Solid Edge Content Migration

Overview 3
Setup Requirements: 3
Versions of software: 3
License Requirements: 4
Test procedure to ensure valid license/Configuration Setup: 4
Before running the CMM install 4
Installing CMM 4
After Installation of CMM 7
Drawings: 8
Multiple drawing sheets in the same I-DEAS drawing file 8
Displaying Symbols 9
Controlling Line Thickness 10
Starting the CMM process 10
Solid Edge CMM Portal Interface to TCE 10
Migrate to Solid Edge 11
Information Section: 13
CMM Batch Process 13

Overview

The Migration of IDEAS data from Teamcenter Engineering (TCE) to Solid Edge is
supported by a stand-alone application referred to as the Solid Edge Content Migration
Manager (SECMM). The SECMM assumes that the IDEAS native data already exist
within Teamcenter Engineering, and not a TDM data management system.

The SECMM is added as a plug-in to a Teamcenter Engineering Portal. Users select I-
DEAS data set(s) for migration within the portal context. Once the user makes the
selection, SECMM invokes a mini I-DEAS application to download the data from
Teamcenter Engineering and generate the exchange packages. Solid Edge is then
instructed to import the exchange packages. Finally SE datasets are checked back into
the Teamcenter Engineering database.




Setup Requirements:

Versions of software:

Solid Edge
Version
Solid
Edge
Service
pack
Team Center
Engineering
Base

Team Center
Engineering
Service
Pack
SEEC Solid Edge
CMM
DB
Type
Java
V19 Latest 09.1.3.0 09.1.3.2 V19 v2.2.1 Oracle Java
1.4.2



License Requirements:

Required:
Solid Edge
Team Center Engineering
SECMM or I-DEAS gateway service module; does not require a license.
Test procedure to ensure valid license/Configuration Setup:

Teamcenter Engineering

You can insure that the Team Center license is configured correctly by starting
Teamcenter Portal software. The Teamcenter portal software will error with the
appropriate error message if not properly licenses.

Solid Edge

From the start menu, All programs\Solid Edge V19
The Solid Edge software will error with the appropriate error message if not properly
licensed.
Before running the CMM install

Before the CMM install can be initiated the Java Home environment variable must be
set, pointing to a valid version of Java (Java 1.4.2 or greater).

Set the environment variable Java_Home= C:\Java 1.4.2

Installing CMM

To install the SECMM tool, copy the contents the folder IDEAS TCE Migration from the
Solid Edge CD, and execute the setup.cmd file.







1. Select the View Settings option from the CMM Install dialog.



2. Resolve any error in product locations by selecting the Modify Settings option.





Note: It is not required to have an install of NX, and/or IDEAS software on the machine
where the SE CMM software is being installed. To resolve those errors set the install
folder to C:\Temp or equivalent.

3. From the CMM Install dialog select the Extract Gateway option.




4. The Open dialog defaults to the Temp folder that cmm setup.bat is executed
from. In this dialog you want to select the Portal folder.




5. From the portal folder select the IdeasSEGateway.zip file.





6. Once the zip file is inflated and installed and completed, select the Close option.


7. From the CMM Install dialog select the Install CMM option.



1. Once competed, select the close option, which dismisses the Install options dialog.
After Installation of CMM

For Solid Edge to be successful at uploading the migrated files back into
Teamcenter Engineering, the software must be configured to allow Auto Login.
Auto login is enabled when two conditions are met within Teamcenter
Engineering.


1) Ensure that the parameter IMAN_auto_login is enabled in the
TCE0910\imandata\.ima_env file.

Example: in the D:\Tceng0910\imandata\.man_env verify that the
following parameter is set to TRUE

IMAN_auto_login=
TRUE

2) There must be an account established in Teamcenter Engineering with a
User Id that matches the current user who is logged into the Windows
domain.




Drawings:

Because the migration process uses the Solid Edge DXF translator, you may want to
use the AutoCAD Import Translation Wizard to configure such things as the mapping of
line types, colors, and fonts.

Multiple drawing sheets in the same I-DEAS drawing file
Multiple drawing sheets within the same I-DEAS file are migrated to separate Solid Edge
Draft files. For example, if drawing1.mdf contains 3 sheets, Solid Edge creates the
following three separate draft files:

Drawing1.dft
Drawing1 Sheet2.dft
Drawing1 Sheet3.dft

Solid Edge then translates these .DXF files Solid Edge Draft files:
Drawing1.dft
Drawing1 Sheet2.dft
Drawing1 Sheet3.dft


The solid Edge drawings are then uploaded as individual files to the same item and
revision in TCE.
Displaying Symbols
To enable the display of symbols when importing I-DEAS files to Solid Edge Draft you
must add the UseIdeasLayering parameter to the SEACAD.ini file. The following
describes how to use the parameter:



Parameter Description
UseIdeasLayering=0 The display of symbols is disabled in Solid Edge.
UseIdeasLayering=1 The display of symbols is enabled in Solid Edge.
Controlling Line Thickness
To prevent problems with line thickness during I-DEAS data migration, you should set
the Map Polyline Width to Solid Edge Line Width in the Solid Edge Import Wizard.

