Accelerate time to value with PLM services to get you up and running quickly.
3HTi is certified and has experience with PLM implementation, upgrades, migration, and support services. Our professional services team provides robust services that offer a wide range of implementation services for Windchill in a shorter amount of time. Our available PLM consulting and PLM services include:
Windchill Installation and Configuration
Our PLM services include installation and configuration of Windchill, file server configuration, license management, setup test environment, backup, and recovery. We even provide PLM consulting that offers best practices and documentation. We also have experience installing Windchill both on-site and within a cloud setting.
Keys activities included in our Windchill installation and configuration PLM services:
- Install and configure database applications
- Install and configure the Windchill application and associated 3rd party components
- Configure CAD worker
- Configure Windchill as per customer specifications
- Rehost Windchill to create test and development instances
- Install and configure remote file servers
- Assist in Windchill backup and recovery services
- Windchill performance tuning
Windchill Upgrade and Migration
Our professional PLM services team has over 20 years of experience in upgrades and migrations. We can provide PLM services to:
- Upgrade Windchill from one release to another
- Windchill 10.x to Windchill 12.x upgrade
- Windchill Maintenance Patch update from Windchill 10.2 M010 to Windchill 10.2 M040
- Windchill Critical Patch Set (CPS) updates
- Migration from Pro/Intralink to Windchill PDMLink
- Migration from Windchill PDMLink with Oracle to Windchill PDMLink with SQL Server
Windchill CAD Data Management
Our professional PLM services team has many years of experience in CAD Data Management and will assist in configuring Windchill with Creo and other third-party CAD applications.
- Provide necessary support to integrate Windchill with PTC Creo and including PLM consulting to provide best practices and training, if required.
- Configure Windchill with third-party CAD applications like SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CATIA, or Inventor by assisting customers in installing and configuring the Windchill Workgroup Manager.
Windchill System & Business Administration
Our professional PLM services team will provide support and guidance across all aspects of Windchill Business Administration needs including:
- Participant administration
- Lifecycle templates
- Object Initialization Rules
- Workflows
- Versioning
- Naming and Numbering conventions
- CAD Workers
- Team and role setup
- ACLS
Windchill Support Services: Management and Maintenance
A Windchill deployment is complex. The Windchill system itself is complicated with multiple components and data repositories. Proper maintenance of Windchill is an ongoing process requiring many tasks that should be performed on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Any neglect of this essential maintenance or lack of system monitoring knowledge and expertise can lead to system failures, data loss, and lost productivity.
The Windchill System administrator is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the system. Some manufacturers do not have a dedicated system admin for maintaining the Windchill environment. That’s where we come in. We can act as your solution provider to manage and maintain your system so you can focus on what matters – reaching your manufacturing goals.
Think of it this way…. you could take the time to file your own taxes, but how long would that take you? An accountant can get it done much faster and you can focus on more important things. It’s the same with the monthly management for Windchill. You could do it yourself if you are living and breathing PLM, or you can let 3HTi do it for you.
Services included with remote PLM service administration
- Ongoing Windchill maintenance
- Monitor backups
- Perform database maintenance
- Install Critical Patch Sets (CPS)
- Generate throughput, security audit, usage, and license reports
- Maintain and manage logs,
- Clear cache files
- Monitor and maintain Windchill File Vaults
- Monitor Windchill queue processing
- Monitor system availability
- Execute WINDU
- Visualize CAD Worker administration
- General User support
- Participant and user administration
- Manage ACLs and OIR
- License management
- Creo integration assistance
