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PLM-as-a-Service is costly - Myths busted

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Throughout history, companies have often viewed the implementation of PLM as expensive and complex because of the initial investments, challenging deployments, and maintenance requirements involved. This perception has led to the misconception that opting for PLM as a Service is inherently costly. However, this belief is not entirely accurate. PLM as a Service offers cost advantages. To begin with it eliminates the necessity for expenditures on hardware and software by adopting a subscription-based approach that spreads costs over time making them more manageable and predictable for businesses. Additionally, these services typically provide flexible pricing options based on factors such as users, storage needs, or specific functionalities enabling companies to start and scale up as necessary without initial investments. Furthermore, by entrusting the service provider with tasks such as managing infrastructure, updates, and maintenance responsibilities internal IT teams are liberated to

NX Machinery Library Installation

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Overview The Machinery Library in NX is a collection of pre-designed standard family-based parts that can be used in the design and assembly of machinery. It includes commonly used components such as nuts, bolts, washers, gears, bearings, shafts, and other mechanical components. The library provides designers with a quick and easy way to add standard components to their designs, without having to create them from scratch. Prerequisites • Download the latest Machinery Library install tool zip file. • Download the required Library zip files from the support center. • After downloading. Extract the Machinery library zip file to a specific folder. • Copy the library Zip files • Paste them in Libs folder • If needed. Edit the property file to configure the layer category [MachineryLibrary- utilities.def]. • For example: if you want to change the layer category for solids, you can modify the property file as below. Installation in Native Mode • Install step by step • Double-click Machinery

ATTRIBUTE MAPPING ON TEAMCENTER INTEGRATION WITH NX

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Attribute: An attribute is a changeable property or characteristic of some component of a program that can be set to different values . Attribute Mapping   in Teamcenter Integration with NX :   - It is an effective tool to define and configure the properties between TEAMCENTER and NX .   - Attribute mapping is a process of identifying and correlating attributes of two or more related entities, typically for the purpose of data integration, data modeling, data analysis, and so on.   Types of Attributes:   There are two different types of attributes in NX , part type attribute, and database type attribute.    PART TYPE   DATABASE TYPE   Part name    Description   Weight   Dimensions   Material    Item    Dataset   POM objects   Workspace objects   POM applications   Item revisions   Part type attributes stay in the NX part files, not in the Teamcenter database or not mapped to Teamcenter by default .   T he Database type attributes are mapped and attached to the relation which is