Software Announcement June 11, 2002

ENOVIA Life Cycle Applications V5.9: New Levels of Functionality and Collaboration for the ENOVIA Family of Products

Overview • Infrastructure, with enhanced vaulting, including use of DB2 At a Glance ENOVIA Life Cycle Applications datalink technology and (LCA) V5.9 extends and supplements significant performance and ENOVIA Life Cycle Applications the best practices of the ENOVIA resource usage improvements. (LCA) V5.9 — Integrated best Virtual Product Manager practices for early and detailed (ENOVIAVPM) and ENOVIA Product Built upon the industry-renowned product definition: Dassault-Systemes V5 enterprise Manager (ENOVIAPM) product • families that are proven in architecture, ENOVIA LCA role-based Industry-renowned V5 open production use with ENOVIA solutions integrate the vast architecture customers in manufacturing experience acquired in building • CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIAVPM, and Out-of-the-box business process industries worldwide. V5.9 includes support enhancements in several key areas: ENOVIAPM solutions. • New ENOVIA — Workflow ENOVIA LCA V5.9 brings a new level • New ENOVIA — Workflow Designer product Designer product helps enterprise of functionality and collaboration to business administrators define the ENOVIA family of products. • Richer support for advanced optimized, standards-based relational design Workflow Management Coalition Key Prerequisites • Manage Pro/Engineer data (WfMC)-compliant business ENOVIA LCA V5.9 runs on selected within LCA using the process templates that integrate Multi-CAx P Plug-In all capabilities of ENOVIA LCA system levels of: including Actions for task • Incremental enhancements • For server platforms: management and life cycle rules throughout − AIX and conditions. − Hewlett Packard HP-UX • Significant performance • Richer support for advanced − (SGI) IRIX improvements relational design. − Sun Solaris • For client platforms: For ordering, contact: • Enhanced interoperability with − Microsoft Windows 98, Your IBM representative, an IBM Business ENOVIAVPM, ENOVIA Digital Windows NT , Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at Mock-Up (DMU), and CATIA V5. Windows 2000, and 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 • Incremental enhancements Windows XP − throughout with improved support AIX for business process control − HP-UX (group assignment, workflow − SGI IRIX reporting capabilities, − Sun Solaris Action-controlled part creation), A properly sized database is clash management (complete required, using either the DB2 or the clash reconstruction), and Oracle database manager. document management (primary/supplementary Planned Availability Date documents). • New support for Pro/ENGINEER August 23, 2002 data: The Multi-CAx P Plug-In, a CATIA/ENOVIA common product enables the storage of Pro/ENGINEER assemblies and associated document files in the LCA vault. The complete set of files can be extracted from the vault on demand.

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IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 202-146 ENOVIA — Document Management has the following new Description capabilities: • Customization of MyDocs — The user may now set the ENOVIA LCA V5 criteria that governs which documents are included inside the MyDocs folder. For example, the criteria • Provides a set of applications that extend and should be defined to include all documents from a supplement the best practices available in given project team, as opposed to only the documents ENOVIAVPM and ENOVIAPM product families. Built of the logged-in user. upon the V5 enterprise architecture, it includes the enterprise Product Process Resource (PPR) Hub, taking • The concept of Primary and Supplementary Documents advantage of experience acquired building CATIA, introduces the capability to establish a document′s DELMIA, ENOVIAVPM, and ENOVIAPM. role in relationship to its parent part. This feature, which is in full compliance with STEP AP214, allows the • Delivers five role-based standard configurations and user to specify whether the document has a primary eleven shareable products to address the needs of the role in defining the part (for instance, it specifies enterprise in the areas of program management, geometry) or it has a supplementary role of providing content management, engineering, and manufacturing supporting information (such as standard engineering and supply chain support. specifications or simulation results). When a part′s associated documents are displayed in the Document What′s New in V5.9 panel, the documents are organized under their respective role. New Products • Ergonomic and Performance Enhancements ENOVIA Workflow Designer (5691-WFD) — Enables the ENOVIA — Product Interference Management is updated definition of enterprise business processes. Business with the following new capabilities: process managers use this application to graphically design business process templates and process rules that • Send clash results directly from query panel to CATIA are WfMC-compliant. Activities that can be performed V5 session; focus immediately on the offending parts during build time include generating process, activities in the digital mock up linking (including splits and joins, looping and nested workflows), attaching resources entities, defining rules • Mark interferences using the new clash type associated with transitions, integrating external “SOLVED”, once the interference has been resolved. application or commands. Validated workflow templates This helps the manager to identify all the finished are checked into the database and subsequently available works, as well as to dispose of the interferences to create active workflows. objects that are no longer needed during database clean up. New support for Pro/ENGINEER data — The Multi-CAx P Plug-In, a CATIA/ENOVIA common product is now ENOVIA — Workflow Management can now assign an available for ENOVIA LCA V5.9, enabling users to store activity to Roles (for example, Designer, Reviewer, Pro/ENGINEER assemblies and associated document files Approver) in addition to Person and Organization. in the LCA vault. Role-based resource assignment enables workflow templates to be reusable across the enterprise because • New parts are created within the vault (when the templates no longer contain specific person or necessary). organization names. Any department in the enterprise can activate a role-based assigned workflow template and • Graphical representation files that can participate in a associate a “resource context” that applies only to that digital mock-up are automatically created. department. A resource context contains a list of • The complete set of files can be extracted from the individuals (names) mapped to each Role. A resource vault on demand. context can be defined at the departmental level as well as the corporate level. For activities assigned to roles, Functional Enhancements in V5.9 a workflow manager can easily reassign the activity from one person to another defined in the same Role. This is — ENOVIA Application Desktop has been enhanced with useful when the activity is blocked due to resource the following new capabilities: problems. • Search for locked objects ENOVIA — Inter/Intra Enterprise Data Exchange has the • Editable Property Sheet for structure penetration following enhancements: objects, which allows the users to perform sort, • Multiple object import supported by the Master Import copy/paste, and use pop-up calendar Engine. This allows the user to import multiple objects ENOVIA — Business Object Hub now has the capability to at one time (provided all the objects come from a generate reports for ENOVIA Workflow Management. common root class). • ′ CATIA Hub: — Can now store a CATIA V5 assembly as a New administrator s function enhancements, including “black box,” avoiding the need to “explode” the assembly the ability to hide or replace the object owner during structure and constraints into the ENOVIA LCA database. export/import. For example, it might not be necessary ′ All information in the CATProduct is stored in the black to expose the name of the OEM s part designer to a box including applicative, tolerancing and other data. supplier, and vice versa. Assemblies that do not need to be exposed in the PPR can • Enhanced Import Reconciliation. Now permits the user make use of this function to simplify assembly to enable or avoid overwriting a current object′s management and ensure persistence of all assembly simple attributes. For example, for attribute “price” data. This is also useful for assemblies in which no the user always wants to overwrite the current value configuration effectivities are required and versioning is with the new one coming from the supplier, but for used to manage multiple evolutions. attribute “owner” the user wants to always keep the current value (name of the OEM designer).

