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SMARTEAM MD Integration (MDI)

Overview

SMARTEAM MD Integration (MDI) integrates SMARTEAM within the Austodesk Mechanical Desktop (MDT) environment. MDI supports the in-process methodology from within Mechanical Desktop for managing vast amounts of documents and drawings.
MDI lets you manage, create, edit and annotate Mechanical Desktop (MDT) designs and other related documents, including Microsoft® Office documents. Eliminating the need to re-key data and work on outdated designs, MDI dramatically reduces errors and saves time.
Whether searching for the latest document, ensuring revision accuracy, or quickly previewing a document, MDI offers substantial design efficiencies.

Features

  • Brings the benefits of collaborative Product Data Management (PDM) to the mechanical desktop environment
  • Allows rapid implementation utilizing predefined database structure
  • Enables the management of designs, assembly structures, linked design tables, toolbody, and related documents
  • Uses bi-directional drawing attribute mapping
  • Enables the editing and revising of MDT documents
  • Allows knowledge capture through complete design copy
  • Saves valuable time with an intuitive search editor
  • Maintains data integrity with automatic data synchronization
  • Keeps track of the revision lifecycle
  • Uses concurrent engineering for efficient work procedures
  • Automatically tracks Where Used and Composed Of relationships 
  • Works in a multi-CAD environment
  • Simultaneously integrates multiple applications
  • Contains robust viewing capabilities
  • Synchronizes MDT BOM
  • Maintains references
  • Secures legacy data
  • Provides comprehensive Autodesk support

Key customer benefits

  • Enriched user experience
    • Manages designs, assembly structures and related documents
    • Saves valuable search time with intuitive search editor
    • Reuses knowledge and quickly start a new project through "Design Copy"
    • Edits and revises Inventor documents while keeping track of revision lifecycle
    • Works concurrently with shared workspaces in a collaborative design environment
    • Views, annotates and prints multiple file formats
  • Powerful integration
    • Ensures data integrity through automatic bi-directional drawing attribute mapping
    • Maintains links with lifecycle rules for each link type
    • Maintains references for improved decision-making
    • Enables easy access to SMARTEAM vaulted files directly from within the Inventor user interface
    • Secures legacy data
  • Unmatched solution
    • Works in a multi-CAD environment
    • Allows simultaneous integration of multiple applications
    • Enables rapid implementation through a predefined database structure
    • Provides comprehensive Autodesk Inventor support

System Requirements

Product prerequisites


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SMARTEAM MD Integration (MDI) manages Mechanical Desktop assemblies directly within the Mechanical Desktop environment. : Link goes to larger image only