In version 18, Solid Edge V18 introduced blocks. Blocks combine characteristics of
both symbols and groups. A block is a named collection of one or more 2D elements or
objects that can be referenced as a single entity from a Block Library. Blocks are
layerless in Solid Edge Draft. That is, the Block does not reside on any particular layer.
This presents a problem in the migration of IDEAS drawings to Solid Edge since many
block objects will get created during the migration to Solid Edge.

To prevent problems with Block data during I-DEAS data migration, you should enable
the Import Blocks as groups option in the Solid Edge Import Wizard.
Starting the CMM process
The Solid Edge CMM process is initiated from the cmm.bat folder found in the install
location of the Solid Edge CMM software. Creating a shortcut to this bat file and placing
it on your desk top is always a good idea.

Example:

"D:\Program Files\SE_CMM\CMM.bat"

Solid Edge CMM Portal Interface to TCE

The solid Edge CMM software assumes that the user is logged into the database.
Once logged in, the portal will be used to collect the data set for migrations.

User queries the database and gets a list of Items/revisions of Ideas parts
and their migration status (migrated or not).
User Selects items/revisions which contain I-DEAS parts. If a Solid Edge
part, assembly, or drawing exists within the Item/revision, the migration of
the IDEAS file will not take place. To migrate an IDEAS Item or Revision,
the Solid Edge revision must be deleted first.
To select individual or multiple items for migration. The selection may
include any part of the TCE tree structure such as:
o Teamcenter engineering item
o Teamcenter engineering item revision
o I-DEAS datasets (parts, drawings, and assemblies)






Migrate to Solid Edge
The Migrate to Solid Edge command mimics the migration process and displays a dialog
used to convey information about the Migration process.

After user selection, CMM presents the user with a Dynamic status window. This window
has a top panel and a bottom panel. The top panel shows the user selection in a Tree
table view while the bottom panel presents other information like total number of
components to be migrated, already migrated components etc, in a text area.

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The top panel top panel shows the user selection in a Tree table view while the bottom
panel presents other information like total number of components to be migrated,
already migrated components etc, in a text area.

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Migration Status Name
o Project containing items or revisions that are being migrated .

Migration Status Number
o Item or Revision being processed
Migration Status Type
o Type of data being migrated (Part, assembly, or drawing)
Migration Status State
o I-DEAS data The Item Revision selected is an IDEAS document
and has not yet been processed.
o Export The Item or Revision is in the process of being exported from
IDEAS to XPK, or DXF format
o Import The Item or revision is being imported into Solid Edge
o SE Data The data has been successfully imported and now exists in
TCE as Solid Edge data
Migration Status Status
o Scheduled The Iem/Revision is selected, and is in the queue to be
processed.
o Processing - The software is migrating the current document.
o Successful The current Item or revision being migrated was
successful in creating a Solid Edge document.
o Complete The migration of the current document has been
completed.

Migration Status Completion
o Percentage of the Migration process per Item being processed.
o Percentage range 0% - 100%


Information Section:

Process Information
As the migration process takes place information about the process is displayed in the
bottom half of the Solid Edge Migration dialog box.




Abort or Continue

There is a Continue and Abort button at the bottom for the user to continue or terminate
the migration session.

CMM Batch Process

The CMM Batch Process provides a tool which will migrate a predefined selection of
IDEAS part, assembly, or drawing files. The selection of files is created by an interactive
session of selecting files from the Portal interface. Once the files are selected they are
saved using the Save Selection option from the CMM drop down list available from the
Ribbon bar.



The save selection command provides a dialog for saving the Marked files in the
current session. The Items and revision are saved in an XML format, in a user defined
folder which will be processed at a later time.




When the selected file is created, a Login file is also created using the current user
name in the same folder as the selected file.

Example: sdweathe_hsvnt119_login.xml

Note: After executing the Save Session from the CMM menu the login_file is created.
The login_file is complete except for the login password. The user will have to add
his/her password to this login file using a standard text editor (Notepad/Wordpad).

Example:

User_Name_Node_Name_login.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tcengLogin>
<serverHost>hsvnt119</serverHost>
<serverId>tceng_PortalServer</serverId>
<loginId>sdweathe</loginId>
<loginGroup>dba</loginGroup>
<loginPasswd>Your_Password</loginPasswd>
</tcengLogin>



Both the selected file, and login file are used as input to the cmmBatch.cmd found in the
SE_CMM folder.

Example from a CMD window:

C:\SE_CMM\cmmBatch.cmd migrate LoginFileName SelectionFileName