Collaboration

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Collaboration

• Timothy Field
• DesignOne

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Collaboration - to work jointly with others or
together especially in an intellectual endeavor
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PTCs FREE collaboration tools

• Pro/COLLABORATE
• Pro/DESKTOP Express
• ProductView Express

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Collaboration happens between

• Colleagues
• Customers
• Suppliers
• Manufacturing Partners

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Collaboration methods

• Phone, Fax
• IGES, STEP
• E-mail
• Static Images (Tiff, jpeg, etc.)
• Dynamic Images (VRML)

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Pro/Collaborate

• Create virtual product development teams to
  share, discuss, and manipulate designs
• Invite your partners, suppliers, and contractors
  to join your virtual team
• Make CAD data accessible independent of
  Pro/ENGINEER
• Free of charge for all users

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What do I need to get started?

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• JAVA Virtual Machine 3234
• Netscape 4.6.1 or 4.7.x

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Additional optional software

• CAD Viewer (free version of ProductView, allows
  you to view, measure, and markup)
• CAD Manager (puts Pro/COLLABORATE direct
  connection on your Pro/E toolbar)
• On-line tutorial to show you how to get started

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Who can use Pro/COLLABORATE?

• Anyone can use Pro/COLLABORATE
• Active maintenance paying Pro/ENGINEER or
  Pro/DESKTOP customers can initiate
  Pro/COLLABORATE projects

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PC hardware, software, Internet speed
requirements for the CAD Viewer

• CAD Viewer supports Windows 98, NT, and 2000
• One time 20 MB download
• Viewable files are relatively small (5- 10 of
  CAD file)

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Select files to import
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Set access control
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Pro/DESKTOP Express

• FREE 3D CAD Software
• Interoperability with Pro/ENGINEER
• Pro/Collaborate integrated

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Hardware requirements

• Windows 98, NT, 2000, and Windows XP
• 64 MB RAM

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What can I do with ProductView Express

• 2D sketching
• 2D and 3D kinematics
• Parametric feature based modeling
• Feature based drafting
• Assemblies
• Create animations
• Pro/COLLOBORATE Integration

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ProductVIEW Express

• FREE native Pro/ENGINEER file viewer
• WEB browser plug-in
• View Pro/ENGINEER parts, assemblies, drawings,
  formats, layouts and picture files
• Independent of PTC applications

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What can I do within ProductVIEW Express

• 3D objects (parts and assemblies) spin, pan,
  zoom, and fly-through
• 2D objects (drawing, formats, layouts, and
  picture files) pan, zoom, and view sheets

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Who can use ProductView Express?

• Anyone can obtain ProductView Express from the
  eStore
• The data can be streamed in from a remote machine
  or it can be local to the current machine
• navigate, drag and drop, or double click
  Pro/ENGINEER files

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ProductVIEW Express Config.pro options

• Parts saved in release 18 and later
• save_model_display shading_lod
• Drawings saved in 2000i or later
• save_drawing_picture_file embed of both
• Requires Java 2 Runtime Environment

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