Usability and supportability improvements.

Windchill 9.1 offers a host of usability improvements designed to make navigation and usage smooth and intuitive. Specific examples include column freeze and column resize.

Windchill 9.1 also simplifies deployment with a much improved installation procedure. This update requires no data migration and is intended to greatly streamline the process of moving from Windchill 9.0 to Windchill 9.1.

 

Design Outsourcing.

Windchill 9.1 introduces “packages” which enables users to create, deliver and track packages of Windchill managed information, allowing offline Windchill information access to partners outside your Windchill system.

Additionally, Windchill 9.1 adds a remote vaulting capability to its files servers, meaning locally created content can be housed exclusively in the local file server without needing to be transfer to the master server.

Detailed Design.

Design efficiency has been enhanced with improved Pro/ENGINEER data management, and support for Heterogeneous Design-in-Context (HDIC). These HDIC improvements allow users to incorporate Unigraphics NX and CATIA V5 designs managed by Windchill PDMLink directly into their Pro/ENGINEER designs.

Additionally, Windchill 9.1 offers expanded support for ECAD data management as well as ProductView ECAD Compare and ProductView Validate, enabling unique, standards-based ECAD-MCAD collaboration.

Variant Design and Generation.

Windchill PDMLink introduces support for managing product options typical of assemble-to-order development. With these new capabilities, customers now have a more streamlined approach to manage discrete lists of options for a product line and navigate the product by these option sets.

Change & Configuration Management.

Windchill 9.1 introduces several enhancements for change management, including support for mass change, and a new change summary report.

 

Manufacturing Process Management (MPM). 

With Windchill 9.1, PTC improves the capabilities of Windchill MPMLink through the addition of out-of-the-box integrations to SAP and Oracle ERP systems, support for alternative bills-of-materials, and a new Gantt explorer for viewing/analyzing process plans and for exporting this information to Microsoft Project.

How does Windchill 9.1 fit within the PTC Product Development System (PDS)?

Windchill is a core component of PTC's comprehensive Product Development System. It enables manufacturers to have a single repository capable of controlling all product information and to optimize key product development processes.

With its integral, pure Internet and interoperable architecture, PTC's Product Development System can be deployed quickly, offering a reduced total cost-of-ownership and lower risk of technological obsolescence over time.

There are many modules and flavors of Windchill to address every part of the product development process.

For more information about Windchill, e-mail: info@single-sourcing.com

What training will customers require with Windchill 9.1 and where can I get additional Windchill 9.1 training information?

PTC has a role-based curriculum; therefore the amount of training that customers will require depends on the role they perform. The complete list of role-based learning paths for Windchill 9.1 is being finalized and will be available here.

The PTC training section contains much of the information on training, including links to PTC's Learning Management System, and PTC University.

Our jump-start programs start where the PTC corporate training leaves off. These programs are designed to take Arbortext users to the next step, to take them beyond basic product education to a level of product competence that enhances your corporate business requirements.

What services are available for getting Windchill 9.1 solutions rapidly into production?

Our services that have been designed to meet the needs of a particular business process, industry or implementation stage.

Our meta-partnership network provides a blend of strategic process consulting, system implementation services, and a unique education approach to help leading companies realize the full value of Windchill.

These activities have been integrated together and executed using an innovative Realized Value Methodology, a collection of best practices and lessons learned from thousands of customer engagements to ensure that our customers realize the most value from their investment in the shortest possible timeframe.