202-146 -2- • A new Administrator Data Exchange Criteria GUI makes the process of creating the XML data exchange Product Positioning files much easier. Product Differentiators • Support for multiple XML data exchange files to be defined thereby allowing the administrator the ability ENOVIA LCA V5 is based on Dassault Systemes to predefine a separate XML data exchange file for industry-renowned V5 architecture and a new product, each data exchange partner. process, resource (PPR) hub that ensures coordinated storage and management of all product lifecycle definition Product Variant Management: and management knowledge. Used in conjunction with the ENOVIA PPR Hub and ENOVIA Portal product families, • Capability to assign alias naming to Product Type. it delivers data federation, data hubbing and data • Tighter check for specification usage. Whenever any authoring in one seamless package, built upon the best restriction/inclusion rule is assigned to a product, the practices in product development and product life cycle system ensures that all specifications used in the rule management already enjoyed by ENOVIA customers are authorized to be used in the product. worldwide. EBoM Part and Assembly Detailing: ENOVIA LCA V5 provides: • Automatic EBoM sort. • Collaborative environment to support product development and product management functions with • Automatic Action controlled Part Reference creation out-of-the-box working processes. and versioning: automatically captures under an Action whenever a Part is created or versioned. With • Configuration definition during conceptual design this option, manual copy/paste of the Part to an stage, supporting management of multiple design Action/EC is no longer required. alternatives. • The CATIA Hub now allows CATIA GRaphics (CGR) Integrated environment (via DMU interoperability) for loading and direct access to documents without local performing configured digital mock-up studies. copy. • Dynamic and flexible and work-in-progress tracking ENOVIA — Enterprise PPR Infrastructure Product and capabilities for traceability and change control during ENOVIA Enterprise Architecture Solutions have the product and process design. following enhancements: • Out-of-the-box process support for enterprise engineering change functions which includes • Optimization of resource usage throughout the LCA Engineering Change Request (ECR) and Engineering product set results in better perceived performance Change Order (ECO). and increased scalability. • Simultaneous control of projects and configurations • PPR modeler enhancements give greater configuration using milestones. flexibility and reduced data redundancy. • Generic definition of complex product configurations, • Support for data replication between multiple sites. using product and business rules. • Implementation of high availability vaulting • Extended enterprise communication and supply-chain mechanisms, and concurrent use of DB2 “datalink” integration using STEP-based data exchange technology both enhance data availability. application and the optional ENOVIA Portal 3d com Structure Penetration Management usability has been products. enhanced with the capability to: • The power of the V5 open architecture, enabling each • Use CATIA V5 to associate parts to a penetration by customer to tailor the applications to suite their unique simply selecting the Penetration_select icon and requirements, secure in the knowledge that as new highlighting the items to associate. components are added, they can be easily and naturally integrated. This is made possible by the • Query for clashes in a compartment. openness of the software itself (via its APIs) and by the availability of the development toolkits in Component • Query for penetration requests in a compartment. Application Architecture Rapid Development A number of products provide the functional base from Environment (CAA RADE) V5. which the five role-based configurations are built. ENOVIA LCA V5 is supported by the breadth and depth Additional products can be purchased separately for use of IBM consulting, services, and related e-business with selected configurations. solutions. Information on the full suite of orderable configurations and products is available in the IBM Product Lifecycle Hardware and Software Support Services Management (PLM) Solutions Salesguide at: http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm/guide SmoothStart /Installation Services In addition, V5.9 comes pre-packaged with the powerful DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Enterprise Edition V7.2, SmoothStart/Installation Services will not be provided for for use with ENOVIA LCA V5. ENOVIA LCA V5 products. Note: ENOVIA LCA V5 products run in a Windows or  workstation environment using a UNIX server. Reference Information For announcement details on the previous release (ENOVIA LCA V5.8), refer to Software Announcement 201-203, dated February 12, 2002.

