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robotics and human , and latest help to improve the overall user experi- ence. We think you’ll be impressed with what Tecnomatix can do for you. portfolio release Powerful new tools that you’ve been waiting for Robot cable physical behavior and motion simulation tools Automotive and transportation and heavy equipment machinery manufac- Digitalize manufacturing. turers are heavily dependent upon robotic systems to deliver the innova- Realize innovation. tive products their customers demand. These robotic systems require planning and programming to allow them to Benefits Summary operate as efficiently as possible and to • Dedicated industry solutions for auto- The Tecnomatix® portfolio of digital perform as necessary. Such advanced motive and transportation, aerospace manufacturing empowers robotic systems require cabling that is and defense, industrial machinery manufacturers to do remarkable things often difficult to account for during and heavy equipment, consumer that allow them to realize the amazing programming and execution, and can packaged goods and electronics and products that their customers need lead to serious issues during production semiconductor industry users right now. The latest Tecnomatix if not handled correctly. In order to release, including Process Designer 13, • New capabilities for digital factory recover quickly when a cable malfunc- Process Simulate 13, layout optimization, robotics, human tion occurs in production, the new cable 13, Factory 2017 and RobotExpert 13, simulation and more add-on to Process Simulate 13 gives continues to deliver advanced technol- users the opportunity to know what will • Significantly improved user interface ogy in the areas of planning, simulation happen and how to solve the problem experience, interaction and ease of and production. Our software helps by allowing them to simulate robot use manufacturers not only to plan and cable physical behavior and motion. validate manufacturing processes and optimize complete systems prior to production, but also to know what will happen when those processes and systems do not perform as expected and how they need to respond to bring them back online when production stops. In this latest release of the Tecnomatix portfolio, new capabilities deliver key benefits to specific industry users, offer enhanced solutions in areas such as factory layout optimization,

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Features The new cable functionality enables continuous operation with a coverage • Robot cable physical behavior and users to create and edit cables, define pattern in an intuitive and easy way. motion simulation tools their dimensions and physical character- With the tool, users draw a reference istics, add hooks and connection points, curve on a part and create a pattern by • Paint and spray path planning, cover- perform realistic cable simulation and duplicating the curve with constant age simulation and analysis tools analyze the cables for coiling, excessive offset strokes. It is possible to preview • Waypoints planning and viewing tools extension force and collision within the pattern and modify it easily before the production environment. Upon the creating the operation. The new opera- • Fluid process production performance identification of an error, users can tion can be used for paint, polishing, simulation and throughput tools employ the software to regenerate the coating, spraying or many other pro- • Operator free walk path simulation cable with an alternative cable shape. cesses that require covering a surface tools while adding or removing material. Paint and spray path planning, cover- • NX Line Designer interface and age simulation and analysis tools The software also offers the new capa- Manufacturing integra- Tecnomatix now features paint and bility to analyze the number of paint tion tools spray path planning and coverage layers/strokes affecting a point on a simulation tools ideally suited for auto- surface (mesh point). When running the • New usability enhancements and motive and transportation and simulation, each layer is clearly desig- tools aerospace and defense industry users. nated by a configurable color. The paint Users can now perform path planning and coverage settings enable users to for spray applications and gain an control which surfaces are used for understanding of the coverage through coverage simulation, display or hide the simulation and visualization. coverage map during simulation, dis- play a ghost spray applicator, such as a The Continuous Process Generator has brush, and display a stroke map that been enhanced to support the coverage indicates multiple strokes over the same pattern process (in addition to the arc area of the generated mesh. weld process). Users can now create a TECNOMATIX

time it takes to simulate manual opera- tions involving walking. The new capability provides automatic recogni- tion of machines and equipment during path planning, user-definable nonwalk- ing areas to control where the operators are allowed to move, and automatic shortest-path calculation for walking between targets on the production floor.

NX Line Designer interface and Teamcenter Manufacturing integration Waypoint planning and viewing tools those fluids are mixed in tanks and then tools Aerospace and defense industry users distributed to downstream processes. Added to Tecnomatix in this release is will benefit from the new waypoint an enhanced interface between NX Line Operator free walk path simulation capability for improved planning and Designer and Plant Simulation for better tools programming. The new Waypoint production layout optimization. This Electronics and semiconductor industry Viewer enables users to quickly and new capability, focused on the automo- users, and others that regularly deal with easily configure collision-free paths for tive and transportation and heavy manual operations, can better address robots through the management of equipment machinery industries, the allocation and utilization of manual waypoints, which are used to define enables users to take a layout from NX labor with operator free walk path approach and escape paths between Line Designer directly into Plant planning and simulation tools. With this operations commonly used in drilling Simulation with the data needed to new Plant Simulation capability, it is no and riveting applications. These way- create an initial simulation model, longer necessary to specify the footpaths points and the resulting operation greatly speeding up the process of required to move an operator from one structure that includes them is sup- optimizing the layout for production point to another, drastically reducing the ported in both simulation and offline throughput and material flow. program download. Fluid process production performance simulation and throughput tools Plant Simulation now features addi- tional object handling tools to better simulate and assess production perfor- mance and throughput for processes involving fluids for consumer packaged goods and other process industries. These are out-of-the-box tools that make it much easier to simulate the transport of fluids through pipes, includ- ing both horizontal and vertical piping systems, and what will happen when TECNOMATIX

