1. Social Computing and Product
Development
Game Changing Collaboration with Rich
Connections to Product Information
David Blair, VP
PTC
2012

2. Agenda
Social Computing and Product Development
 Introduction
 SocialLink 10.1
 Demonstration
 Future Concepts
 Q&A
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3. Social Business Software
…it is all essentially the same
Profiles
Connections
Activity Feeds
Communities
Wikis
Blogs
Forums
File Sharing
Mobile
…and it is certainly not optimized for product development
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4. Social Product Development
“Community Powered Product Development”
“Social Product Development” is the fusion of Web 2.0
technologies with product development activities.
– A new way to Connect and
Collaborate (new paradigm)
– Leverages a social network Social Product
within product development Computing Development
– Brings social computing to all
PTC products
– Product development specific
use cases using Web 2.0
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5. Real-time Notifications
and Events from Windchill
Secure and Protected
Collaboration around
Product Data (at community
& object level)
Social Toolbar
Embedded in End
User PLM Software
Posts from Creo / CAD
Product Communities
Linked to Windchill
Communities of
Practice for Engineering
Microbloging with
Visualization & Markup
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6. Windchill SocialLink Product Timeline
WSL 10.1 SocialLink 10.1 Theme: Problem Solving & Security
(Creo Social Toolbar, Visual Discussions, Security, etc.)
Jun 2012
WSL 2.0 SocialLink 2.0 Theme: Tight Connections to Windchill
(Windchill 10 Social Toolbar, Product Events, Ideas)
Oct 2011
WSL 1.0 M020 1.0 M020 (Search, Navigation, Client Performance)
Apr 5, 2011
WSL 1.0 M010 1.0 M010 (Client Usability Improvements)
Dec 2010
WSL 1.0 SocialLink 1.0 Theme: Communities
(Product Communities, Communities of Practice)
Oct 2010
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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7. SocialLink 10.1 – What’s New
(RTM June 20, 2012)
Spring 2012

8. SocialLink 10.1 – What’s New
Overview
 Creo 2.0 Social Toolbar (Integration)
 Creo View Visualization in SocialLink
 Visual Discussions and Markups for Microblogging
 Advanced Product Community Administration
 Discussions at the Windchill Object Level
 Additional Features
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9. Creo 2.0 M010 Social Toolbar (Integration)
Creo 2.0 M010 Social Toolbar (Integration)
 Direct Integration with Creo
– Post messages to any
community the user is a
member of directly from Creo
– Post messages to the related
community via the Windchill
workspace (default community)
– Quickly see the feed, members,
or details of the related
community
– Capture session graphics and
post with image
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10. Creo View Visualization in SocialLink
Creo View in SocialLink
 Display 3D Viewables in SocialLink
– Spin, zoom, pan, section, markup from SocialLink
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11. Visual Discussions and Markups for Microblogging
Markup and Visual Discussions
 Markup both Images and Creo
View 3D Viewables for Visual
Discussions
– Add notes and annotations to 3D
viewables and 2D images
– Attach the markup as an image to a
comment in a SocialLink post
– See the visual discussions feed in
Creo View window
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12. Advanced Product Community Administration
Membership Synchronization
 Synch members from
Windchill to Product
Communities
– Multiple synchronization
options to fit all
Communities
– Administrative reports
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13. Advanced Product Community Administration
New Templates
 Quickly find
important
information
 3D product
viewables for
linked Windchill
container
 Launch the
SocialLink client
directly from
community site
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14. Advanced Product Community Administration
More Intuitive Product Community Site Creation Process
 Easily setup Product
Communities
– Admin settings to control
advanced Community
settings
– Easy group setup and
Windchill member
synchronization control
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15. Discussions at the Windchill Object Level
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16. Discussions at the Windchill Object Level
Security Options for Posting from Windchill
 Enforce Windchill Security (option)
– Only people who have access to the part in
Windchill can see the post
 Standard Security (option)
– Your post is visible to anyone who is targeted
– If your post is targeted to a Community, anyone
in that Community can see your post
– Information about the Windchill Part is still only
visible to people who have access to the part in
Windchill
 Note(s):
– All SocialLink discussions are stored in
SharePoint allowing for full text search
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17. Discussions at the Windchill Object Level
See All Discussions for an Object
 Object / Community relationship
