RapidAuthor for Teamcenter

RapidAuthor for Teamcenter is an integrated solution that enables technical authors to work in the PLM environment, interact directly with engineering design geometry and BOMs, and rapidly create 2D/3D interactive parts catalogs, maintenance manuals, training materials, and work instructions that reflect accurate product description.

RapidAuthor for Teamcenter is tightly integrated with Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner, Teamcenter Service Planner, Teamcenter Content Management, and Teamcenter Active Workspace. With direct access to the product source material, authors can start to create content for publications and manage changes between variants. The integrated solution makes certain that documentation is accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

Each tool in the Cortona3D RapidAuthor suite comes with Cortona2D Editor Pro and wizards that automate major portions of the authoring process to translate data from product source material to technical document content.

RapidAuthor is a modular product consisting so you can purchase only the specific components you need with the flexibility to grow in the future.

Key features

• Authoring of parts catalogs
• Authoring of maintenance and repair manuals and work instructions
• Authoring of learning courses
• Authoring of interactive 3D and 2D graphics and text in a single application
• Support for industry standards such as DITA, ATA, S1000D
• Authoring of multi-language publications
• Smooth integration with a Siemens PLM system Teamcenter
• Integration with Teamcenter Content Management System
• Integration with Teamcenter Active Workspace
• Launch RapidAuthor from Teamcenter environment to refine created content
• Update of 2D and 3D graphics when engineering or PLM data change
• Publish to HTML5, 2D PDF, IETM systems, Augmented Reality, and customer applications
• Extensible document stylesheet
• RapidAuthor published documents are available in the Active Workspace Viewer
• The user interface is available in English, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian

Benefits

• Time and cost-saving by reuse of existing assets
• IT cost saving by consolidating the product and documentation record into a single system
• Effective change management
• Improve the quality and accuracy of documentation
• Create rapidly configuration-specific product documentation while spending fewer resources

Services

• Maintenance and support
• Customization
• Consultancy
• Training

We see Teamcenter as an integrative solution that consolidates everything, and that is also future-ready. We have different disciplines in After Sales, such as requirements management, the topic of guideline values for working hours, and of course content management. Siemens has combined virtually everything in Teamcenter, and there’s a module for each area. And even for technologies as innovative as the animation of CAD data and AR technology, Siemens provides us with the solution we need.

Marc RoblPARiS Project Manager and Head of Product Definition & Information After Sales, Porsche AG

View information about RapidAuthor for Teamcenter on the Siemens website.

Please contact us or your Siemens PLM Software representative for more information about the document authoring and publishing solution.