ProductCenter® PLM Product Tour
Welcome and thank you for your interest in ProductCenter. In an effort to provide our prospective customers with visibility into the functional areas of ProductCenter, we have assembled a number of videos highlighting our solution capabilities to address common business issues within any organization.
If you have any questions or would like a personalized interactive tour of ProductCenter please feel free to contact us directly.
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ProductCenter PLM Overview
For over 15 years SofTech, Inc. has enabled companies of all sizes to effectively manage and leverage their company’s product data. Usi...Sunday, January 1, 2012
For over 15 years SofTech, Inc. has enabled companies of all sizes to effectively manage and leverage their company’s product data. Using ProductCenter PLM and its innovative Bill of Information approach companies can better manage, access and understand their complete product definitions.
In this overview demonstration we highlight how ProductCenter PLM enables product design companies to better compete in the ever changing market place.
This introductory overview video highlights the following topics:
- Document Management and Secure Vaulting
- Zero-overhead Web Browser access to ProductCenter PLM Information
- 3D CAD Integration utilizing SolidWorks
- Support for SolidWorks advanced functionality (Part & Assembly Configurations, Smart Components & Features)
- Process Management and Control
- Electronic Signatures and Audit Trails
- Bill of Material (BOM) Management
- Viewing and Markup
- Powerful Reporting Capabilities
- Customized User Dashboards
ProductCenter 9 WebClient
Working closely with the ProductCenter User community, the ProductCenter 9 Web Client UI has been updated and enhanced to support a mor...Friday, September 2, 2011
Working closely with the ProductCenter User community, the ProductCenter 9 Web Client UI has been updated and enhanced to support a more modern, streamlined look-and-feel. This tutorial video will overview the major changes to the UI and show you what you need to know to make a seamless transition from previous ProductCenter versions or from the ProductCenter Windows Client UI.
ProductCenter SolidWorks Integrator - Enhanced Configuration Management
Configurations are a powerful design tool for both SolidWorks Part and Assembly modeling. This tutorial video will explain the recent e...Friday, September 2, 2011
Configurations are a powerful design tool for both SolidWorks Part and Assembly modeling. This tutorial video will explain the recent enhancements in the ProductCenter SolidWorks Integrator that enable a greater level of control over the handling of changes to specific configurations within your design model.
ProductCenter Workflow - Notifications and Handling
In the real-world, things often don't proceed exactly according to plan. Even the most well designed processes don't always execute s...Tuesday, August 9, 2011
In the real-world, things often don't proceed exactly according to plan. Even the most well designed processes don't always execute step-by-step from start to finish due to unforeseen circumstances. ProductCenter's Workflow system allows you to design flexible, robust processes to deal with these types of real-world occurrences. This video will give a detailed explanation of the following features available to you in ProductCenter Workflow:
Notification Types
- Approval/Informational/On-Hold/Suspended
User Functions
- Send Forward/Back
- Put On/Take Off Hold
- Suspend/Resume/Restart
- Reassign
- Administrative Send Forward/Back
- Cancel/Delete
ProductCenter MS Office Integrator
ProductCenter 9 makes it easier than ever to add files to the vault using Drag & Drop. Sometimes you may need the additional ability to...Thursday, July 7, 2011
ProductCenter 9 makes it easier than ever to add files to the vault using Drag & Drop. Sometimes you may need the additional ability to access ProductCenter functionality from within Microsoft Office, map custom properties from Office docs to ProductCenter attributes, or store and manage compound documents. In this brief tutorial video, we will demonstrate these capabilities and how to use them.
ProductCenter PLM AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 Integrator
The ProductCenter® AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical Integrator is your conduit to ProductCenter PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) o...Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The ProductCenter® AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical Integrator is your conduit to ProductCenter PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) on your CAD desktop. ProductCenter provides a fully integrated design environment of all your CAD resources and associated product data, along with flexible change and configuration management, workflow to automate product processes and reviews, and comprehensive bills of material (BOM) management. ProductCenter hones your competitive edge, streamlining product data and processes to deliver significant improvements in development cycle times, cost and quality.
ProductCenter Integrators are fine-tuned to take advantage of your CAD application’s unique features, for example, with AutoCAD providing the ability to insert blocks and X-References directly from ProductCenter and the capability to manage embedded images and documents supporting Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) as part of the configuration.
In this brief introductory video, we will demonstrate using the ProductCenter PLM Integrator for AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 in a typical Design scenario.
