Using Teamcenter 4 Tier Interface

New to Teamcenter and feeling a bit overwhelmed? We’ve got you covered. Today’s blog will look at using the Teamcenter 4-tier interface – this should be especially helpful to new Teamcenter users.

In any organization, to use someone else’s data, you must be able to find it. And then understand its context. In a lot of organizations, Share Folders are one (of many) place(s) that project data is archived.

When data is organized using folders, certain behaviors make for better results:

• Folders should have meaningful and appropriate naming, and should be consistently applied
• Existing naming procedures, should be followed
  • (e.g., Design Review – Concept Assembly [Part Number])
• Assembly Summary Folders, when structured hierarchically, work best

The Teamcenter 4-Tier client follows a very familiar paradigm and utilizes “Folder” concepts to group data. Makes sense, right? Let’s take a closer look!

Windows Explorer

The left most column lists choices for data selection. The middle column is the data shown from the selection. The right column is the display of the data.

This example is a share drive expanded to see a sub-folder. You see this pretty much every day…

Teamcenter User Interface – Rich Client

Look familiar?

• Application Selection, left column. [My Teamcenter, Home]
• Item Selection, middle column. [Pump Assembly Folder, Item Rev data selection]
• Information about the data selected, right column

The Teamcenter 4-Tier interface is very similar to a Window’s Explorer’s one.  We are off to a familiar start.

In this Teamcenter example note the second column illustrates an assembly that has been organized with data collecting folders. This section is where the users do most of their work.

• Part numbers and Folders, by a Project
• Users create their own Folders and populate with their specific data.

The third column shows details.

• Previews of file, File Properties, Status, and more…

Teamcenter’s 4-Tier interface starts from the familiar, and then allows us to do more. Let’s move on to the other functional areas for the remainder of this “using Teamcenter’s 4-tier interface” blog.

My Teamcenter (First Columnn)

HOME Folder (Second Columnn)

Data collection and Sharing take place in this column.

*Folder sharing will be covered in another summary.

(More) Information Area (Third Column)

The third column displays the highlighted objects selected.

Summary

Details

Impact Analysis

Viewer – This tab can be configured with several features.

This example shows the JT visualization file.  A non-CAD user may examine geometry or mark up a drawing – and much more!

Teamcenter 4-Tier Terminology

Image Credit: Amazon

And one last thing…if you want your Part Numbers and / or Names to sort in order, do this:

• Top Menu Bar > Edit > Options
• Select UI [User Interface]
• And then choose your option

Something to note, display follows the Unix convention, so its….. 1, 10, 2, 3…..

Now we’ve reached the end of our “Using Teamcenter’s 4-Tier interface” overview.

A few notes regarding Teamcenter 4-Tier Interface:

• The interface functions much like Windows Explorer making it feel familiar and intuitive to most of us.
• It is configurable to address users’ requirements to make repeating commands more accessible.
• It enables a more comprehensive look at the data you are examining.

Questions about Teamcenter 4 tier interface or any other topics you’d like for me to cover? Drop a comment below or shoot us a quick note.