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June 11, 2002

− Presentation by modifying data display Customization These APIs are provided at no extra charge to customers ENOVIA LCA V5 provides several levels of customization, of the ENOVIA V5 products and are designed to work in some of which will require the separately orderable CAA concert with the separately-orderable CAA RADE RADE V5 tools (for example, 5691-CDC, 5691-LCD). configurations. By generating C++ code and Java code while managing database modifications when Customization that can be accomplished without the use necessary, CAA RADE V5 reduces developers′ tasks and of CAA RADE includes reorganization of the user facilitates them by providing code skeletons. interface. This is accomplished through the use of masks that can be manipulated either by the system For ENOVIA LCA V5, API offerings are grouped as follows: administrator or the end-user. Masks allow attributes to • be removed from or moved within user panels, insertion API for PPR HUB Solutions of user-defined attributes into the panels, reorganization − ENOVIA — Enterprise PPR Infrastructure API or creation of tabs, renaming tabs and attributes, specialization of masks to document types and support for − ENOVIA — CATIA Hub API multiple environments where objects may have different • API for ENOVIA Life Cycle Solutions attributes. − ENOVIA — Document Management API It is also possible, without the use of CAA RADE V5, to: − ENOVIA — Action Editor API • Customize life cycle definitions for different object types − ENOVIA — Engineering Change Management API • Define object maturity values − ENOVIA — EBoM Part & Assembly Detailing API • Create filters to selectively present objects to users − ENOVIA — Inter/Intra Enterprise Data Exchange API • Set default (for example, a default repository path) or These APIs allow you to define new data schema by acceptable values for attributes. extending default definitions in order to store and manage specific data. They help developers to define the User exits can be developed for a limited set of functions behavior of their objects and to implement business rules. including object promotion, version and revision control. User exits can be programmed at each step (before the display of the dialog box, after each attribute′s valuation), Customizations that are enabled using CAA RADE V5 before and after the execution of all main commands (for include the creation of new objects and object attributes, example, creation, modification, cut, paste) on many kinds use of the ENOVIA LCA V5 APIs to develop code that of objects (such as documents, parts, actions, engineering adds, extends or replaces object behavior, definition of change orders). additional lifecycle operators, and extending the inter/intra-enterprise import/export platform. CAA RADE User exits can also be used to: V5 tools are also required to implement legacy federation through the ENOVIA Portal. • Modify the default dialog box (by adding or removing attributes) ENOVIA APIs • Help the user fill in the attributes (by assigning default A complete set of structured APIs are provided with values, calculating values, proposing lists of possible ENOVIA LCA V5. Built upon the same V5 open values) architecture common to the CATIA and ENOVIA V5 community, these component-based APIs bring the • Check the values entered by the user but also execute necessary tools to development teams for integrating treatments on the data structure (creating ENOVIA V5 solutions into their digital enterprise. folder,documents, attaching documents to parts, updating objects, moving objects inside the product ENOVIA — CAA APIs offer: structure) • A component-based API development model • Modify the action flow (associating an action with the current command, connecting objects to an action). • Web-ready components • ENOVIA APIs also comprise a set of classes which Scalability for development skill and application perform advanced queries. • Customization within ENOVIA V5 Solutions Note: For proper operation, these APIs require the use • Several types of customization available at different of the separately orderable CAA RADE V5 development levels of ENOVIA, This allows modification of: tools. − Data by extending data schemas ENOVIA LCA V5 API Functional Content − Process by adding new behaviors

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IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 202-146 ENOVIA — Enterprise PPR Infrastructure API customers can add their own data on the following modelers: VPMVaultServer document read/write VPMVault document security management • ENOVIA LCA Product Structure VPMQueryBuilder database query creation • ENOVIA Document VPMXBOM attribute read/write • ENOVIA ECO and ECR VPMPersistency session persistency query manager VPM object modeler factory Additional Details event management VPMServices infrastructure services For descriptions of previously announced ENOVIA V5 VPMTPManager basic modeling data products, go to the IBM PLM Solutions Salesguide at: types and corresponding access http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm/guide services VPMPSmanager EBoM modeling data types and corresponding access Technical Information services VPMInterfaces EBoM behavior access Hardware Requirements action behavior access document behavior access ENOVIA LCA V5.9 Client Hardware Requirements configuration behavior access Common Requirements: The following requirements are VPMCfgImplSDM configuration services common to all operating systems supported by ENOVIA LCA V5. System unit and graphic requirements are ENOVIA — CATIA Hub API platform-specific and are detailed in the topics that follow: • ENOVIAPlugin read/write access Disk Drive: 150 MB of disk space is required. to document • Memory: Minimum recommended, client workstation data published by ENOVIA RAM is 256 MB. ENOVIA — Document Management API • Internal/External Drives: A CD-ROM drive is required for program and online documentation installation. ENOVDesktop document user exits • Document Display: A graphic color display, compatible with the ENOVInterfaces document search, create, selected platform-specific graphic adapter. The update, delete minimum recommended size for usability reasons is ENOVDDManager versioned document links 17 inches. The minimum resolution required for Windows workstations is 800 x 600, and 1280 x 1024  ENOVIA — Action Editor API on UNIX workstations. • Graphic Adapter: An OpenGL graphic adapter is VPMAflImplSDM action flow services required, compatible with the windowing manager of the selected operating system (CDE on AIX , HP-UX ENOVIA — Engineering Change Management API or Solaris; Irix Interactive Desktop on SGI).

ENOVInterfaces engineering change • LAN Adapter: A network adapter is required to object user exit connect the server and clients to the LAN or WAN. engineering change • Keyboard: A specific keyboard compatible with object search, selected installation locale may be required for create, update, delete national language support. VPMAflImplSDM as described in ENOVIA — ACTION EDITOR API • Pointing Device: 2-button or 3-button mouse.

ENOVIA — EBoM Part & Assembly Detailing API Hardware Requirements for Windows 98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP VPMDesktopServices session management •   Services System Unit: Intel Pentium II, Pentium III, or Pentium 4-based workstations running Microsoft VPMDesktopObjects modeler command  management Windows 98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 EBoM Business Objects Professional, or Windows XP Professional. Hardware Requirements for AIX ENOVIA — Inter/Intra Enterprise Data Exchange API • System Unit: Any RS/6000 , based on PowerPC VPMSTEPExchanges merger, extractor, checker, 604 (166 MHz minimum clock speed), POWER2 , or mapper interfaces POWER3 processor families, supported on AIX to create new exchange V4.3.3. components version chronology compare Hardware Requirements for HP-UX user exit • System Unit: Any B-Class, C-Class, or J-Class ENOVIA Data Customization workstation supported on HP-UX Version 10.20 ACE. 4 (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX Using CAA-RADE Data Model Customizer (part of the 10.20 — July 1997), 10.20 A.C.E. 5 (Workstation separately orderable CAA RADE V5 development tool), Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 —

