Maximize the benefits of both systems by maintaining organized file storage in Windchill and quickly reviewing the same information with added context in CoLab. After reviewing, make necessary modifications in your CAD system, check it into Windchill, and repeat the process.
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With CoLab’s Windchill integration, you can share design and manufacturing data, such as 3D CAD models, drawings, BOMs and product manufacturing information, with individuals outside your Windchill system in a secure manner. This eliminates the need for sending attachments in emails or worrying about expired links. Just simple, secure file sharing in the browser.
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With CoLab, you can avoid giving sensitive CAD files to your suppliers every time you require a quote. Your suppliers can review Windchill files, including 3D CAD models, and navigate freely within the models, all without access to your Windchill environment. Permissions are fully under your control, and you will always know how and where data is being transferred.
Eliminate the frustration of searching for the correct file or accidentally sending outdated versions by directly sharing files from Windchill to CoLab in the cloud. Your team can be confident that everyone is reviewing the right files and the latest versions, even when making changes, ensuring that quality and accuracy are maintained throughout the process and preventing mistakes from reaching production.
The installation itself takes 15-30 minutes.
Yes, we offer automatic installation as well as custom installation options.
The CoLab integration is a stand alone integration with PDMLink only, and separate from the other products in your ecosystem (e.g. ProjectLink, PartsLink, MPMLink, CreoView Client). The integration simply creates the ability to share a file to CoLab using the action context menu and right click context menu in PDMLink. Many of our customers using the integration have customizations in their Windchill and our integration does not affect these customizations. We give you the ability to manually manage the context menu modification if necessary.
You can share 3D models, drawings, Bills of Materials including metadata, and product manufacturing information.
Standard windchill utilities are used to accommodate the CoLab integration. This requires minimal adjustment to your existing Windchill setup.
Most teams spend 30 minutes preparing setup information for CoLab, 30 minutes installing the integration on a test Windchill server, and 30 minutes installing the integration on their production server. The amount of time spent on testing and validation is up to you.Maintenance requires minimal effort. Minor updates to Windchill are tested by CoLab, and should require no update to the CoLab integration. Major Windchill upgrades will require a reinstallation of the CoLab integration.
Yes, it can be installed on both at the same time.
In order to share information from Windchill to CoLab:
To learn more about how we keep your data secure, visit our security page.
The CoLab Windchill integration is installed on your Windchill server. Users must authenticate with CoLab in order to use the integration. The integration shares file data and metadata (CAD Documents, PDFs, WTPart Attributes, etc) with the CoLab application via a secure REST API. Data shared from Windchill is securely saved in CoLab’s AWS cloud environment.
An administrator would simply need to run the installer again and select the Uninstall option, then restart the Windchill server. This should only take about 15-30 minutes.
A typical integration follows the following structure:
The installation itself takes 15-30 minutes.
Yes, we offer automatic installation as well as custom installation options.
The CoLab integration is a stand alone integration with PDMLink only, and separate from the other products in your ecosystem(e.g. ProjectLink, PartsLink, MPMLink, CreoView Client). The integration simply creates the ability to share a file to CoLab using the action context menu and right click context menu in PDMLink. Many of our customers using the integration have customizations in their Windchill and our integration does not affect these customizations. We give you the ability to manually manage the context menu modification if necessary.
You can share 3D models, drawings, Bills of Materials including metadata, and product manufacturing information.
Standard windchill utilities are used to accommodate the CoLab integration. This requires minimal adjustment to your existing Windchill setup.
Most teams spend 30 minutes preparing setup information for CoLab, 30 minutes installing the integration on a test Windchill server, and 30 minutes installing the integration on their production server. The amount of time spent on testing and validation is up to you.
Maintenance requires minimal effort. Minor updates to Windchill are tested by CoLab, and should require no update to the CoLab integration. Major Windchill upgrades will require a reinstallation of the CoLab integration.
Yes, it can be installed on both at the same time.
In order to share information from Windchill to CoLab:
To learn more about how we keep your data secure, visit our security page.
The CoLab Windchill integration is installed on your Windchill server. Users must authenticate with CoLab in order to use the integration. The integration shares file data and metadata (CAD Documents, PDFs, WTPart Attributes, etc) with the CoLab application via a secure REST API. Data shared from Windchill is securely saved in CoLab’s AWS cloud environment.
An administrator would simply need to run the installer again and select the Uninstall option, then restart the Windchill server.This should only take about 15-30 minutes.
Mike Zamalis
VP Global Chiller Product Engineering
Johnson Controls
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A typical integration follows the following structure: