Siemens PLM Software
PLM Vis Visual Reports
Improving the clarity and performance of business processes
Benefits
• Improves the clarity of inhouse applications by using
the 3D model for reports
instead of lists and tables
• Overlays color-coded
information directly on the
3D model
• Enables better decisions by
increasing understanding of
the 3D model and its
attributes
• Communicates complex
relationships to nontechnical stakeholders in
clear, color-coded 3D
reports
• Leverages investment in the
ISO-standard JT format for
3D visualization
Summary
PLM Vis Visual Reports is an optional component technology that provides
programmatic access to functionality that
color codes 3D models based on attributes
(i.e. visual reporting). These attributes are
persistently stored in the JT™ software file
and originate from the computer-aided
design (CAD) or product data management
(PDM) system. Awareness and understanding of these attributes is often vital to
managing business processes and making
smart decisions. Traditionally, access to
component attributes is cumbersome, and
they are often presented in tables and
charts that are difficult to create and understand. Visual reports enable access to
important model attributes by presenting
them in an intuitive and easily-understandable format that leverages the 3D model.
Visual reports can be used to simply color
code the 3D model based on attributes, and
they are easy to create and share. No other
reporting format is so easy to understand.
Enabling faster, smarter decisions
Companies invest heavily to develop custom software applications to support
business processes. These applications are
more effective when they include visual
reports because using the 3D model is
highly intuitive. Overlaying information on
the model makes it easy for users to understand complex products and processes.
After all, “a picture is worth a thousand
words.” Visual reports reduce ambiguity,
increases understanding and enables
faster, smarter decisions by using the 3D
model for reporting attributes.
Typical use cases
Visual reporting enables users to see attributes directly on the 3D model. Reports are
created using rules applied to the 3D model
(e.g. red is used for un-released parts and
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PLM Vis Visual Reports
Benefits continued
• Improves quality of inhouse applications because
it is the same robust,
commercially-hardened
technology that powers
Siemens PLM Software
applications
Feature
• Available as Java beans and
SWT widgets
green for released parts). Use cases include
color-coding components based on the
supplier, release status, weight and/or cost.
Users benefit because they are able to see
the information in an easily understandable, visual 3D context.
Smarter decisions
Visual reporting provides in-house software
solutions with greater clarity, making them
more valuable to more people across the
enterprise, not just product development.
By improving the clarity of product lifecycle
management (PLM) data by making it more
understandable and visually intuitive, the
entire enterprise can leverage relevant
information to make smarter decisions.
Contact
Siemens Industry Software
Americas
+1 314 264 8499
Europe
+44 (0) 1276 413200
Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3308
www.siemens.com/plm
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