Software delivers product lifecycle management inside CATIA.

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ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications v5.13 provides unified access to both design and Virtual Product Development Management functions inside CATIA environment. CATIA application data coverage supports design tables, assembly design templates, and update status of assembly drawings. Integration with Microsoft Project plug-in enables project leaders to stay up-to-date on project status. Software also offers vault server administration product and web-based Workflow Definition product.



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ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications V5.13 Enhances Integration with Virtual Product Manager Functions and Improves Interoperability



Overview
ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications (LCA) V5.13 delivers the ideal Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment inside CATIA V5.
Virtual Product Development Management (VPDM) capabilities
have been embedded inside the CATIA environment with the new
generation of ENOVIA V5 VPM solution. Other highlights include
integration with Microsoft(TM) Project, a completely revised SAP adapter, and a new Web-based workflow buildtime.

o New generation of ENOVIA V5 VPM solution provides unified
access to both design and VPDM functions inside CATIA environment, delivering substantial improvement in usability and productivity for design engineers. It is a powerful new enabler for large scale deployments of ENOVIA and CATIA V5 and provides unprecedented relational design process coverage.

Three new products are introduced in V5.13:
- VPM Navigator
- VPM Relational
- Design VPM Configured
Product Design

o Greatly expanded CATIA application data coverage now supports design tables, assembly design templates, analysis documents in exploded mode, and the update status of assembly drawings.
o Integration with Microsoft Projectb plug-in enables project leaders to stay up-to-date on critical project status.
o New Web-based Workflow Definition product allows for
easier workflow process definition.
o The completely revised interoperability with SAP features
advanced attribute mapping, bidirectional synchronization, and
life cycle event-driven push.
o New vault server administration product provides vault
administration tools common to both ENOVIA LCA and ENOVIAVPM.

Key prerequisites
ENOVIA LCA V5.13 runs on selected system levels of the following
operating systems:
o For server platforms
- Microsoft Windows(TM) 2000 or Windows XP
- AIX®
- Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
- Silicon Graphics (SGI) IRIX
- Sun Solaris
o For client platforms
- Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP
- AIX
- HP-UX
- SGI IRIX
- Sun Solaris

A properly sized database that uses either DB2® or Oracle

Planned availability dates
o March 12, 2004, ENOVIA LCA V5.13
o April 23, 2004, ENOVIA User Companion for LCA V5.13

At a glance
ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications V5.13 delivers the ideal Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment inside CATIA V5.
o Embeds VPDM capabilities inside CATIA environment with the new generation of ENOVIA V5 VPM solution
o Expands CATIA application data coverage that includes design
tables, assembly design templates, and the update status of assembly drawing
o Improves project management with new Microsoft Project integration
o Offers simplified process definition with the new Web-based Workflow Definition product
o Delivers enhanced system deployment with a new vault server administration product
o Delivers totally revised interoperability with SAP featuring advanced attribute mapping, bidirectional synchronization and life cycle event-driven push
o Provides enhanced interoperability with DELMIA IPD

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