202-146 -2- December 1999) or HP-UX 11.0 ACE. (Workstation Server Hardware Requirements for HP-UX Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 11.0 — November 1999) • System Unit: Any B-Class, C-Class, or J-Class workstation supported on HP-UX Version 10.20 A.C.E. Hardware Requirements for SGI IRIX 4 (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 — July 1997) or 10.20 A.C.E. 5 • System Unit: Any O2, Indigo2, Octane, Octane2, (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX Onyx2, Fuel, or Onyx3000 workstations based on 10.20 — December 1999) or HP-UX Version 11.0 ACE R5000, R10000, R12000, or R14000 processors, (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX supported on IRIX 6.5. 11.0 — November 1999). Hardware Requirements for Sun Solaris Server Hardware Requirements for SGI IRIX • System Unit: Any Ultra1, Ultra2, Ultra10, Ultra30, • System Unit: Any O2, Indigo2, Octane, Octane2, Fuel, Ultra60, Ultra80, Sun Blade 100, or Sun Blade 1000 Onyx2, or Onyx3000 workstations based on R5000, workstation based on the UltraSPARC processor, R10000, R12000, or R14000 processors, supported on supported on Solaris 2.6.0, Solaris 7, or Solaris 8. IRIX 6.5. ENOVIA LCA V5 Server Hardware Requirements Server Hardware Requirements for Sun Solaris • Common Requirements • System Unit: Any Ultra1, Ultra2, Ultra10, Ultra30, Ultra60, Sun Blade 100, or Sun Blade 1000 workstation The following requirements are common to all based on the UltraSPARC processor, supported on operating systems supported by ENOVIA LCA V5. Solaris 2.6.0, Solaris 7, or Solaris 8. System unit requirements are platform-specific and are detailed in the topics that follow: Software Requirements • Disk Drive: An internal or external disk drive is ENOVIA LCA V5.9 Client Software Requirements required to store program executables, program data, usage environment and paging space. Installation of Common Client Software Requirements all ENOVIA LCA products requires approximately 1.0 GB on AIX, 900 MB on HP-UX, 800 MB on IRIX, Java Runtime Environment Version 1.1.8 is required. It and 900 MB on Solaris. Requirements may be larger is delivered with the operating system on AIX and Solaris, when large amounts of data are used. and can also be downloaded from IBM or SUN Web sites: • Memory: ENOVIA LCA V5 requires 256 MB of real http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/download/ memory for the first session plus 60 MB for each additional session. Additional dimensioning rules will or be provided after further capacity planning http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/java/ evaluations. It can be downloaded from HP and SGI Web sites for Note: If ENOVIA LCA V5 server is installed on the same HP-UX and IRIX: server as the database, be sure to add the database memory requirement to that needed for ENOVIA LCA. http://www.hp.com/go/java/ • Internal/External Drives: A CD-ROM drive is required or for program and online documentation installation. • http://www.sgi.com/developers/ devtools/languages/ Display: A graphic color display, compatible with the java.html selected platform-specific graphic adapter. The minimum recommended size for usability reasons is For Windows environments, Java Runtime can be 17 inches. The minimum resolution required for downloaded from IBM Web site: Windows workstations is 800 x 600, and 1280 x 1024 on UNIX workstations. http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/download/ • Graphic Adapter: An OpenGL graphic adapter is Specific Client Software Requirements required, compatible with windowing manager of the selected operating system (CDE on AIX, HP-UX or UNIX: Operating system requirements for clients on UNIX Solaris, Irix Interactive Desktop on SGI). machines are the same as those stated in the Server Requirements section. • LAN Adapter: A network adapter is required to connect the server and clients to the LAN or WAN. Windows 98: • Keyboard: A specific keyboard compatible with • Microsoft Windows 98, with the following components: selected installation locale may be required for national language support. − A Microsoft implementation of OpenGL libraries is delivered with Windows 98; these libraries may be • Pointing device: 3-button mouse. updated depending on selected graphic adapter, when installing the graphic adapter and associated Note: ENOVIA LCA V5.8 does not support Windows drivers. operating systems on the server side. − A localized version of the operating system may be Server Hardware Requirements for AIX required when the selected installation locale differs from Latin 1. • System Unit Any RS/6000, based on PowerPC 604 (166 MHz minimum clock speed), Power2, Power3, or Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP RS64 processor families, supported on AIX V4.3.3. • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation V4 (with Service Pack 4, Service Pack 5, or Service Pack 6a),

-3- 202-146 Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Windows Support: No Windows support is provided on Professional, with the following components: the server side of ENOVIA LCA V5.9. − Microsoft Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 and AIX Windows XP deliver an implementation of OpenGL libraries. These libraries may be updated The following components at the minimum indicated level depending on the selected graphic adapter, when are required: installing the graphic adapter and associated • drivers. AIX V4.3.3, including: − − A localized version of the operating system may be C S e t + + for AIX Application Runtime: at minimum required when the selected installation locale level V4.0.2 for AIX V4.3.3 (5765-D52) (C Set++ differs from Latin 1. Application Runtime is shipped with AIX operating system.) ENOVIA LCA V5.9 Server Requirements − IBM XL Fortran Runtime Environment for AIX Common Server Software Requirements (5765-C11), at minimum level 5.1.0, or 7.1.0 (5765-E03) The following components are required or optional on ENOVIA LCA V5 servers for all supported operating − OpenGL and GL3.2 Runtime Environment (delivered systems: with AIX 4.3 operating systems) − Common (CDE, delivered with Java Runtime Environment, V1.1.8 is required. the operating system) It is delivered with the operating system on AIX and HP-UX Solaris, and can also be downloaded from IBM or SUN Web sites: The following components at the minimum indicated level are required: http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/download/ • HP-UX Version 10.20 A.C.E. 4 (Workstation Additional or Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 — July 1999), http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/java/ HP-UX Version 10.20 ACE. 5 (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 — It can be downloaded from HP and SGI Web sites for December 1999) or HP-UX Version 11.0 ACE HP-UX and IRIX: (November 1999) including: http://www.hp.com/go/java/ − ANSI C++ Runtime Environment (aC++, at minimum level 1.21, delivered with the operating or system) http://www.sgi.com/developers/ devtools/languages/ − HP FORTRAN Runtime Environment (delivered with java.html the operating system) DBMS Requirements: ENOVIA V5 data persistency is − HP-UX 700 OpenGL 3D API Runtime Environment independent of a specific implementation. With ENOVIA − CDE (delivered with the operating system) LCA V.8 it supports: Notes • DB2 UDB, V7.1, FP3 or V7.2, on AIX, HP-UX, or Solaris servers. This requires: • A localized version of the operating system may be − For AIX, IRIX or Solaris ENOVIA LCA V5 servers: required when the selected installation locale differs the DB2 UDB Client 7.1 FP3 or 7.2 to be installed from ISO code pages. on ENOVIA LCA server • Because of binary incompatibilities between − For HP-UX ENOVIA LCA V5 servers, an DB2 UDB HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.0, support of HP-UX 11.0 Client V6.1 to be installed on ENOVIA LCA server. is limited to a strict run-time support. For this reason, on HP-UX DB2 servers, DB2 SGI IRIX UDB V6.1 is supported in addition to DB2 V7.1 FP3 and V7.2. The following components at the minimum indicated level are required: • Oracle Version 8.1.7 (AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, or Solaris database servers). This requires: • IRIX 6.5.3m, including: − For AIX, IRIX, or Solaris ENOVIA LCA V5 servers: − C, C++, and Fortran77 standard execution Oracle 8.1.7 connection modules to be available environment (delivered with the operating system) from the ENOVIA LCA server − OpenGL (delivered with the IRIX execution − For HP-UX ENOVIA LCA V5 servers: Oracle 8.0.5 environment) connection modules to be available from the ENOVIA LCA server − IRIX Interactive Desktop (delivered with the operating system) Note: DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition V7.2 is shipped with ENOVIA LCA V5.8. − WorldView is required when the selected installation locale differs from ISO 1 Specific Server Software Requirements Sun Solaris Information in this section describes requirements specific to each supported operating systems on ENOVIA The following components at the minimum indicated level LCA V5 servers. are required:

