Teamcenter Express Version 2 - Siemens PLM Software

Velocity Series
Teamcenter Express Version 2
Focused on the management of everyday tasks and processes for design through manufacturing
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Siemens PLM Software
www.siemens.com/plm/teamcenterexpress
Summary
Teamcenter ® Express Version 2 software delivers a preconfigured collaborative product data management (cPDM) environment that
addresses the needs of mid-size manufacturing companies. Delivering many significant enhancements,Teamcenter Express Version 2 builds
on its design data management focus by adding an integrated design review capability, new functionality for the management of
manufacturing data and processes and additional ERP integration capabilities.
Benefits
Faster and more accurate design
review processes
Expands preconfigured cPDM
environment to include
manufacturing data and processes
Automated creation of PDF and
raster documents on design release
More accurate handover of data to
manufacturing
Comprehensive administrator
tools provide flexibility to meet
customer-specific requirements
Features
XpresReview Package Exchange for
design through manufacturing
collaboration
Teamcenter Express Manufacturing
•CAM Express integration
•Resource manager
•Part planner
Expanded ERP integrations
Automated data translation
Latest Teamcenter platform delivers
many new features
Many more customer focused
enhancements
Siemens PLM Software packs Teamcenter Express Version 2 with enhanced capabilities for creating,
sharing and managing design and manufacturing information.Version 2 includes major enhancements
that support the Teamcenter Express position as the clear leader in delivering a preconfigured cPDM
solution that can be rapidly deployed and has a low total cost of ownership. By reducing errors,
rework and communi-cation delays, our customers enjoy better time-to-market for new products and
increased profitability.
XpresReview Package Exchange for integrated design reviews
Using the new XpresReview Package Exchange capability in Teamcenter Express, designers can
efficiently conduct design reviews with other workgroups, suppliers and customers. Based on
Siemens’ established XpresReview and packaged collaboration file (PCF) technologies, the new
handling capabilities include import, export, mailing, viewing and markup of PCF files to facilitate
simple but powerful design review collaboration.The XpresReview tool integrated into Teamcenter
Express and freely downloadable by other users, can be used by both internal and external users to
review and mark up the contents of the PCF file.
PCF Files
PCF files are portable, intelligent containers that package
2D and 3D CAD files and any other document types.
PCF is the established design review format for NX ® and
Solid Edge ® software CAD users. PCF containers can be
emailed to external users who may not use
Teamcenter Express but who are involved
in the review and approval of design data.
When creating the PCF file the originator
can determine what functions will be enabled
in the XpresReview tool, for example only
enabling viewing or enabling additional
markup and cross-sectioning capabilities.

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XpresReview tool
Using the XpresReview tool, external recipients can view and
interrogate documents within the PCF file, then repackage the
documents to return or forward. For Solid Edge and NX part,
assembly and drawing file formats XpresReview supports
additional measurement, cross-sectioning and markup
capabilities. Modified PCF files can be imported back into
Teamcenter Express to enable any changes made to be examined by the Teamcenter Express user and
incorporated into the current design revision.
Teamcenter Express Manufacturing for management of manufacturing data and processes
The new Teamcenter Express Manufacturing capability adds support for the management of NX CAM,
CAM Express and Solid Edge manufacturing solutions data and processes. Direct integration between
Teamcenter Express and CAM Express enables NC programmers to manage NC programs and post
processor files associated with part design data more efficiently. Extensions to the precon-figured cPDM
environment include new datasets, forms, reports and manufacturing user roles that support CAM Express
manufacturing data management and process automation.Teamcenter Express Manufacturing enables
manufacturing planners to manage NC machining data including shop documentation and output files,
view and report on this data and send data to shop floor machines.Teamcenter Express Manufacturing
also enables tooling engineers to create and maintain libraries of cutting tools and fixtures.
With this new functionality
Teamcenter Express users
will have best-in-class tools
to integrate their design and
manufacturing processes
based on a common database
and common workflow
processes. Benefits of working
on this common platform
include less errors and
rework and faster time-to-market.
Expanded ERP integrations
New Teamcenter Express SAP integration
The new Teamcenter Express SAP option is a preconfigured version
of Siemens’ proven Teamcenter Engineering gateway for SAP
software and enables managed transfer of product data from
Teamcenter Express to SAP.This option enables users to transfer
accurate part and BOM data from Teamcenter Express to SAP in a managed and consistent way,
eliminating the possibility of errors in this data transfer.The data transfer is triggered by the
preconfigured standard workflow processes and feedback is given to the Teamcenter Express user on
the success or failure of the transaction in SAP. Functionality includes creation, update and display of
SAP material masters, documents and BOM records, support for the use of SAP ECNs with these
transactions, mapping of attributes between Teamcenter Express and SAP and preconfigured forms to
manage the data that will be transferred.

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Expanded Microsoft Dynamics ERP integrations
Siemens has teamed with QBD Systems to deliver preconfigured
integrations between Teamcenter Express and Microsoft
Dynamics ERP solutions. In addition to the current integrations
for Microsoft Dynamics GP 8.x and 9.x, and AX 3.0,Teamcenter
Express Version 2 adds support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0
and AX 4.0.
Automated file translation
Users frequently need to convert a file to a different format at a
particular point in its lifecycle; for example creating a PDF
version of a 2D drawing on release of the drawing.Teamcenter
Express Version 2 introduces a generic framework for translation
of 2D, 3D and document file types.The
translation can be triggered on demand, on a
workflow event or in batch mode. Specific
translations include:
• Solid Edge Draft to PDF, DXF and TIFF
• NX Draft to CGM, HPGL and TIFF
• All the 3D CAD formats supported by
Teamcenter Express to JT
• Microsoft Office documents to PDF
New Teamcenter 2005 platform
Teamcenter Express Version 2 is now built on the latest Teamcenter platform,Teamcenter 2005 SR1. By
moving to this platform Teamcenter Express users have immediate access to over 60 functionality
enhancements including a new 4-tier architecture and new file management system that improves
performance over a WAN. Some examples of these enhancements include hierarchical and nested listof-values
capability, improved ability to assign users to all the steps of a workflow and automatic
assignment of items to projects.
Customer requested enhancements
Teamcenter Express has also added many new features in
response to requests from the customer base.These include
additions to the preconfigured cPDM environment delivered by
Teamcenter Express, for example new and updated reports,
searches, forms and several new functions in the product
structure editor module to aid creation, editing and reporting
on BOMs.
Summary
Teamcenter Express Version 2 builds on Version 1 by adding an integrated design review capability, new
functionality for the management of manufacturing data and processes and additional ERP integration
capabilities. Small and mid-sized manufacturing organizations are encouraged to evaluate Teamcenter
Express Version 2 right away.
Contact
Siemens PLM Software
Americas 800 807 2200
Europe 44 (0) 1202 243455
Asia-Pacific 852 2230 3308
www.siemens.com/plm
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