Siemens PLM Connection
NX/Geolus/CAD
commonization and reuse
Erwin.Argyle@Siemens.com
Product Manager, PLM Components
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PLM Components
Parasolid D-Cubed PLM Vis Geolus JT Open PLM XML
PLM Components delivers component software to the PLM
market that drives business value for adopters
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Parts across the Enterprise
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Parts across the Enterprise
Traditional searching is by metadata/text fields.
Search results are not always complete.
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Searching by Attribute
Results for
metadata search
on the string
“turbo”
2 items.
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Searching by Geometry
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Searching by Geometry
How can searching
by shape help your
work?
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The cost of a part…
“With the annual carrying cost of between $4,500 and $23,000 per
item for the introduction of a new part number, duplicate part
proliferation is an area of known cost exposure.”
“Reductions in procurement costs translate into dollar-for-dollar
increases in profits.”
The Aberdeen Group
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Where does NX support these processes?
Spare Part Management Model/
Drawing
Parts List/BOM
Manufacturing
planning First Article Inspection
Assembly
instructions Engineering Analysis
ECOs
Tooling
Definitions Definition of
Workflows
Resource
Planning
NC-programing
Sourcing
Shop Floor Documentation
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The cost of a part…
  Model/
Spare Part Management
Drawing
Parts List/BOM
Manufacturing
planning First Article Inspection
Average cost of Assembly
A4 drawing is instructions Engineering Analysis
€2K, $2.5K
ECOs
and €500, $700
to administer Tooling
Definitions Definition of
Workflows
VDMA Resource
Planning
NC-programing
Sourcing
Shop Floor Documentation
VDMA – German machinery and plant association
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Geolus Search – the Google of 3D
Save Money, Time and Resources
 Unlock IP and leverage past work
 Reuse methodologies as well as parts
Geolus finds similar as well as duplicate parts
 Adds shape to your search criteria
 Removes the barriers created by inconsistent naming
 Very fast, search 100,000’s of parts in seconds
 Search interactively from any Web browser, or
programmatically via Geolus Open interface
 Easily integrates into existing customer
processes and workflows Reports
 Independent of CAD file
Sketch
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Geolus Indexing
• Geometry + Metadata
• Metadata might reference
– JT file
– CAD data
– PDM locator
– Sourcing information
– Costs
– Any number of resources
– Anything that users might
want to search on
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Geolus Global Search
Indexing Search
operation operation
3-4
seconds
per part
30k XML
Packets
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Geolus Search - Interactive as well as Programmable
Third Party Apps
Third Party Apps
HTTP Third Party Apps
Geolus Web HTML
Web Browser
Interface
Applications
Geolus
Search
Server Third Party Apps
Third Party Apps
Geolus Open
HTTP Third Party Apps
Interface SOAP Envelope containing Geolus XML
Enterprise
Applications
Interactive Access Programmable Access
 Easily accessed by web clients such as  Enriches Enterprise Applications with
Internet Explore and Firefox powerful, fast, geometric similarity
 Customizable display of colors, search capabilities
attributes, field names  Many running applications can access
Geolus Open simultaneously
 Results pages can contain hyperlinks to
other data sets e.g. back into business  Maintain & synchronize Geolus Server
store or to other systems with Add Part, Delete Part & Update Part
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NX/Geolus
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Teamcenter/Geolus
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Indirect comparisons
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Geolus Use Cases
Engineering
Procurement
Manufacturing
Business Analysis
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Geolus for Engineering
Geolus Review &
Sketch a Search Refine Open & Insert Part
Part based on Search Verify Part Into Design
Sketch Results
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Geolus for Procurement
Review
Part Drag ‘n
Purchasing
Purchase Drop part Geolus
Info
Request to local Search
Source
E-mail Folder
&Cost
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Geolus for Manufacturing
Identify
Attribute
Geolus Parts that
based on
finds similar use same or
Product or
parts similar
Part #
tooling
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Geolus for Business Analysis
Generate Geolus Execute
Duplicate identifies Standards
Part Report Part Groups Initiative
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Knowledge Reuse
The solution goes
beyond “finding a part”
to cross referencing all Now we can leverage
Geolus was conceived
the intellectual past experiences when
as an approach to the
property associated asked to process “new”
problem of part
with the part – not just parts. (Furthering part
proliferation and reuse
3D information. It is a reuse)
window to our
knowledge base
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Thank You
Erwin.Argyle@Siemens.com
Cypress, CA
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