Integration of Viewer for DMU Viewing (PLM Web UI)

The SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer is embedded in the PLM Web UI and enables you to view your products in the PLM Web UI environment. The viewer works on Windows operating systems and can display the digital original application files for a document info record. The integration of the viewer provides the following features:

You can access technical drawings and 3D viewable files.
You can create thumbnails, which you can use to preview the document and also in the document search. In the list of search results, you can activate the thumbnail preview of the originals.
You can use different functions for navigation, such as rotate, zoom, and center. You can then use redlining functions to edit objects, save them, or print them.

You can use SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator to generate viewable files, and you can use SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer to view the originals. For more information, see SAP Library for SAP 3D Visual Enterprise on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/ve.

Implementation Considerations

You must make the following settings for the viewer in the SAP system in Customizing for Document Management:

Control Data Define Document Types
The document type of the document info record that manages the original application file must use the Knowledge Provider (KPro) to check in original application files to predefined storage systems. You make this setting on the detail screen for the document type by selecting the Use KPro checkbox.

Note
You can only use the viewer and redlining functions if the document type is defined to allow the check-in of original application files using the Knowledge Provider.

You do not have to check in the original application file into a storage category of the Knowledge Provider to display it. The file can also be in a logical directory within the local network.

This type of local storage is not always accessible to all front-end computers, whereas the Knowledge Provider is accessible to all front-end computers. For document management on the PLM Web UI, you must check in all original application files using the Knowledge Provider.

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General Data Define Workstation Application
The following steps are necessary:
- Assign the correct application (for example, Direct Model) for the file format you want to display (for example *.jt).
  On the detail screen, maintain all data that is supported for processing original application files with the workstation application.
- Select the navigation step Define workstation application in network and enter the call for the viewer.
  
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  You can use this call to determine, for example, whether you want to display 2D or 3D formats. You make the call for saving the files in 3D format (such as *.rh for Direct Model) with a workstation application as follows:
  
  %VIEWER-CONTROL% %SAPPROVIS%
  
  For detailed information about calling the application, see the documentation of the Customizing activity Define Workstation Application.
  
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Integration

You can view the product data with the integrated viewer in the following processing situations:

Application Area	Use
Product structure management	You can display a product structure and view the original application files for a related document.
Document management	You can display original application files from the General Data tab page or Originals Processing tab page.
Materials management	You can display a product structure and view the original application files for a related document.

Features

Supported Viewing Formats

The integrated viewer can display most 2D pixel, vector, and some text formats, as well as 3D model formats. A complete overview is available in the list of formats.

For more information about the supported viewing formats, see SAP Library for SAP 3D Visual Enterprise on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/ve under SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer.

Call

After you have started the function Displaying an Original Application File with the Viewer, the original application file is displayed with the integrated viewer either inplace or outplace. The selection of display variants is determined for individual processing situations (such as displaying from a document info record or from the product structure browser) and cannot be changed.

Display Variants	Use
Inplace	The original application file is displayed in the same window as the one used for processing. For example, if you display the original application file while processing the document info record, from the product structure browser, or from the engineering workbench, the system splits the current screen and generates a new screen area for the viewer. The original application file is displayed in the screen area where the viewer is located, and the viewer function bar is active.
Outplace	The original application file is displayed in a separate processing window. If you display the original application file from the results screen of a document search, the system automatically generates a new processing window. The original application file is displayed in this new screen, and the viewer function bar is active.

Display Variants

Use

Inplace

The original application file is displayed in the same window as the one used for processing.

For example, if you display the original application file while processing the document info record, from the product structure browser, or from the engineering workbench, the system splits the current screen and generates a new screen area for the viewer.

The original application file is displayed in the screen area where the viewer is located, and the viewer function bar is active.

Outplace

The original application file is displayed in a separate processing window.

If you display the original application file from the results screen of a document search, the system automatically generates a new processing window. The original application file is displayed in this new screen, and the viewer function bar is active.