202-146 -4- • Sun Solaris 2.6.0, H/W 5/98, or higher, Solaris 7, or Business Reporting Hub (5691-BOH) Solaris 8, including: • Minimum level: Business Objects 5.1.2, and later − C and C++ runtime environment (delivered with the operating system) DO Hub (5691-DOH) − OpenGL runtime environment (delivered with the • Supported level: Telelogic DOORS Enterprise operating system) Requirements Suite (ERS), Version 4.1.x. − CDE (delivered with the operating system) • Requires Windows NT 4, at Service Pack 6. Note: A localized version of the operating system may PM Hub be required when the selected installation locale differs from ISO-1. • This release of PM Hub may be used only on AIX (server) platform. Additional Requirements • Minimum level: ENOVIAPM V3.4 Refresh 1 ENOVIA — Workflow Management (WFM) Access to Online Documentation • Requires IBM WebSphere Application Server V4.01 Advanced Edition, or later. The product is designed to Online documentation is delivered in HTML format. An run on other J2EE-compliant Web servers, but it has HTML browser is required to access this documentation: not been tested. Defect reports specific to other • In a UNIX environment (AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris) J2EE-compliant Web Servers will not be eligible for support. − Netscape Navigator at minimum level 4.75 For information on availability of WebSphere on • In a Windows environment, either: supported platforms, visit: − Microsoft Internet Explorer at minimum level 5.0 http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/ − Netscape Navigator at minimum level 4.75 appserv/version40.html Although access to the online documentation might work — To access ENOVIA Workflow Designer (5691-WFD) from on other HTML browsers, incidents specific to other a standard Internet browser: browsers than above mentioned products are not eligible • Netscape 4.75, and later, or Internet Explorer 5.0, and for support. higher Prerequisites for the Licensing Environment • Flash plugin from Macromedia. This can be Nodelock licensing is not allowed with ENOVIA LCA V5. downloaded at no cost from: IBM License Use Management (LUM), is required to serve http://www.macromedia.com concurrent licenses across a network. A LUM configuration file (i4ls.ini) is required on clients to access ENOVIA — Inter/Intra Enterprise Data Exchange concurrent licenses from license servers. IBM LUM: (5691-SDE) • Minimum level V4.5.5 is required on UNIX or Windows • Requires: SmarTeam′s SmartBOM 1.0.1, or later, when NT license servers. using the LCA-SmarTeam data exchange to share • information via the Smart Briefcase. Minimum level V4.6.0 is required when High Availability Licensing (HAL) is used. The Note: SmartBOM is required for OEM customers who recommended LUM level for HAL usage is 4.6.5. need to send files to suppliers and partners. Those on the • Minimum level V4.5.8 is required on Windows 2000 receiving end can download SmartBOM viewer Professional license servers. free-of-charge from: • Minimum level V4.6.2 is required on Windows 2000 http://www.mysmartbom.com Servers and Advanced Server license servers. ENOVIA — Product Interference Management (5691-PIM) • Minimum level V4.6.4 is required on Windows XP license servers. • Requires CATIA — Space Analysis 2 (SPA) and CATIA — COM Notes Hub Software Requirements • Windows 98 is not supported on LUM license servers. • LUM may be obtained, at no charge, from: CATIA Hub http://www-4.ibm.com/software/is/lum/ • CATIA V4.2.4 Refresh 1 Documentation • CATIA V5.9 Complete online documentation is provided for ENOVIA SA Hub (5691-SAH) LCA V5 on CD. Totally Web-oriented using standard • SAP R/3 Release 4.X HTML and graphics formats, it is readily accessible using a standard Web browser. Navigation help includes the Note: SAP Hub is supported only on the AIX and Solaris ability to do full text search. operating systems. Portable Document Format (PDF) documentation is AS Hub (5691-ASH) delivered in addition to HTML documentation. Printing, and eventually browsing of this document requires the • i2-eXplore level supported: 5.1.0. availability of Adobe Acrobat Reader at minimum • AS Hub only supports the AIX V4.3.3 operating system. level 3.0. Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 may be downloaded from:

