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Integration of Unigraphics and SAP PLM

Successful companies quickly bring to market innovative and high-quality products.

This requires integrated information flow and processes. An important prerequisite for
effective cooperation between engineering teams at different locations and with external
partner. This holds for developing new but also for changing existing products. Directed
common product engineering and the use of product data in sales, production planning,
preparation, production and order handling, speed up processes.

Your Benefits
Unigraphics models and drawings are managed by SAP PLM - reliable and redundance-free.
Engineering data is seamlessly integrated into business processes. Efficiency in your company
improves.

Reduction of retrieval times increases engineering productivity.

Cost savings derive from product standardization and a higher re-use rate.
Quick, company-wide access to current drawings.
Avoidance of failure costs by redundance-free filing and controlled release mechanisms.
Real-time collaborative engineering.
Increase in efficiency of product development by linking Unigraphics drawings and models to
other SAP objects.
Location-spanning data exchange.
Directed change and versioning processes.
SAP system customizing allows easy adjusting of integration functionalities to meet your
company's realities.

SAP PLM Integration for Unigraphics

The main task of integrating Unigraphics and SAP PLM is a consistent and reliable manage-
ment of models and drawings. SAP PLM manages all data and information incurring along the
lifecycle of your product. This is ranging from product development over production planning
and production to product service. Engineers no longer have to pay attention to filing structures
and locations. SAP PLM assumes all organization tasks. Your engineers have more available
time to develop your products. The powerful data recall function of SAP PLM allows a high re-
use rate of existing parts, and finding resembling parts. The integration supports collaborative
engineering scenarios.

A separate menu integrated into the Unigraphics command bar provides interaction with SAP
PLM. The interface offers users’ process optimized screen forms.

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A big advantage over stand-alone EDM/PDM systems is the omission of redundant data
management. Documents, drawings, material masters, bills of material, and classification data
are managed by SAP PLM - reliable and redundance-free. Information objects associate with
each other by object link. SAP PLM provides mechanisms for versioning documents, and
techniques to configure, distribute and replicate data.

The interface features full access to functionalities of SAP product data management:
Management of parts, assemblies, and drawings in SAP PLM and setup of product struc-
tures = document management.
Material Management.
Collaborative, location-spanning engineering.
Status dependent creation of viewing files.
Creation and maintenance of bills of material and where-used lists.
Linking document info records with material master, equipment and business workplace
data.
Classification
Revision service, release and change management.
Easy configuration of status networks.
Project management, relating CAD documents to an order, project or product.
Visualization and navigation in product structures with SAP product structure browser.
Workflow
Access to SAP office.

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Scope of Services Overview

Management of Parts, Assemblies and Drawings in SAP PLM

Creating, editing, finding and displaying of document info record by using SAP class system.
Automatic creation of previews and display in ECtr Base.
Reliable and directed saving of Unigraphics models to SAP Vault.
Quick retrieving of Unigraphics models by data recall functions of the SAP class system.
Management of part families.
Saving of changed engineering data to SAP PLM with or without change entry – configura-
ble.
Saving a drawing in SAP PLM including parallel filing of drawing in TIFF format or PDF –
configurable.
Mass check-out of models for display, and individual check-out of parts for editing.
Automatic completion of drawing title blocks with document info record and material master
data.
Linking of documents with other objects.

Material Master Management

Automatic linking document info records with material masters.
Creation of material masters in SAP PLM on creation of new Unigraphics models including
automatic number assignment of a material number by SAP PLM.
Changing material master data.
Displaying material master data for a Unigraphics model.
Searching material masters using SAP class system.

Bill of Material (BOM) Management

Automatic creation of a product description in SAP PLM for the active Unigraphics model in
form of BOMs and where-used lists.
Automatic tracking of BOMs and BOM items in SAP PLM after changing Unigraphics
models.
Selection of different BOM displays in SAP PLM. Default is a multi-stage building set BOM.
Display of the product structure in form of a BOM, or with SAP product structure browser.
Display of where-used status in SAP PLM.

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Online Display of SAP Part and Assembly Data

Display of document info records and material master of an active workpart in Unigraphics,
or a drawing.
Display of document info records and material master of a non-active Unigraphics model.
Display of SAP PLM BOM of an active Unigraphics assembly.
Display of product structure of an active Unigraphics model.

Data Security and Data Consistency

Directed filing of Unigraphics models and drawings in SAP Vault.
Check-in/check-out functionality on loading/filing documents from/to SAP Vault or archive.
User and authorization management.
File history management.

Data Transfer
Online-linking Unigraphics and SAP PLM with permanent data update in both systems.
Action controlled transfer of parts and assemblies to the SAP system.

User-friendly ECtr Base Desktop

New ECtr Base desktop designed to meet engineering's request.

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Integration of SAP PLM function calls in Unigraphics menu bar.

Parameterization of the integration supports familiar work for the user and Unigraphics' „look
and feel“.
Interactive configuration of the interface's mode of operation.

Master-Model Concept of Unigraphics

Full support of Unigraphics „Master-Model Concept“ by the interface.
Support of Unigraphics-specific engineering techniques, such as top-down engineering.

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Technical Information
Technical specifications are subject to change without notice.

The integration solution is designed platform-independent in Java and available for:

Software Environment
SAP, Version 4.6 C and higher, server-side
SAP GUI 6.20 and higher, client-side

CAD Systems
Unigraphics Version NX, NX2, NX3, NX4, NX5

Operating Systems
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Further on request

Further Information
DSC Software AG
Am Sandfeld 17
76149 Karlsruhe
Phone: +49 (0) 721/9774-100 www.dscsag.com
Fax: +49 (0) 721/9774-101 info@dscsag.com

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