Software Announcement April 29, 2003 CAA RADE V5.11: Customize, Extend, and Integrate with the CATIA and ENOVIA V5 Family of Products Overview − CAA — Teamwork Release Manager: Custom At a Glance Complementing both CATIA V5 and graph release improvements ENOVIA V5, Component Application within the navigation, search, Component Application Architecture Rapid Application and preprocessing operations Architecture Rapid Application Development Environment (CAA Development Environment (CAA • Increased process coverage of RADE) V5.11 delivers: RADE) V5.11 delivers: CAA V5-based applications: • — • Unprecedented openness — A new configuration Enterprise − More than 350 new interfaces Access to more than 3,000 Portal Application Design (PAD) for C++ and Java — with a new product — Web component-based APIs across Application Composer (WAC), − New CATIA API the range of Product Lifecycle which enables quick development Management (PLM) solutions of Web applications integrated Key Prerequisites • Unequalled value — Integration within the WebSphere of customer know-how and Application Server. CAA RADE V5 runs on selected added value applications system levels of: • Support of Microsoft Visual.Net • Enablement of third-party Version 7.0 for the C++ • Microsoft Windows application development to Interactive Dashboard (CID) • AIX expand PLM solutions product • Hewlett Packard HP-UX • • Fast development of robust and • New operating support for: SGI IRIX • Sun Solaris durable applications with open − AIX V5.0 standard architecture − IRIX 6.5.15 Consideration should also be given • Productivity driven − Solaris 8 to intended run-time environment, standard-compliant toolkits to − Rational Purify 2002 and applications being developed, their produce Windows and UNIX PureCoverage 2002 target platforms and operating V5 applications − Java 1.3 for build time systems. • End of Windows NT support; now supporting only Windows 2000 and Windows XP • Enhancements to the following CAA RADE products: − CAA — C++ Source Checker: Improved quality checking by filtering specific detected errors − CAA — Multi-workspace Application Builder: Ability to perform distinction between server and client Java code − CAA — Source Code Manager: Transparent routing through different hosts, and three new controls for customizing the Planned Availability Date checker library May 23, 2003 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 203-110 3. Increase feasibility of development application: Description • Automated part of the development life cycle CAA RADE V5 is the next-generation middleware for • Re-usability of component API thoroughly tested implementing 3D PLM best practices and business processes through process-centric applications. • Automated test at build-time and run-time to Deploying PLM necessitates that product life cycle ensure compliance with quality criteria development capability has significant breadth and depth. The specific company′s need will further require that 4. Increase core business value with CAA V5 capability can be expanded, tailored, extended, and application: integrated. • Providing powerful visual modeling capabilities These requirements necessitate openness and the ability • By freeing developers to focus on building their to reapply components to achieve different behavior or applications rather than re-inventing the wheel capability. The component application architecture provided within V5 has been specifically developed to • By leveraging existing data model without meet these needs. affecting the authoring tools (for example, CATIA V5, ENOVIA V5) This is augmented through a community of application developers who have recognized the value of PLM and Note: For proper operation, both the CAA RADE V5 tools the opportunity to enrich V5 through their areas of and APIs must be at the same version and release. expertise. Market leaders in each of their respective disciplines characterize the richness of the partner What′s New in V5.11 community around V5. Introduction of new configuration CAA — Enterprise Portal CAA RADE V5 value proposition is spanning on 3 fields Application Design (PAD) and its included product CAA of activity: — Web Application Composer (WAC) 1. PLM customers can build added-value applications to This new configuration enables rapid development of Web fulfill their company-specific needs. applications integrated within the WebSphere Application 2. Third-party developers can extend the PLM Server. WAC introduces Web technology that allows a application portfolio for extended: business analyst or non-specialist to generate visual and interactive user interfaces for integrating corporate • Vertical industry and process support legacy data applications. It allows: • Discipline support • Dialog Builder Editor to manipulate JDialog basic 3. Services companies can implement best practices on widget and custom JDialog widget (defined by the top of PLM solutions. user) in an interactive environment based on WebSphere Studio Application Developer that is CAA RADE V5.11 provides the scalable application extended by WAC (Web Application Composer) architecture for these next-generation products and the capabilities tools needed to take full advantage of them. • JAVA Controller code skeleton generation for dialog CAA RADE V5 APIs logic Component-based APIs, built upon the V5 open-standard • Legacy database integration in WEB application; architecture, are delivered with their related interactive transparent integration in the WebSphere test server products. These APIs are for use with the CAA RADE V5 environment tools. Refer to the respective CATIA or ENOVIA announcement for a detailed functional description. CAA — Interactive Dashboard (CID) — New Support Function: This release of CID supports Microsoft CAA RADE V5 Tools Visual.Net Version 7.0. Derived from the same tools used to create CATIA and New Operating System Support: V5.11 now supports the ENOVIA V5, CAA RADE V5 provides the user a fast new following operating systems: development environment with features such as: • AIX V5.0 1. Optimize overall speed and quality of development • IRIX 6.5.15 of applications for PLM: • Solaris 8 • • Integrated software life cycle solution Rational Purify 2002 and PureCoverage 2002 • Java 1.3 for build-time • Toolset that extends industry leader and market standard IDE End of Support for Windows NT: V5.11 now supports Windows 2000 and XP only. • Single toolset for PLM solution brands • Single source that builds on UNIX from Windows Enhancements to the Following CAA RADE Products platforms • CAA — C++ Source Checker (CSC): Improved quality 2. Increase Development speed: checking by filtering specific detected errors • Best practices through code-generation wizard • CAA — Multi-workspace Application Builder (MAB): used Ability to perform distinction between server and client Java code • Effective application development integration to put product in operation on time, on budget • CAA — Source Code Manager (SCM): Transparent routing through different hosts, and three new controls for customizing the checker library 203-110 -2- • CAA — Teamwork Release Manager (TRM): Custom graph release improvement with new commands for Hardware and Software Support Services the preprocessing operation SmoothStart /Installation Services Increased Process Coverage of CAA V5-Based Applications SmoothStart/Installation Services will not be provided for • More than 350 new interfaces for C++ and Java these products. • Added new CATIA API For a full description of the other CAA RADE V5 products Reference Information and configurations available, refer to the PLM Salesguide: For announcement details on the previous release of CAA http://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm/guide RADE, refer to Software Announcement 202-298, dated October 29, 2002 Accessibility by People with Disabilities Trademarks Owing to the graphics-intensive nature of its engineering SmoothStart is a trademark of International Business design applications, this product has been granted a Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries deviation for 2003. or both. WebSphere and AIX are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United Product Positioning States or other countries or both. Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. CAA RADE V5 provides an integrated set of tools and Windows NT and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. resources to support the development process from initial Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. specification to final product packaging. For CATIA and UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Company in the ENOVIA V5 solutions, it is positioned as next-generation United States and other countries. middleware for implementing 3D PLM best practices and Other company, product, and service names may be business processes through process-centric applications. trademarks or service marks of others. CAA RADE V5 stands alone as the only system addressing the customization of these applications using a unified architecture. Unlike competitive products, which currently only address part of their respective portfolios for customization, CAA RADE V5 covers the broad line of both CATIA and ENOVIA V5 products. CAA RADE V5 with its advanced development tools, significantly