Data and Database Management Software
Design Software optimizes value chain collaboration.
Press Release Summary:
SMARTEAM v5.16 delivers design continuity among value chain partners and optimizes processes across expanded product knowledge, including multi-CAD. PPR v5.16 offers capabilities for integrating exchanged CATIA relational data as well as impact analysis and digital mock-up processes. Along with 3D comparison and lifecycle-managed synchronization of exchanged CATIA relational data, process-centric software features impact analysis capabilities to expose results of design changes.
Original Press Release:
SMARTEAM V5.16 Optimizes Value Chain Collaboration
Facilitates reconciliation of exchanged CATIA engineering data, enhancing design chain continuity
Enables early and rapid design capture via a partner sales configurator, improving competitiveness
Enhances workflows, links to data, project security and integration with DMU, optimizing decision making and IP reuse
Delivers flexible PLM platform openness, extending solution value across assets and users
Overview
SMARTEAM V5.16 delivers design continuity among value chain partners and optimizes processes across expanded product knowledge, including multi-CAD, while enhancing competitiveness and solution cost-effectiveness through partner offerings.
Product, Process, Resource (PPR) V5.16 enhances engineering productivity through powerful capabilities for integrating exchanged CATIA relational data, as well as impact analysis and digital mock-up processes.
A new SMARTEAM product delivers 3D comparison and lifecycle-managed synchronization of exchanged CATIA relational data, fortifying design chain continuity.
Impact analysis leverages tight SMARTEAM link relationships to expose the full impact of a design change, enhancing decision-making.
Seamless integration to Digital Mock-up optimizes the total design process environment.
Process-centric: V5.16 optimizes process automation, enhancing efficiency for users and administrators across the enterprise.
Automatically updated organizational data enhances resource assignment in work processes.
Compatibility with CATIA's 64-bit platform supports large assembly work, leveraging technology assets to improve overall user productivity in all sectors.
LUM flexibility allows configuring of idle time, optimizing license use.
Knowledge: V5.16 maximizes productivity in a heterogeneous engineering environment through latest version and enhanced functionality support for Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Solid Edge and Autodesk products, as well as an expanded capability for secure project reuse.
Collaborative Workspaces: V5.16 enhances collaboration and change management through a fortified bi-directional links mechanism, enhanced embedded best-in-market viewing and markup, and optimal Web deployment scenarios.
Continued 3D XML compliance in the SMARTEAM environment extends collaboration to non-traditional Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) users and customers.
Component Application Architecture (CAA): V5.16 leverages platform flexibility and openness to extend solutions value and scope, including through new partner offerings.
Generic sales configurator available from Tacton leverages item data with a business rules engine, boosting build-to-order competitiveness.
Third-party adapters available from iWay expand options for low-cost, rapid interconnectivity with IT assets, directly and via standard middleware.
Up-to-date certifications, including across operating systems and client browsers, ensure robust, standards-compliant enterprise-wide PLM delivery.
Tested scenarios validate SMARTEAM using DB2® on Linux(TM), offering a highly secure, cost-effective operating system platform, well suited to sensitive data.
Key prerequisites
SMARTEAM V5 desktop applications run on selected system levels of Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM).
Planned availability dates
December 2, 2005, SMARTEAM V5.16
January 13, 2006, SMARTEAM Web-based Learning Solutions V5.16