-5- 202-146 http://www.adobe.com/ implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application Licensing Model systems and communication facilities. ENOVIA LCA V5 delivers identical licensing mechanisms on UNIX and Windows environments, based on LUM and Ordering Information on the UNIX license Server, shareable across UNIX and Window clients. The following licensing principles apply: Current Licensees • A license is required to use an ENOVIA V5 LCA product, plus, if any, all the licenses for its prerequisite Current licensees of ENOVIA LCA V5 will receive this products. update from IBM Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) • The use of a given configuration or product requires a automatically. license for it. Licenses are acquired and released for Shipment of this release is scheduled to be completed the total configuration. The products within a within 30 days of planned availability. configuration cannot be broken up or shared outside of it. New Licensees • In all cases, licenses are acquired at the beginning of the process (login), and released at its termination For new licensees of ENOVIA LCA V5 products, shipment (logout). will begin on the planned availability date. ENOVIA LCA V5 products and configurations are offered An order for ENOVIA LCA V5 basic licensed programs only as Concurrent Usage network licenses. consists of: • Planning Information A licensed configuration program order (5691-XXX) • Optional licensed shareable product program order Direct Customer Support: Direct customer support is (5691-XXX) provided under a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) • enhanced support contract. This fee service enhances One system program order (SPO), 5628-LCA the customer′s productivity by providing voice and The 5691-XXX orders are required for billing and asset electronic access to the PLM Support Center. The PLM registration. The 5628-LCA orders are required to ship help desk will answer questions pertaining to the machine-readable materials and publications. installation, administration, use, and handling of suspected software defects for eligible products. ENOVIA LCA V5 is available only on CD-ROM. Additional information about the enhanced support contract and other available PLM services offerings is Basic License available by going to the PLM Web page at: New Program Products V5.9 http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm New ENOVIA LCA V5.9 Shareable Products On the left side, select “Support”. Then click on “Service and Support Offerings” and on the next frame expand A new CATIA/ENOVIA common shareable product has “Support Offerings”. been added in V5.9.

Note: DB2 UDB V7.2, delivered with this product, will Program follow its own support terms and conditions as announced Program Product Number for that product. For announcement details, refer to Software Announcement 201-128, dated April 24, 2001. MultiCAx — P Plug-In 5691-DPL This support is obtained via the “Maintenance after License” option of Passport Advantage. Base ordering and pricing information is contained in the ENOVIA V5.4 Software Announcement 200-191, dated Packaging: Each shipment of ENOVIA LCA V5.9 will June 20, 2000. include: ENOVIA Configuration feature ordering and pricing • Product CDs (LCD4-5346) containing information can found in this announcement. − Application code for all OS platforms − Program Directory 5691-WFD ENOVIA — Workflow Designer • API CDs (LCD4-5344) • • WFD Product Primary License Charge (PLC) (0011) Softcopy Collection Kit: • − WFD Annual License Charge (ALC) (0006) Online Documentation CD, English (SK3T-7835) • − Online Documentation CD, Japanese (SK3T-0615) WFD Yearly License Charge (YLC) (0001) • DB2 UDB V7.2 CDs (LCD4-5568) To order a basic license, specify: • LUM V4.6.0 CD (LCD4-4195) • Licensed Program Specifications (GI11-2623) • The desired configuration program number (for • License Registration Memorandum (GI11-2622) example, 5691-EGR). • Current User Memorandum (GI11-2635) • Feature number 9001 for asset registration, • Licensing PLM Solutions Software (GI11-3619) quantity 1. • The total number of users and desired payment Security, Auditability, and Control method (for example, PLC/ALC,YLC), using their associated feature numbers. The announced program uses the security and auditability features of the operating system software. The customer • Desired Workstation Platform feature numbers. is responsible for evaluation, selection, and

202-146 -6- Note: In addition, an order for the SPO (5628-LCA) must ENOVIA — System & Data Administrator (5691-RVR) will be placed with the appropriate feature codes to ship the also be ordered. media. Select 5691-EGR Note: No migration features currently exist for ENOVIA LCA V5.9. 9001 Qty 1 Asset Registration 5350 Qty 12 AIX Platform For license quantities exceeding 250, contact your 0011 Qty 12 EGR Configuration PLC representative for additional information. 0006 Qty 12 ALC In addition to the program number and feature information, specify the feature numbers and total users Select 5691-RVR for each intended workstation platform: 9001 Qty 1 Asset Registration Platform 5350 Qty 1 AIX Platform Workstation Feature 0011 Qty 1 RVR Product PLC Platform Number 0006 Qty 1 ALC Note: The configurator will automatically include the SPO AIX 5350 5628-LCA with the 3410 media feature number. HP-UX 5351 SGI IRIX 5352 Example 2: Alteration to Add Users to Standard Sun Solaris 5354 Configuration Windows 5353 The same customer wishes to add 30 users on the Sun Note: The platform feature combined total should equal Solaris platform. Place an MES order to add features and the total number of users across all solutions. change quantities of installed features. A seat of 5691-RVR already exists. Customization Option: Feature number 3444 is being assigned to each new program number for use in Select 5691-EGR (Serial Number) customization of orders. It can be used to suppress shipment of media and documentation. This feature can Add 5354 Qty 30 Sun Solaris Platform be specified on the initial or MES order. Add 0011 Qty 30 EGR Configuration PLC Add 0006 Qty 30 ALC Academic Program: No academic program is currently provided for ENOVIA LCA V5.9. The customer now has a total quantity of 43 PLC and 43 ALC on the AIX and Sun Solaris platforms. Basic Machine-Readable Material Example 3: Order for a Standard Configuration with Configuring Orders Shareable Products Standard role-based configurations are provided to The customer wishes to place a new order for 10 seats simplify the ordering process. These configurations of the ENOVIA — Professional User Configuration provide a variety of functional capabilities grouped to (5691-MGR) and 3 seats of the shareable ENOVIA — SA suite the needs of the end-user. To supplement these Hub (5691-SAH) on the AIX platform. As this is a new standard configurations, shareable products are offered installation, one seat of the ENOVIA — System & Data which can be used with any of the standard Demonstrator (5691-RVR) will also be ordered. configurations. Note that some of the standard configurations (5691-EGR, 5691-RVR, for instance) already Select 5691-MGR have the capabilities of certain shareable products. 9001 Qty 1 Asset Registration Note: At least one seat must be purchased for each SPO 5350 Qty 10 AIX Platform of either: 0011 Qty 10 MGR Config PLC • ENOVIA LCA System & Data Administrator (5691-RVR) 0006 Qty 10 ALC • ENOVIA LCA Security Administrator (5691-ADR) Select 5691-RVR To configure orders, specify the platform feature numbers specified below with a quantity equal to the number of 9001 Qty 1 Asset Registration users. 5350 Qty 1 AIX Platform 0011 Qty 1 RVR Product PLC Software Feature 0006 Qty 1 ALC Platform Number Select 5691-SAH Microsoft Windows 5353 AIX 5350 9001 Qty 1 Asset Registration Hewlett Packard HP-UX 5351 5350 Qty 3 AIX Platform SGI IRIX 5352 0011 Qty 3 SAH Product PLC Sun Solaris 5354 0006 Qty 3 ALC Ordering Examples Notes

