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Data Sheet
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PTC Windchill* Workgroup Manager for AutoCAD*
DELIVERING THE POWER AND BENEFITS OF PTC WINDCHILL TO THE AUTOCAD DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
Designers can now perform everyday design tasks in their familiar
MCAD environment while using PTC Windchill to manage AutoCAD
data throughout its lifecycle.
Managing AutoCAD-authored data within PTC
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.
Key benefits
Improve collaboration
• Fully incorporate the use of AutoCAD data in
product development processes that span
multiple organizations
• Extend the sharing of design data beyond
engineering departmental and corporate
boundaries using standard Internet technology
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 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 numberof design steps
• Enable designers to focus on design activities
ratherthan data management by embedding PTC
Windchill actions within the AutoCAD application
• Minimize engineer interruptions by utilizing back-
ground processes to upload files to PTC Windchill,
thus allowing designers to continue using
AutoCAD without having to wait for database
actions to complete
Increase enterprise efficiency
• Reduce the number of systems required in product
development by providing one system that can
manage multiple sources of data (e.g., different
CAD and documentation formats
• Enforce standard design processes across multiple
design projects and organizations
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