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Data Sheet

PTC Windchill Workgroup Manager
for SolidWorks
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Delivering the Power and Benefits of PTC Windchill to the SolidWorks Environment

Designers can now perform everyday design tasks in their
familiar MCAD environment, while using PTC Windchill to
manage SolidWorks data throughout its lifecycle.
Managing SolidWorks data within PTC Windchill
allows you to capture and control all of 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.

Key benefits
Improve collaboration
•t Fully incorporate the use of SolidWorks data
in product development processes that span
multiple organizations
•t Extend the sharing of design data beyond
engineering, departmental and corporate
boundaries using standard Internet technology
Improve data quality
•t 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

Improve engineer productivity
•t Improve efficiency through design data reuse and
a reduction in the number of design steps
•t Enable the designer to focus on design activities
rather than data management by embedding PTC
Windchill actions within the SolidWorks application
•t Minimize engineer interruptions by utilizing
background processes to upload files to PTC
Windchill, thus allowing the designer to continue
using SolidWorks without having to wait for
database actions to complete
Increase enterprise efficiency
•t Reduce the number of product development
systems by providing one system that can manage
multiple sources of data (e.g., different CAD and
documentation formats)
•t Enforce standard design processes across multiple
design projects and organizations

•t Centralize the management of business processes
such as change control
•t Provide all relevant groups with accurate, up-todate product content information that’s held in a
single location

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