WINDCHILL 12
WHAT'S NEW?
 
WINDCHILL 12
WHAT'S NEW?
 
Whether you're just about to embark on your digital journey or you have been implementing advanced PLM capabilities for some time, Windchill 12 is a game changer.
 
You need fast, scalable tools to manage your product lifecycle, drive revenue, reduce costs, & stay competitive. Windchill 12, the industry-leading PLM software from PTC, makes it easy to advance your processes, digitalize, and completely connect your enterprise systems.
 
Interested in learning more? Download this eBook on the value of Windchill to explore all that Windchill 12 has to offer you and your organization.
 
Whether you're just about to embark on your digital journey or you have been implementing advanced PLM capabilities for some time, Windchill 12 is a game changer.
 
You need fast, scalable tools to manage your product lifecycle, drive revenue, reduce costs, & stay competitive. Windchill 12, the industry-leading PLM software from PTC, makes it easy to advance your processes, digitalize, and completely connect your enterprise systems.
Interested in learning more? Download this eBook on the value of Windchill to explore all that Windchill 12 has to offer you and your organization.
 
KEY ENHANCEMENTS IN WINDCHILL 12
KEY ENHANCEMENTS IN WINDCHILL 12
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
  • Save files quicker to workspace
  • CAD UI Unblocked while saving
GENERAL PDM/PLM
IMPROVEMENTS
A R  D E S I G N  S H A R E 
U P D A T E S
R E V I S E  F R O M 
C H A N G E  T A S K S
Quick links to easily share an experience
Formalize revision process
Launch design share
portal inside Windchill
Remove ability to revise
outside of a change request
Notifies users of portal
optimization file size limits
Set standards: Revisions can only
be included within change tasks
M O V E  A S S O C I A T I O N  T O  L A T E S T 
C A D  D O C U M E N T  R E V I S I O N
Create independent revisions
without disassociating links
Same occurrences in eBom
no disassociation, occurrences are rescued
Easily move links to new
CAD document revisions
Parts are automatically associated
CAD part is automatically associated to WT Part
Automatic updates for correct
representation of parts
Parts can also be manually
associated to a WT Part
M O V E  A S S O C I A T I O N  T O  L A T E S T 
C A D  D O C U M E N T  R E V I S I O N
Users can customize toolbar settings
Find buttons faster, improve productivity
Easily access commonly
used buttons
Customize the collector,
including configurable links
Personalize domain
specific actions
CREO DATA MANAGEMENT
  • Support for Multi-body models
  • Windchill Support for Creo Ansys
WORKGROUP MANAGER
UPDATES
  • Embedded chrome browser updated to version 76
  • Implicit workspace refresh
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
  • Changes to Save As – single step process
  • Document Management works with Office 365
  • New Windchill Office Integration process
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
  • Associated changes show relationships in one table
  • New design review capabilities as part of change process
  • Access Remote user workspace as an admin
REPORTING
  • New JasperReports Library
  • New reports available
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

Save files quicker to workspace

CAD UI Unblocked while saving

GENERAL PDM/PLM IMPROVEMENTS
AR DESIGN SHARE UPDATES
Quick links to easily share an experience
Save to the cloud without internet
Launch design share portal inside Windchill
Notifies users of portal optimization file size limits
REVISE FROM CHANGE TASKS
Formalize revision process
Ability to hide revision actions
Remove ability to revise outside of a change request
Set standards: Revisions can only be included within change tasks
MOVE ASSOCIATION TO LATEST CAD DOCUMENT REVISION
Create independent revisions without disassociating links
Easily move links to new CAD document revisions
Automatic updates for correct representation of parts
Same occurrences in eBom
no disassociation, occurrences are rescued
Parts are automatically associated
CAD part is automatically associated to WT Part
Parts can also be manually associated to a WT Part
MOVE ASSOCIATION TO LATEST CAD DOCUMENT REVISION
Users can customize toolbar settings
Easily access commonly used buttons
Personalize domain specific actions
Find buttons faster, improve productivity
Customize the collector, including configurable links
CREO DATA MANAGEMENT

