PDM Workbench (PWB) is an extension of CATIA V5 which provides integration of CAD-specific PDM functionality.
PWB, designed as a CATIA V5 workbench, is dedicated to displaying and manipulating PDM data. It combines the control of PDM with the CAD superiority of CATIA V5 in a single user interface.
The PDM Workbench supports Aras Innovator.
It enables the designer to take full advantage of PDM capabilities supporting collaborative product development, all within the CATIA V5 environment the designer is familiar with.
CAD specific PDM functionality in CATIA V5 enabling design engineers to stay within CATIA only CATIA V5 look and feel by using standard CATIA V5 user interface PDM Workbench GUI independent of PDM client GUI Access PDM system from every client machine where PDM Workbench on CATIA V5 is running Supports handling of V4 data
PDM-Workbench supports PDM capabilities like query, BOM navigation, check out, check in, update, create of PDM and CAD data Overcomes Teamcenter GUI restrictions No data migration: PDM Workbench can use existing CMI data Can use any customer data model PWB can import geometry to PDM and thereby generate a Bill of Material out of the imported geometry Simple and cost-efficient tailoring to customer needs
Communication between CATIA session and PDM session based on Web Services SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) based communication (firewall-friendly) Fully customizable (PDM data model, dialogs, icons) Additional PDM functionality can be added by configuration Encryption and security mechanisms on data transmission
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