- Store, retrieve, and control AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical drawings, assemblies, parts, and other product data
- Manage version/revision changes
- Automate business processes such as ECO/ECN approvals
- Facilitate enterprise-wide collaboration
- Adhere to regulatory requirements such as ISO, Six Sigma, and FDA
ProductCenter PLM Inventor 2012 Integrator
SofTech's ProductCenter® PLM solution allows you to conveniently create and manage product information including drawings, assemblies ...Wednesday, April 27, 2011
SofTech's ProductCenter® PLM solution allows you to conveniently create and manage product information including drawings, assemblies and parts; provides 7x24 secure access to corporate intellectual property; controls product changes via defined business processes; and ultimately provides the platform to manage the Bill of Information directly from your Autodesk® Inventor® design environment.
ProductCenter PLM includes an Autodesk Certified Application integration to Autodesk Inventor.
- Fully integrated within the Autodesk Inventor design environment
- External Reference, Part and Assembly Configuration Management
- Support for Content Center Libraries
- Property Mapping
ProductCenter Search
A key benefit to storing information in ProductCenter PLM is the ability to quickly and accurately locate and utilize it later. This vi...Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A key benefit to storing information in ProductCenter PLM is the ability to quickly and accurately locate and utilize it later. This video will explore how recent enhancements in ProductCenter's Search capabilities help you to do just that.
ProductCenter SolidWorks Attribute Mapping
ProductCenter PLM allows you to create and track a wide variety of Attributes related to your SolidWorks documents. The SolidWorks Inte...Friday, February 18, 2011
ProductCenter PLM allows you to create and track a wide variety of Attributes related to your SolidWorks documents. The SolidWorks Integrator's Attribute Mapping capability allows you to map SolidWorks Custom Properties directly into ProductCenter Attributes without the need for redundant data entry. Here's what you need to know to get the most from this feature.
ProductCenter SolidWorks Preview Images
As the old saying goes: "A picture is worth a thousand words". In ProductCenter 9, the new Preview Image tab allows you to visually com...Thursday, January 6, 2011
As the old saying goes: "A picture is worth a thousand words". In ProductCenter 9, the new Preview Image tab allows you to visually communicate complex design information and have it update automatically to reflect the latest version. In this video we'll show you what you need to know to implement and get the most benefit from this powerful new capability.
ProductCenter SolidWorks Configuration Management
SolidWorks Configurations represent a powerful set of functionality for flexible design creation. The ProductCenter PLM SolidWorks Inte...Wednesday, January 5, 2011
SolidWorks Configurations represent a powerful set of functionality for flexible design creation. The ProductCenter PLM SolidWorks Integrator allows you to easily and flexibly manage these Configurations as unique items. Here is what you need to know when implementing and using this functionality.
ProductCenter PLM SolidWorks Partner Video 2010
As a SolidWorks Certified Gold Product, ProductCenter PLM is tightly integrated into the SolidWorks User Interface. Users can acces...Tuesday, December 21, 2010
As a SolidWorks Certified Gold Product, ProductCenter PLM is tightly integrated into the SolidWorks User Interface. Users can access full functionality in SolidWorks from a drop down menu and the ProductCenter Information tab. Conveniently access product data, manage changes, check status, and launch items for approval right from within the SolidWorks design environment.
ProdctCenter SolidWorks Integrator features include:
- Fully integrated within the SolidWorks design environment
- External Reference, Part and Assembly Configuration Management
- Support for Tool Box and Design Libraries
- Property Mapping
Process Management
Information does not remain static in one place, but must be able to flow both inside and outside the organization in a manageable but ...Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Information does not remain static in one place, but must be able to flow both inside and outside the organization in a manageable but controlled manner. In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how ProductCenter PLM's Process Management and Control capabilities enable organizations to get the RIGHT INFORMATION to the RIGHT PEOPLE at the RIGHT TIME.
BOM Management
At the heart of any product design is the engineering Bill of Materials. Far from just a static list of part items, the Bill of Materia...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
At the heart of any product design is the engineering Bill of Materials. Far from just a static list of part items, the Bill of Materials must be able to accurately and effectively communicate product design data across a wide range of areas, both inside and outside of the engineering department.
In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how ProductCenter PLM enables organizations to more effectively capture, manage and communicate the information contained in their Engineering Bill of Materials.
