Model Manager is still supported and it’s not going to change in the near future, but Windchill is and will be a much more advanced PDM tool, extended by PLM strategy, fully configurable, with the ability to be integrated with many other systems. It happens for a very simple reason – PTC does not fully develop its two products in parallel, focusing on the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) concept. However, it is still just product data management, so PDM (Product Data Management).Ī growing number of companies that understand the value of product lifecycle management begins to look towards PTC’s other, more complex product – the Windchill system. Model Manager has a long history and many advantages, including the ability to integrate with other CAD applications and is fully customizable to meet user requirements. Both products were developed several years ago by CoCreate, which later became part of PTC. With this central repository, users could (and still can) streamline project teams’ efforts to track and manage project data throughout the product lifecycle. PTC Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager was, until recently, an indispensable product data management tool for the design application – Modeling. What is PTC Creo Elements / Direct Model Manager? We will discuss at what stage of the software lifecycle they are currently and which of them will certainly be developed and maintained in the future. In our article, we will focus on two of them: Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager and Windchill.

There are various data management systems on the market such as Windchill, Teamcenter, SAP PLM, SmarTeam. What is needed now is full control over the product – from concept, through design and production, to service and disposal. Today, it is no longer enough to have a great idea or even good execution.

Product lifecycle management has never been more relevant than it is now, in an ever-changing world.

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