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Windchill ® Workgroup Manager for Autodesk ® Inventor ?
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the product development company® Data Sheet WindchilT Workgroup Manager for Autodesk® Inventor DELIVERING THE POWER AND BENEFITS OF WINDCHILL TO THE AUTODESK INVENTOR ENVIRONMENT With Windchill managing Autodesk Inventor data, designers can perform everyday design tasks in their familiar MCAD environment, while leveraging the powerful process and content management capabilities of Windchill to manage the resulting design data throughout Managing Autodesk Inventor data within Windchill allows you to capture and control all your design information within a single enterprise environment, manage the data under a single product structure, and easily leverage that information across the extended organization in a controlled manner. Improve collaboration • Integrate the Autodesk Inventor design environment with the wider enterprise in terms of business processes and • Extend the sharing of design data beyond engineering Improve data quality • Eliminate mistakes associated with duplicate or incomplete data by managing data from multiple CAD systems in a single, controlled location under the umbrella of a single product structure • Centralize the management of business processes, such as release procedures and change control • Provide all relevant groups with accurate, up-to-date, relevant product content information that's held in a single location Improve engineer productivity • Increase operating efficiency by reusing design data and reducing the number of design steps • Embed Windchill actions within the Autodesk Inventor application, enabling designers to focus on design activities rather than data management • Minimize engineer interruptions by utilizing background processes to upload files to Windchill, thus allowing the designer to continue using Autodesk Inventor without having to wait for database actions to complete tfUT Products > 2 Stroke Engine > Workspaces ffl Primary Active Workspace: Workspace on 2 Stroke EnginepPick an Action - ^] 8 Object List As a list | ' | Neil2 T Number File Name Employ native Autodesk Inventor icons and file types as well display different status icons within Windchill. Page 1 of 3 | Windchill Workgroup Manager

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Increase enterprise efficiency • Reduce the number of systems required in product development by providing a system that can manage multiple sources of data (e.g., different CAD and documentation formats) • Enforce standard design processes across multiple design Exchange attribute/property information between Autodesk Inventor files and the Windchill environment • Expose Autodesk Inventor attributes to Windchill for searching purposes • Make Windchill attributes available within Autodesk Inventor for purposes such as displaying values on drawing borders Support key Autodesk Inventor data...

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Data Sheet Integrate the Autodesk Inventor environment within Windchill and its related enterprise processes Exchange and share design data in a collaborative environment • Utilize Windchill tools to manage Autodesk Inventor data within the product structure, development process and lifecycle • Provide a single source of product information, and leverage design information outside of the design environment • Enable Check-In and Check-Out of named design baselines, latest configurations, or criteria such as latest released configuration or effectivity date • Enable controlled sharing of...

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