Generating a Teamcenter Product Structure from SysML.

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Sept 20, 2017
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  1. The object of this tutorial is to generate a product structure in a Teamcenter repository from a block structure in a Rhapsody SysML model. We will use the sample model Syndeia Tutorial Testbed. An identical tutorial for a Windchill repository is provided in SysML Block Structure → Windchill.
     
  2. Create an empty product in a Teamcenter repository to which you have access. In this example, it will be UAV-Demo in the repository Tc-newuav. (It is outside the scope of this tutorial to describe how to use the PLM tools, but in Teamcenter, it is necessary to open an interface to your Teamcenter repository and go to File→New→Folder. Appendix 1 provides a more detailed description of working directly in Teamcenter repositories.)
     

  3. Open the Rhapsody model Syndeia Tutorial Testbed. Right-click on package Tutorial_2_04, launch the Syndeia dashboard, and click on the Connection Manager tab. Click on Repository at the top of the right panel and select the Tc-newuav repository. The dashboard should appear as in Figure 8. The left panel shows the SysML model element. The right panel shows the contents of the Teamcenter repository Tc-newuav.

     

  4. To generate the UAV part structure in the empty product UAV_Demo, choose Model Tranform as Connection Type in the center of the dashboard, then drag-and-drop the UAV block from the left panel onto the UAV_Demo product in the right panel. A window will appear as in Figure 9. Click Yes.

     

  5. A series of messages will scroll in the bottom section of the dashboard. As shown in Figure 10, the UAV_Demo product on the PLM side now reflects the product structure imported from the SysML model.



  6. To view the persistent connection that has been created between the UAV block in the SysML model and the UAV part under the UAV_Demo PLM product, click on the Connection Browser tab of the Syndeia Dashboard and expand the UAV block on the left. Note the connection in Figure 11 below; the connection label (C2) assigned by Syndeia and/or the UAV version number (A;1) may be different in your case.

  7. To view all the connections to elements in the Tutorial_2_04 SysML model, click on the Connection Summary tab of the Syndeia Dashboard and click the Refresh button on the upper right. Note that connections were created between all of the blocks that are used as parts of UAV, e.g. Body, and the corresponding parts created in the PLM product.