Support for Multi-body models

Windchill Support for Creo Ansys
WORKGROUP MANAGER UPDATES
 
Embedded chrome browser
updated to version 76

Implicit workspace refresh

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

Changes to Save As – single step process

Document Management works with Office 365

New Windchill Office Integration process
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
 
Associated changes show
relationships in one table
 
New design review capabilities
as part of change process
 
Access Remote user workspace as an admin
REPORTING

New JasperReports Library

New reports available
 
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
 
WINDCHILL 12 ELEVATES HOW
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GETS DONE
WINDCHILL 12 ELEVATES HOW
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GETS DONE

200%

MORE
PROJECTS
 

50%

FASTER
LEAD TIME

20%

IMPROVEMENT
IN R&D EFFICIENCY
 

40%

LOWER COSTS OF
NON-QUALITY

200%

MORE
PROJECTS
 

50%

FASTER
LEAD TIME

20%

IMPROVEMENT
IN R&D EFFICIENCY
 

40%

LOWER COSTS OF
NON-QUALITY
EXPERIENCE BETTER COLLABORATION, CLOSED-LOOP QUALITY, & CONCURRENT MANUFACTURING
EXPERIENCE BETTER COLLABORATION, CLOSED-LOOP QUALITY, & CONCURRENT MANUFACTURING
 
01
Rapidly Develop Role
& Task-Based Apps
ThingWorx Navigate along with EAC Productivity Apps enable organizations to build their own unique custom apps, leveraging a easy-to-use application development environment with reusable components. Experience eight times faster time-to-value for building a new custom app, down from three and a half months to under two weeks.
 
01
Rapidly Develop Role
& Task-Based Apps
ThingWorx Navigate along with EAC Productivity Apps enable organizations to build their own unique custom apps, leveraging a easy-to-use application development environment with reusable components. Experience eight times faster time-to-value for building a new custom app, down from three and a half months to under two weeks.
 
02
Implement
Closed-Loop Quality
ALM and PLM system integration delivers proof of traceability to help easily find and fixing problems early. This new capability is delivered through tight OSLC integration with the PTC toolchain and third-party requirements management tools
(i.e. IBM Doors NG).
 
02
Implement
Closed-Loop Quality
ALM and PLM system integration delivers proof of traceability to help easily find and fixing problems early. This new capability is delivered through tight OSLC integration with the PTC toolchain and third-party requirements management tools
(i.e. IBM Doors NG).
 
03
Visually Manage Critical to
Quality (CTQ) Characteristics
Creo View 7, embedded PTC's product lifecycle management software, provides model-based definition (MBD) visual comparisons for better management of CTQ characteristics. Creo View 7 provides additional capabilities in the MBD compare process, allowing users to identify changes in the view states captured in the CAD design.
 
03
Visually Manage Critical to
Quality (CTQ) Characteristics
Creo View 7, embedded PTC's product lifecycle management software, provides model-based definition (MBD) visual comparisons for better management of CTQ characteristics. Creo View 7 provides additional capabilities in the MBD compare process, allowing users to identify changes in the view states captured in the CAD design.
 
04
Support Concurrent
Engineering with the Factory
Bill of material (BOM) transformation tools enable manufacturing engineers to quickly view and reconcile upstream changes to downstream manufacturing and plant-specific BOMs.
 
04
Support Concurrent
Engineering with the Factory
Bill of material (BOM) transformation tools enable manufacturing engineers to quickly view and reconcile upstream changes to downstream manufacturing and plant-specific BOMs.
ARE YOU READY TO UPGRADE?
ARE YOU READY TO UPGRADE?

Wondering what it will take to get your system up and running quickly? Our Product Development Services Team supports your Product Development and PLM goals and initiatives. We’ve been recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts in the successful deployment of PTC technology solutions as a PTC Windchill Preferred Partner.

Wondering what it will take to get your system up and running quickly? Our Product Development Services Team supports your Product Development and PLM goals and initiatives. We’ve been recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts in the successful deployment of PTC technology solutions as a PTC Windchill Preferred Partner.

01
Learn About EAC's
Windchill Upgrade Services
 
02
Download Our Windchill
Services Brochure
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Windchill Upgrade Services
 
02
 
Download Our Windchill
Services Brochure
 
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CONVERSATION.
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Windchill consultant today.
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CONVERSATION.
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