AnyBOM in Action

Magnus Bergstrm
VIP, PDS Vision AB
November 2013

Creo Delivers 4 Breakthrough Technologies

AnyRole
AppsTM

AnyMode
ModelingTM

AnyData
AdoptionTM

AnyBOM
AssemblyTM

Patent-pending Breakthrough Technology

Forward looking information subject to change without notice

What is PTC Creo?

a scalable,

interoperable suite of product design software that delivers

fast time to value
PTC Creo Parametric

PTC Creo Direct

PTC Creo Simulate

PTC Creo Schematics

PTC Creo Options Modeler

PTC Creo View MCAD

PTC Creo Layout

PTC Creo Sketch

PTC Creo View ECAD

PTC Creo Illustrate

PTC Creo helps teams create, analyze, view and leverage product designs downstream
utilizing 2D, 3D, parametric & direct CAD modeling
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Variant Design
What are customer trying to do?
DMU of any potential variant
CAD deliverables of and potential variant for
analysis, design, or documentation
The ability and need to design in the context of a
variant

Current solutions fail to address needs

No connection between PLM and CAD
No logic shared
Positioning information lacking

CAD models cannot handle the complexity

A CAD Design Approach only goes so far

A Desktop Design Approach can be
used for
Modules & Subsystems
Non-Configurable Products

Viable when:
Very limited options or variants
No business-driven configuration logic

Simple example:
Option
Standard Gathering

Yes

No

Heated Outside
Mirrors

Upgraded Stereo

100amp Alternator

Luxury Package

Chrome Curved Stack

Performance Engine

3-Lever Fingertip
Controls

JDLINK Ultimate
Cellular
Tire Pressure
Monitoring System

x
x

Results in 1,024 unique

combinations

and wont work for highly configurable products.

MODEL
Engine
HP

4630

4730

4830

4930

6.8L John Deere

6.8L John Deere

6.8L John Deere

9.0L John Deere

165 hp

245 hp

275 hp

325 hp

Drive
Wheel track adjustment
Tank size

Hydrostatic, full time 4WD

72 to 88 in. or 90
to 120 in.
600 gal.

120 to 152 in.

800 gal. SS
(poly opt.)

1000 gal. SS

120 to 160 in.

1200 gal. SS

60 or 80 ft.

80, 90 or 100 ft.

90, 100 or
120 ft.

50 in.

60 in.

50 in.

Suspension

Air bag/shock
suspended axel

4-wheel independent strut with air springs

Twin strut air bags.

Optional auto air
spring leveling

Fuel capacity

71 gal. (268 L)

133 gal. (503 L)

140 gal. (530 L)

Boom length
Ground clearance

Traditional PLM Wont Work Either.

Traditional PLM Wont Work Either.

Traditional PLM Wont Work Either.

Configuration Logic is complex

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and changes over time

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Pain Points with Todays Approaches

Creo Design Approach

+ Accurate regenerated 3D Design

- Very limited options and variant
-

capabilities
No business driven
configuration logic

Windchill Driven Approach

+ Business and configuration logic drive the

design
+ Extensive options and variations
capabilities
- Poor integration into 3D Design leads to
inaccurate positioning of components
- Additional effort for manual filtering and
positioning of overloaded 3D Design

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Creo Options Modeler

Key Capabilities
Can be used independently or with Windchill
Without Windchill no business rules/logic management
True AnyBOM capabilities are available from the coupled solution

The ability to build configurable products

Convert existing overloaded assemblies or start from scratch
Assemble modules

The ability to define modules

Add module variants to modules
Map references between module variants

Build variants
Read variant specs directly from Windchill
Manually define variants through interactive choice selection

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Options and Variants Some Basics

Product Variant
A specific end user deliverable configuration

Configurable Product
A generic assembly which contains modules
from which a design solution will be selected.
This is replacement technology for
overloaded assemblies

Configurable Module
A subassembly that contains multiple possible
solutions; this is in the configurable product but
never in a variant
When a specific variant is generated only one
choice from a module is included and the
module is collapsed out of the assembly

Module Variant
One of the possible options within the module
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Variant Design Before Creo 2.0

Overloaded Assembly
Bike_top
Bike1

Bike2

Frame1
*Frame2
Front_wheel
Front_wheel
Rear_wheel
Rear_wheel

Different geometries
= different positions

For every new frame, every component gets reassembled to it

2011 PTC

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Variant Design with the Creo Options Modeler

Configurable Product
Bike_top

Configurable Module

Bike_top
*Frame Module
Frame1

Frame1

*Frame2

*Frame2
Refs mapping

Front_wheel
Front_wheel

Module Variants

Front_wheel

Rear_wheel
Rear_wheel

Rear_wheel

No Components are Reassembled

2011 PTC

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AnyBOM in Action

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