Example 1: Order for a Standard Configuration • The configurator will automatically include the SPO 5628-LCA with the 3410 media feature number. A customer wants an order for the ENOVIA LCA V5 • Engineer Configuration (5691-EGR) with 12 users on the This order will generate one serial number and one AIX platform. As this is a new installation, one seat of the license for 10 users of 5691-MGR, a serial number and

-7- 202-146 license for one user of 5691-RVR, and a serial number Change Management and license for 3 users of 5691-SAH. 4009 5691-PAS ENOVIA — EBoM Part & Assembly Detailing Media Feature Numbers 4010 5691-PDC ENOVIA — EBoM Product Definition & Configuration Feature Distribution 4011 5691-PGT ENOVIA — Program Environment Number Medium Management 4012 5691-PIM ENOVIA — Product All Platforms 3410 CD-ROM Interference Management 4013 5691-PVM ENOVIA — Product ENOVIA LCA V5 is available on CD-ROM only. Variant Management 4014 5691-SAH ENOVIA — SA Hub 5628-LCA SPO: ENOVIA LCA V5 programs for all 4015 5691-SDE ENOVIA — Inter/Intra platforms (UNIX and Microsoft Windows) will be shipped Enterprise Data Exchange under the 5628-LCA SPO. The SPO is required for all 4017 5691-DOH ENOVIA — DO Hub program shipments and future updates. 4019 5691-SPT ENOVIA — Structures Initial orders placed for a program type 5691 without a Penetration Management corresponding order or MES for the 5628-LCA SPO will 4020 5691-CTM ENOVIA — Catalog Management either fail order validation, or will not generate a media 4021 5691-WFD ENOVIA — WorkFlow Designer shipment. The SPO is designated to the processor on 4022 5691-DPL MultiCAx — P Plug-In which the program type 5691 is licensed. Each customer number must have its own SPO. Customization Options: Under the 5628-LCA SPO, select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order Initial Orders: When ordering the first 5691-xxx to specify the delivery options desired. These features configuration for ENOVIA LCA V5, an order must also be can be specified on the initial or subsequent (MES) orders. placed for the 5628-LCA SPO. Both the 5691-xxx program order and the SPO must be for the same CPU system Feature type/system number, and have the same scheduled Description Number shipment date. Initial Shipments Subsequent Licenses: The SPO must have a feature number for every ENOVIA LCA V5 configuration that is Serial number only (suppresses shipment 3444 installed or on-order. Therefore, when a configuration of media and documentation) that was not previously installed is ordered, the SPO must be updated. Ship media only (suppresses initial 3470 shipment of documentation) To Update an On-order System: When a license for a new 5691 program is ordered for an on-order system, the Ship documentation only (suppresses 3471 5628-LCA SPO must be updated to reflect the feature initial shipment of media) number of the licensed program desired. Also, for asset registration and billing purposes an order for the Single Pallet delivery 3483 individual licensed program type 5691 is required. To Update an Installed System: When a license for a new Satellite Electronic Delivery 3450 5691 program is ordered for an installed system, the 5628-LCA SPO must be updated to reflect the feature Update Shipments number of the licensed program desired. Ship Media updates only (suppresses 3480 5628-LCA SPO Feature Numbers: The following update shipment of documentation) no-charge program feature numbers are used with the 5628-LCA SPO to show which configurations and products Ship documentation only (suppresses 3481 are installed. This information is used for shipment of update shipment of media) media. The maximum quantity of each of the features that may be specified is one for each of the 5691 Suppress updates (suppresses update 3482 programs. shipment of media and documentation)

Program Feature Numbers for ENOVIA LCA V5.9 Expedite Shipments

Feature Program Configuration or Local IBM office expedite 3445 Number Number Product Name (for IBM use only)

4000 5691-ADR ENOVIA — Security Customer expedite process charge 3446 Administrator Configuration ($30 charge for each product) 4001 5691-CUR ENOVIA — Casual User Configuration Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour 4002 5691-EGR ENOVIA — Engineer delivery from the time IBM SDF receives the order. SDF Configuration will then ship the order via overnight air transportation. 4003 5691-MGR ENOVIA — Professional User Configuration Unlicensed Documentation: A registration memorandum, 4004 5691-RVR ENOVIA — System & Data memorandum to current users and licensed program Administration Configuration specifications are supplied automatically with the basic 4005 5691-ASH ENOVIA — AS Hub machine-readable material. 4006 5691-BOH ENOVIA — Business Reporting Hub In addition, one softcopy publication CD-ROM is 4007 5691-ECM ENOVIA — Engineering automatically included in all shipments. To order an additional copy, specify the language using the feature

202-146 -8- numbers below. Only one additional copy of a kit can be storage and management of data used or generated by ordered per license. the product and not for other data management purposes. For example, this license does not include inbound Feature connections to the database from other applications for Publication Number queries or report generation. You are authorized to install and use these components only with and on the ENOVIA LCA V5 7100 same machine as the product resides. Softcopy Collection Kit — English ENOVIA LCA V5 7103 DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition is the only database that will Softcopy Collection Kit — Japanese be packaged with ENOVIA LCA V5.9. Additional softcopy collection kits can be ordered through Educational Allowance: Educational allowance does not the IBM Publications Ordering System at: apply.

