control of Inventor assemblies, parts, drawings and presentation files• Integrated Teamcenter access from within Inventor. Access the Teamcenter workspace and Teamcenterfunctions such as search and retrieve, thumbnail viewing, where used, and check-in/check-out

• Save new documents to Teamcenter using Teamcenter business object rules for ID, name and revision• Open Inventor assemblies using “level of detail” rules• Determine checked in/checked out status and ownership of parts in an Inventor assembly• Place and rename components in an Inventor assembly• Inventor libraries and iPart support• Automated product structure and part-drawing links transfer to Teamcenter• Create, configure and edit assemblies using your familiar Inventor environment• Bi-directional Inventor document properties transfer to/from Teamcenter attributes• Automatically generate and manage lightweight visualization (JT) files for Inventor parts

The Teamcenter Integration for Inventor is supported by both Teamcenter andTeamcenter Express:• Teamcenter powers innovation and productivity by connecting people and processes with knowledge.Teamcenter is the de facto standard for PLM deployments, and is backed by UGS’ leadership indelivery.

• Teamcenter Express is a configuration of Teamcenter targeted at SMBs and is an entry point into theTeamcenter product line. Users of Teamcenter Express can easily expand the scope of their cPDMimplementation by taking advantage of Teamcenter’s comprehensive portfolio of applications and itsproven scalability in terms of performance and global implementation.

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