Siemens PLM Software What’s new in Tecnomatix 12 Delivering real solutions for manufacturing planning, simulation and production Benefits Summary solutions for dimensional quality provide • Provides greater process Tecnomatix® software is designed to improved geometry-driven 3D measured flexibility for increased empower manufacturers to deliver more data visualization and analysis. product complexity in innovation with less risk. Tecnomatix 12 Manufacturing planning production planning provides advanced technology in the areas of planning, simulation and production to Easy Plan • Greater efficiency in help manufacturers achieve higher-quality Tecnomatix 12 introduces Easy Plan, an optimizing discrete and products at lower cost with more efficient intuitive web-based application for shop continuous manufacturing and flexible production. Two new products, floor detailed process planning that was processes Easy Plan and Test Manager, aid in manu- developed specifically for engineers (manu- • Helps realize use of facturing planning efficiency and accuracy. facturing, industrial, process) who are automation for human An intuitive, context-sensitive ribbon menu involved in production operations. The use assembly tasks user interface, improved loading and visu- of Easy Plan extends process planning capa- alization of large 3D models and a new bilities to the people who know production • Improved execution of fluid object library greatly enhance our the best, the shop floor planners, allowing production operations Plant Simulation logistics optimization solu- them to conduct plant-specific production • Improved dimensional tion. Advanced robotics technology for planning by leveraging existing product quality visualization and dual-arm and cooperative robots, a contin- design and manufacturing data. Easy Plan analytics uous process generator and HTML5 provides capabilities for process authoring, simulation model output further extend the product and tool assignment, process docu- Features capabilities of our comprehensive robotics mentation and operator instructions • Easy Plan enables web- simulation solutions. Integrating product creation, report generation, time analysis, based, plant-specific lifecycle management (PLM) with the man- line balancing, virtual walk path assess- production planning ufacturing execution system (MES) offers a ment, ergonomic analysis, planning per a • Test Manager enables streamlined process for linking design schedule (production orders) and direct/ definition and management intent to production operations for indirect labor analysis. of digital preassembly tests improved production execution. Big data www.siemens.com/tecnomatix TECNOMATIX What’s new in Tecnomatix 12 • Plant Simulation provides Manufacturing simulation continuous process Advanced robotics modeling capabilities, eases Tecnomatix 12 offers advanced technology creation and delivery of for the ongoing support of advanced simulation results and robotic systems, including dual-arm and enhances the user cooperative robots. Modeling enhance- experience ments allow for the proper definition of • Advanced robotics complex kinematics and execution of enhancements allow for required motion planning for these dual-arm and cooperative- advanced robots. The dedicated robot jog robot simulation, menu is now enabled for all robots automated process included in a compound equipment setup generation and simulation Easy Plan time analysis tools enable assessment of and allows for the jogging of robots inde- model sharing in the cloud value-added and nonvalue-added operation times. pendently or in a dependent configuration for efficient programming. In the depen- • The PLM-MES solution dent configuration state, the dependent delivers true, model-based Test Manager Test Manager, based on Teamcenter® soft- motion of the follower robot is dictated by execution by leveraging PMI ware for manufacturing, supports the the motion of the leader robot. stored in JT data for linking assembly verification process by providing design intent to inspection a straightforward way to plan, manage and operations on the shop floor execute digital preassembly validation • The big data solution for tests. Planners and designers define test dimensional quality offers scenarios and associate them to the prod- improved analytics and uct, operation and resource information geometry-based 3D captured in the manufacturing bill-of-pro- visualization for the analysis cess (BOP). Simulation and validation of collected measured data engineers can execute the predefined test scenarios using 3D validation tools such as Advanced assembly systems, such as dual-arm Teamcenter Visualization, NX™ software robots, are easily programmed and simulated in and Tecnomatix Process Simulate software, Tecnomatix 12. and log those tests in order to initiate issue and problem reports based on the results. The continuous process generator uses Shop floor operators can leverage the geometric selection to automatically define Teamcenter Electronic Work Instructions paths and features and has been enhanced (EWI) solution to access test scenarios in Tecnomatix 12 to include dashed curve directly on the shop floor at the production feature creation for support of processes facility. such as skip or stitch arc welding. The soft- ware automatically defines curves based on the geometry (edges) and the use of multi- ple attribute methods controlled by the user, which are then used to produce robotic paths and operations for welding. Process Simulate is used in conjunction with Test Manager to execute digital preassembly validation tests. TECNOMATIX Tecnomatix 12 makes it easy to program skip and stitch arc welding processes automatically. Process Simulate web view allows for the sharing Continuous operation replication in of process simulations in the cloud. Tecnomatix 12 copies continuous process and arc weld seam operations based on Plant Simulation their relative part location. This functional- Logistics optimization is easier than ever in ity improves usability by allowing re-use Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 12. The new of existing operation definitions, including start menu and context-sensitive ribbon location and motion attributes from one menu user interface that conforms to location to another, even within the native Windows guidelines offer increased same part. productivity by combining 2D and 3D object class libraries into a single view, bet- ter placement of the most often used menus and a modern, more intuitive user experience. Tecnomatix 12 makes it easy to replicate contin- uous process operations based on relative part location. Tecnomatix 12 offers HTML5 output for the The new start menu and ribbon UI makes it easier export of 3D scenes to HTML5 files that than ever to get started in Plant Simulation. allow for viewing from different viewpoints with easy navigation and an intuitive user Plant Simulation 3D visualization has interface. This zero-install footprint viewer moved to Siemens PLM Software’s direct known as Process Simulate web view can model 8.1 technology and now enables run in any browser that supports HTML5 many computing tasks to be offloaded from and WebGL, allowing for cloud-based shar- the central processing unit (CPU) to the ing of manufacturing process simulations. graphic card for improved performance and more realistic visualization when working with large models, including shadows. TECNOMATIX Visualization of object states (working, waiting, blocked, etc.) is now enabled in the 3D view. Using ISO-standard JT data and direct model viewing technology The Plant Simulation HTML report generator makes it easier than ever enables impressive 3D visualization in Plant Simulation. to capture and share simulation results. The new fluid object library includes standard objects such Manufacturing production as a tank, mixer, filling station and pipe that are fully sup- PLM-MES solution ported in both the 2D and 3D model views. With this new Tecnomatix 12 offers enhancements to the integration of set of objects, it is possible to combine both continuous and the product lifecycle management and manufacturing exe- discrete process flows in one simulation model. Models cution systems. The integration of Teamcenter using fluid objects are supported by a fluid and materials manufacturing and MES software, such as SIMATIC IT, for definition table, full statistical evaluations, Gantt charts and model-based production execution closes the loop between reports, just as in any other Plant Simulation model. the virtual and real worlds of production. In this release, product and manufacturing information (PMI) embedded in the JT™ data format 3D CAD models flows down to the shop floor MES software by linking design intent directly to pro- duction operations in Teamcenter to ensure conformance and provide faster root-cause analysis. The new fluid object library in Plant Simulation allows for easier continuous processes modeling. The Plant Simulation HTML report generator is easier than ever to use and takes advantage of standard HTML code, drag-and-drop capability and predefined analysis object reports. Dynamic reports can be generated and modified while a simulation is running and can be exported to a sin- gle file for convenient distribution and sharing. Design intent delivered with inspection operations from Teamcenter is accessed on the shop floor in SIMATIC IT where operators collect and record measurement data. TECNOMATIX Big data solution for dimensional quality There is a continued focus in