– See all related Object level discussions at the
Community level
 Object Feed View
– See the feed and details for a specific object
– Have object specific conversations in SocialLink
 Object Discussion Security
– If you choose to “Enforce Windchill Security”, the
part discussions will only be visible at the part
specific level to avoid exposer to unauthorized
users
– In this case, only people who have access to the
part in Windchill will have access the part
discussion in SocialLink
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18. New Feature Summary
Windchill SocialLink 10.1 Release Notes
 Creo 2.0 Social Toolbar  Product Community Setup Wizard
– Post messages to any community that you are a member – Easily set up Product Communities
of from Creo – Admin settings to control advanced Community options
– Post messages to the default related community via the – Easy group setup and Windchill member synchronization
Windchill workspace control
– Quickly see the feed, members and details of the related
community  Discussions at the Windchill Object level
– Capture session graphics and post with image – Start discussions and conversations at the Windchill Object
level
– Enforce Windchill security to make sure only people who have
 Creo View Integration and Markup access to the object in Windchill can see your post
– Display 3D viewables in the SocialLink client – Use standard security to share your post about the object with
– Spin, zoom, pan, section and markup from within a broader audience
SocialLink – Admin options to disable sharing of Windchill information with
– Markup images and 3D viewables using Creo View within broader audiences
SocialLink – See the Object feed and continue conversations in the
– Add notes and annotations SocialLink client
– Attach the markup as an image to a comment – Quickly see Object details (metadata) from Windchill in the
– See the visual discussions feed in the Creo View window Client
– (All SocialLink discussions are stored in SharePoint allowing
for full text search)
 Membership Synchronization
– Keep community membership synchronized with Windchill
container membership  Other
– View and create polls from Communities (View only in the
– Multiple synchronization options to fit all communities SocialLink client)
– Administrative reports – Add images and other attachments to comments
– Smarter activity sorting (posts with new comments appear at
 Product Community Templates the top of the feed)
– Find important information quickly – Longer activity retention – preserve and retrieve past
discussions
– 3D product viewables for linked Windchill containers
– Launch the SocialLink client from the community site
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19. Windchill SocialLink Demo
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20. Summary
Windchill SocialLink is Optimized for Product Development
 Provides dedicated communities for
product development
 Built into the user’s workflow with
the Social Toolbar
 Protects product data by honoring
Windchill security permissions
 Brings Windchill events and
notifications into your social
computing environment
 Enables rich visualization and
markup for activities feeds
 Is fun and very easy to use!
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21. Additional Windchill SocialLink Information
 Videos (YouTube)  Blog Posts
1. Windchill SocialLink Quick Tour (SocialLink 1.0 – Windchill SocialLink 2.0 Moves Beyond
M020) Social Software
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAH6-
This past fall PTC released the latest iteration of
Wk6Ivc&feature=related Windchill SocialLink, a product focused on
bringing Web 2.0 concepts to PLM to benefit
2. Microblogging with Windchill SocialLink product teams. Windchill SocialLink 2.0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyx9_- exemplifies “...
1RC5o&feature=related
3. Finding People/Experts with Windchill SocialLink – Collaboration Made Easy with Windchill’s
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNCpt7Y5cs Social Toolbar
4. SocialLink 2.0 Overview (New Features) People continue to thirst for better ways to
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cy74tKbp1Q&f connect and collaborate. With Windchill SocialLink
eature=youtu.be&hd=1 new, modern, Web 2.0 approaches for enhanced
5. SocialLink 2.0 Idea Crowdsourcing communication are now available for product
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx1yfLfey1E&lis development...
t=UUcECp_XO890MXSVfIR19vRg&feature=plcp
6. Product Communities (unique to product – Social Product Development – What’s the
development from PTC) True ROI?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjae9i7Vfzk Web 2.0 is everywhere, and social business
software is quickly moving into the enterprise, but
7. SocialLink 10.1 What’s New (Deep is there real value? What’s the ROI for a
Integrations to Creo & Windchill, Visual manufacturing company whose product
Microblogging, Highly Secure) development team is pumping out new product
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPcMsKEvXF4 innovations every day?
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