Visualization and Markup
Advances in CAD and Internet technologies enable creation of highly complex, real-world CAD models and true 24/7 "Follow the Sun" Desig...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Advances in CAD and Internet technologies enable creation of highly complex, real-world CAD models and true 24/7 "Follow the Sun" Design-thru-Manufacturing scenarios. With these advances come challenges as well: high-end CAD systems are expensive and often too difficult for the infrequent user to learn, and globally dispersed Design and Manufacturing teams can face language and communication barriers that make verbal and textual communications difficult. The ability to easily and accurately communicate using detailed graphical information is critical.
In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how ProductCenter PLM's integration of Oracle's AutoVue technology allows your organization to accomplish this goal.
Creating and Managing the Product Bill of Information (BOI)
Modern computer and IT systems have made it easier for companies to create and store massive amounts of product related data. All too o...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Modern computer and IT systems have made it easier for companies to create and store massive amounts of product related data. All too often, though, this has resulted in portions of the complete Product Definition being stored and managed in a multitude of isolated, disconnected systems.
In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how ProductCenter PLM's unique "Bill of Information" (BOI) approach enables organizations to utilizes data from a wide variety of sources to create and manage a comprehensive Product Definition structure.
Document Management
Organizations today increasingly face an explosion in the number of documents both defining and related to the definition of their prod...Monday, October 18, 2010
Organizations today increasingly face an explosion in the number of documents both defining and related to the definition of their product design. In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how PCTR PLM helps organizations turn massive amounts of data into meaningful information.
Issues addressed include:
- Rapid, accurate document retrieval
- Version and Status feedback
- Access awareness and control
- Document history and traceability
- Ease-of-Access vs, Security
Searching and Reporting
The ever-increasing complexity of modern day product designs has resulted in a massive explosion in the amount of product-related data....Monday, October 18, 2010
The ever-increasing complexity of modern day product designs has resulted in a massive explosion in the amount of product-related data. Organizations must be able to quickly and reliably retrieve a information contained in a wide range of document types. In this brief video, we'll demonstrate how PCTR PLM helps organizations not just locate and access, but also fully understand, their product definition data.
ProductCenter SolidWorks Integrator Baseline Management
The ProductCenter PLM SolidWorks Integrator, a SolidWorks Certified Gold Product, is tightly integrated into the SolidWorks design envi...Friday, September 17, 2010
The ProductCenter PLM SolidWorks Integrator, a SolidWorks Certified Gold Product, is tightly integrated into the SolidWorks design environment. This brief video explains how the Integrator's Baseline Management capability allows you to easily manage even your most complex SolidWorks designs as they evolve and change over time.
ProductCenter 9 Workspace Explorer
The Workspace Explorer dialog combines some of the functionality of the ProductCenter Desktop and Windows Explorer and is accessible fr...Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Workspace Explorer dialog combines some of the functionality of the ProductCenter Desktop and Windows Explorer and is accessible from File -> Workspace Explorer menu. The dialog allows you to review the contents of any file system folder to quickly understand whether a file exists in ProductCenter, has been modified, is checked out, is non-latest, and if the file is already opened in its associated application. This dialog includes a Folder Tree for browsing the file system folder hierarchy. Once a folder has been opened, for each file in the folder ProductCenter will display in separate columns the ProductCenter Desktop attributes of Name, Revision, Status, Title, File Type and Class. There is also a Location column to provide detailed information regarding the location state of each item. The dialog will also include File system information such as File Size, Date Modified, Date Created and an Attribute column indicating if the file is writable or read-only from the file system perspective.
ProductCenter 9 User Interface Basics
To use ProductCenter, you work within four special windows, each of which enables you to perform specific functions: Desktop, Search, C...Tuesday, September 14, 2010
To use ProductCenter, you work within four special windows, each of which enables you to perform specific functions: Desktop, Search, Checked-out Items, and Class Browser. If ProductCenter Workflow is installed, you have two additional windows: Work List and Claimable Work. For more information about the Workflow windows, see the ProductCenter Workflow Guide.
ProductCenter 9 Adding and Linking Items
ProductCenter lets you establish various types of connections or links between database items so that you can access the set of related...Tuesday, September 14, 2010
ProductCenter lets you establish various types of connections or links between database items so that you can access the set of related items easily and know something about their relationship. You can establish links between files, projects, and parts as you work. Links are often used to connect members of a product configuration. For example, the product Wagon could be linked to wheels, wagon body, and handle. They may be used, as well, to connect markup files to the file, project, or part being evaluated, or any other kinds of item whose relationship is important to someone. For example, you could create links between a summary report and its source files.
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