2. • The scope is to deliver viewing and investigative
capabilities to collaborators of CERN
• CERN is an global scientific collaboration, the
design data must be available to the
collaborators which are geographically remote
or/and unfamiliar to the local PDM system, CAD
or engineering.
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3. • Viewing 3D CAD files
• Viewing the assembly tree structure
• Perform measurements
• Make sections
• Easy way to access the data
But software can do a lot more…
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4. • Read CATIA native files + all relevant CAD file formats
• Comparison of 3D/2D and their attributes to determine changes
• Interference detection, minimum distance
• Calculate mass properties as center of gravity, moments of inertia,
inertia tensor, etc.
• Advanced 3D manipulation as Explode, Resize, Disassemble,
Assemble, Transform
• Creation of notes, redlining, keep measurements
• Collaboration possibilities
• Search for parts in a 3D assembly based on a of native file attributes
• Support for Product Manufacturing Information (PMI)
• And more…
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5. Read native or convert?
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6. Native CATIA format Viewer
SmarTeam EDMS
Native
CAT Part CATIA format
CATIA
Check-in CAT Product Publishing Action and other file
CAT Drawing format
Viewer
Pro Contra
Quality Sensibility
Universality Complexity
No offline work
No versioning
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7. Native CATIA format Viewer
Company Software Pro Contra Note result
Brand, Formats,
Big brad software with lot of
Features, Extension to
Oracle AutoVue features, no extension towards
Integration converter
an convertor possible.
Focused product, Small brand product developed
Rasterex RxViewServer Features, Price?, Brand, 3D license for one purpose with good
Formats, Demo features, worth trying.
Formats, Quality Focus on quality checking and
CoreTechnologie 3D_Analyzer
checker,
Convertor,
Features
Integration
translation, web integration not
certain. Very useful for data
conversion.
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8. Second format Viewer
SmarTeam EDMS
“Batch server”
CAT Part Batch Second
Publishing translation to storage
CATIA Check-in CAT Product format viewer
Action second format
CAT Drawing
Pro Contra
Weight loss Loss of quality
Simplicity Basic features
Second format Versioning
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9. Second format Viewer
Company Software Pro Contra Note result
Adobe LiveCycle ES2 Software Instantly
Reader, portable,
Not reusable data, accepted by users . Simple
Adobe free features,
Basic features and satisfying also for non
Adobe Reader Simplicity
technical users.
3DVIA Sync Developed for much more
Visualization, Basic features,
then viewing. Official
Dassault Systems Brand, V6 prep, Closed format,
3DVIA Composer Dassault strategy with
Specialized One way road
Player licensing question.
3Devolution
Opposite global Specialized tool with
Brand, Features,
Siemens software strategy, advanced features. Direct
TEAMCENTER Specialized
Reusable data competitor of Dassault.
lifecycle visualization
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10. Oracle, Adobe, Dassault
AutoVue web Adobe Reader 3DVIA Composer Player
Viewing neutral format CAD files yes yes yes
Viewing the assembly tree yes yes yes
structure
Perform measurements yes yes yes
Low ergonomy
Make sections yes yes yes
Easy way to access the data Web integration Globally accepted viewer Software installation needed.
platform-indepent solution platform-indepent solutions Not platform independent solution
Multi CAD support Virtually all file formats (100+) All major CAD vendors and PDF Some CAD vendors (15)
print (30+ 100+)
OS / Web browser compatibility Windows Server, Linux Server Windows, Windows Server, Mac Windows XP & 7, 32 & 64 bit ,
Java-enabled clients OS, Linux, Solaris
MS Explorer, Firefox , Safari MS Explorer, Firefox , Safari
Comparison of 3D/2D and their yes no no
attributes
Interference detection yes no no
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11. Oracle, Adobe, Dassault
AutoVue web Adobe Reader 3DVIA Composer Player
Calculate mass properties Yes no no
Explode, Resize, Disassemble, Yes no no
Assemble, Transform
Creation of notes, redlining, keep yes yes yes
measurements Can’t save 3D for free (picture yes)
Collaboration features yes yes no
As separate product
3D properties, attributes and text yes no no
search Text search only
Support for PMI yes yes yes
Can be used for offline no yes yes
presentations
Template support no yes no
Advanced Security settings and yes yes no
permissions management
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12. Oracle, Adobe, Dassault
AutoVue web Adobe Reader 3DVIA Composer Player
Installation and Maintenance Was not installed successfully Was not installed successfully ?
Support from the software vendor Oracle ignored support Adobe used unfair practices ? - anticipated
requests
Costs for CERN Communication with vendor Way too much, (commercial Academic license
ended in the initial phase license)
Costs for collaborator none Paying per viewing none
Software abandoned due to License terms and conditions of Academic license acquired after
missing collaboration from the the software vendor made it settling the dispute over legal issue. By
side of vendor. The system too impossible for CERN to use this time of updating of this presentation
complicated, we did not solution. (February 2012) the license was not
managed to set it up. yet received by CERN.
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16. Winner is: 3DVIA Composer Player
• Chosen because of the advantage of single supplier of CAD system and viewer and because it was the only
solution which we managed to bring in to the test phase.
SmarTeam 3DVIA Sync EDMS
SMG
ZIP
CAT Part Publishing Batch Other?
CATIA Check-in storage
CAT Product Action translation to
second
format
CAT Drawing
Download
& open
3DVIA Composer
Player
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Notas do Editor
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Weight loss: second format will be probably much lighter, packaged and simple to shear Loss of quality: Inevitable loss of quality and information Simplicity: The viewer is adjusted to the format and can manipulate data much simple and effectiveBasic features: No free viewer (embedded or not) offers advanced features for data manipulationSecond format: Availability of a second format to be used for collaboration etc.Versioning: Formats which can be imported in a CAD tool, can be used to create unwanted parallel development branch out of the context.
Weight loss: second format will be probably much lighter, packaged and simple to shear Loss of quality: Inevitable loss of quality and information Simplicity: The viewer is adjusted to the format and can manipulate data much simple and effectiveBasic features: No free viewer (embedded or not) offers advanced features for data manipulationSecond format: Availability of a second format to be used for collaboration etc.Versioning: Formats which can be imported in a CAD tool, can be used to create unwanted parallel development branch out of the context.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.
Quality: data quality not affected by translationSensibility: Software which reads directly native data is more likely to suffer under data low qualityUniversality: Software should read 3D, 2D and any other data attached to the SmarTeam ItemComplexity: If not possible to disable functionalities could lead to confusion cause of many complex featuresNo versioning: no other versions of data exist for misleading “doublons”.No offline work: If you want to take the data with you and use it somehow, you can’t cause you have no portable data available.