http://www.elink.IBMLink.ibm.com/public/ Volume Discount: Contact your IBM representative. applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi Warranted: Yes Use the following form number: Licensed Program Materials Availability Form Publication Number • Restricted Materials of IBM: None ENOVIA LCA V5 SK3T-7835 • Non-Restricted Source Materials: None Softcopy Collection Kit — English • Object Code Only (OCO): All ENOVIA LCA V5 SK3T-0615 Softcopy Collection Kit — Japanese Program Services: Program Services for ENOVIA LCA V5 Displayable Softcopy Publications: ENOVIA LCA V5 will be available until discontinued by IBM upon six product publications are offered in displayable (HTML) months′ written notice. and printable (PDF) softcopy form. All unlicensed Customers may report problems against a given release manuals are included. of ENOVIA LCA V5 for a limited time only. This service These softcopy manuals are part of the basic period ends 14 months after the general availability of the machine-readable material and automatically ships with second subsequent release of ENOVIA LCA V5. each order. The manuals are shipped on CD-ROM. Terms Therefore, the end of service date for ENOVIA LCA V5.7 and conditions for use of the machine-readable files are will be four months after the availability date of this shipped with the product. release. The displayable manuals are in HTML format and can be For a list of all currently supported releases of CATIA and viewed in any of the supported environments using one ENOVIA products, refer to Web site: of the HTML browsers specified under Software Requirements section. The printable manuals are in PDF http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm format and can be displayed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader at minimum level 3.0. The Adobe On the left side, select “Support”. Then click on Acrobat Reader may be downloaded, at no charge, by “Release nomenclature and end of service dates” in the visiting: “What′s New” column. http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/ If you have not yet obtained an IBM common registration acrobat/readstep.html userid, refer to Web site: Subsequent updates (technical newsletters or revisions http://www.ibm.com/registration/selfreg between releases) to the publications shipped with the product will be distributed to the user of record for as long Program Services offer a method of reporting as a license for this software remains in effect. A code-related problems for ENOVIA LCA V5 licensed separate publication order or subscription is not needed. software products. For technical assistance, go to the PLM Web page at: Terms and Conditions http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm

Licensing: IBM Customer Agreement (ICA) On the left side, select “Support”. Then click on the “Service requests, problem reporting” link. Designated Machine: Not required Problems may be reported electronically, by facsimile, or Variable Charges Apply: No mail will be responded to via the same medium used to submit the problem. IBM will respond to customer Installation License or Location License Applies: No inquiries within two business days of electronic or facsimile receipt and seven days of mail receipt advising Usage Restriction Applies: Additional licenses must be of the problem disposition. obtained to extend use levels. Use one of the following methods to report problems: Use of DB2 UDB Components: • Mail: ENOVIA LCA V5.9 (the product) is shipped with DB2 UDB IBM Corporation Enterprise Edition. Customers who purchase the product Product Lifecycle Management are authorized to install and use this DB2 product only in 2455 South Road P540 association with the licensed use of the product for the Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-5400

-9- 202-146 Attn: ENOVIA/CATIA APAR Coordinator Requests for corrections to a given release of ENOVIA • LCA V5 may be made up to 10 months after the second Facsimile: 845-433-9901 subsequent release of ENOVIA LCA V5 becomes • E-mail: [email protected] generally available. After that date, no new Service Packs will be built for that release. This final Service Pack • Electronic PMR submission: will still be available for ordering on CD-ROM via the IBM Support Centers for the duration of the service period of http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm each release. This service period ends 14 months after On the left side, select “Support”. the general availability of the second subsequent release of ENOVIA LCA V5. Electronic support gives the customer the option of submitting code-related problems either by e-mail or With the availability of this release, the end of service through the CATIA/ENOVIA TechSupport Web site using (EOS) date for ENOVIA LCA V5.7 will be four months after a Problem Management Report (PMR). When using the the availability date of this release. PMR option, all communications will be through the PMR. Note: Recognizing that customers require more time to It is the customer′s responsibility to monitor and update migrate between releases of ENOVIA LCA, beginning with their problem no less than once a week. V5.8 the support periods for ENOVIA LCA and CAA RADE If the problem reported is not known to be a code-related were extended beyond that provided for CATIA. problem, the customer will be informed that IBM will However, the restriction still exists that when customers continue to work on it provided the customer has an are running CATIA and ENOVIA V5 products together they enhanced support contract. must be at the same release level. Until this restriction is removed, customers running ENOVIA LCA will receive Additional information about the enhanced support support for all their CATIA and ENOVIA V5 products until contract and other available PLM services offerings is the end of support date for ENOVIA LCA. Customers available by going to the PLM Web page at: running stand-alone CATIA or Portal Solutions will receive support until the announced end of support date for those http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm products. On the left side, select “Support”. Then click on “Service For help guides and information on education, go to the and Support offerings” and on the next frame expand PLM Web page at: “Support Offerings”. http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm Preventive Service is delivered through the next release of ENOVIA LCA V5. The new release will also On the left side, select “Education”. include corrections to problems, depending on the time of their submission and their severity. Note: DB2 UDB V7.2, delivered with this product, will follow its own support terms and conditions as announced Corrective Service for ENOVIA LCA V5 releases is for that product. delivered through “Service Packs” on a regular basis. A Service Pack includes corrections for Severity 1 problems For announcement details on DB2, refer to Software in production systems reported on this release and all Announcement 201-128, dated April 24, 2001. corrections available for all components at the time it is This support is obtained via the “Maintenance after built. Service Packs are provided at the same time for License” option of Passport Advantage. all platforms currently supported. Each Service Pack supersedes the previous one and may be installed on top IBM Operational Support Services — Support Line: No of the released level or on top of a previous Service Pack. No individual corrections will be delivered between two Other Support: PLM Support Centers Service Packs. No update of online documentation will be provided through Service Packs. Prices Customers may request a correction via a Service Pack for Severity 1 problems. A Severity 1 problem is defined as: Contact your IBM representative for charges information for this announcement. • A problem stopping production — This means the customer is already using the level for which he requests a fix in a production environment. 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