Teamcenter® Manufacturing Access, When users open Process Designer, Additional features and tools developed for the Active Workspace Process Simulate or RobotExpert, the Process Designer 13 platform, is released for the first time in application displays a new launch page. There are several new enhancements in this version for better coordination of The Welcome and What’s New tabs on Process Designer related to Robcad data resources and operations between the launch page provide a variety of migration, Pack and Go improvements, Teamcenter Manufacturing and Process useful information about new features AutoCAD® certifications, TiCon integra- Simulate. It enables simulation engi- as well as easy access links to recent tion and the handling of alternatives. neers to perform all their tasks using files with clickable Favorite ranking just one application, Process Simulate. stars, icons to open or create studies, Process Simulate 13 Tools such as Load Study and indication of the current system root In Process Simulate, the export to web Classification Search were added to location, access to the Options dialog function and point cloud data integra- Process Simulate for accessing and and links to various related social media tion using Bentley Pointools have been loading Teamcenter data directly, channels. There is also a linked tab that improved. improving usability and reducing depen- opens the Siemens PLM Community site dency on the Teamcenter Rich Client. for quick access to further information Process Simulate Robotics improve- in blog posts and knowledge base ments cover expanded dual-arm robot New usability enhancements and tools articles. support, updates to the Automatic Path The latest release offers several new Planner and the addition of skip welding Additional usability enhancements usability enhancements and tools to operation creation to the Continuous include more common user interface make Tecnomatix solutions more enjoy- Process Generator. (UI) theming across applications, ribbon able to use, addressing ease of use, menu interfaces, simulation performance Process Simulate Commissioning now improved visualization, and performance. improvements, multiple graphic window offers support for virtual commissioning Tecnomatix is now even more fun to use. viewing and multiple language support. using the OPC Foundation’s new OPC Unified Architecture (UA) protocol. Process Simulate Human now makes simulating human tasks even easier and more powerful. Task Simulation Builder (TSB) enhancements allow you to more quickly control motion specifics as well as re-use the edits when running ‘what- if’ scenarios with different sized figures. Motions captured from motion tracking systems can now be incorporated directly into TSB . Additional manipulation controls for posturing, including a highly efficient interface for manipulating the hand, have been added to accelerate realistic posturing of the figures. The interface to the Ergonomic Analysis Worksheet (EAWS) has also been improved to make reports more concise. TECNOMATIX

community link directly in the ribbon menu. Based on strategic customer requests, block manager migration, FactoryFLOW component tree expan- sion and part routing reordering were implemented in this release.

RobotExpert 13 This release of RobotExpert includes the addition of skip welding operation creation to the Continuous Process Generator.

Other Plant Simulation 13 import improvements, virtual commis- Tecnomatix versions can now be Plant Simulation now provides an sioning support of OPC UA and several installed side-by-side on a single system enhanced SimTalk 2.0 scripting lan- other modeling and usability enhance- for easier transition from one version to guage that greatly simplifies the ments are delivered with this release. another; new certifications are available modeling process for objects, libraries, for various CAD systems, including models and methods, and offers an Factory 2017 Catia® and AutoCAD, as well as for integrated compiler to quickly and The latest FactoryCAD, FactoryFLOW Windows 10 and Office 2016; and there easily convert between the 1.0 and 2.0 and In Context Editor (ICE) product is a new application for licensing setup syntax. OpenTools geometry importers releases include support for AutoCAD and maintenance and an improved have been adopted for additional 3D 2017, Teamcenter 11.2, and Microsoft® documentation interface for online help. CAD data format support, and point Windows® 10, Office® 2013 and Office Many other new features can be found cloud data integration allows for the 2016. Usability enhancements include in the various product release notes high-performance use of 3D laser scan improved toolbar and menu loading available with the software. Reference data directly in 3D simulation models. behavior, better backward compatibil- additional Siemens PLM Community Additionally, enhanced drag-and-drop ity, enhanced direct Teamcenter posts discussing these and other new conveyor and line modeling, resource access tools and the inclusion features and tools in more detail. Microstation® and AutoCAD layout of a tutorial and Tecnomatix public

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