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 Viewer for Displaying Original Application Files

Purpose

The standard SAP Graphical User Interface (SAP GUI) has a viewer from EDS that enables you to view your products in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment. This viewer works with all WINDOWS 32 operating systems, and can display the digital original application files for a document info record.

Thanks to the integration of this viewer solution in the product structure browser, you can access not only technical drawings but also 3D models. There are different functions for navigation, such as rotate, zoom, center. You can then use the functions for redlining to edit the objects, save them or print them out.

You can view products during the development phase using Digital Mock-Up Viewing .

Implementation Notes

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

Control DataDefine Document Types

The document type of the document info record that manages the original application file must check in the original application file via the Knowledge Provider into the predefined storage systems. Make these settings on the detail screen for the document type, indicator Storage via Knowledge Provider .

You can only use the viewer and redlining functions if the document type is defined to allow the check-in of original application files via 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. SAP therefore recommends that all original application files be checked in using the Knowledge Provider.

General data Define Workstation Application

The following sub steps are necessary:

Assign the correct application (for example Direct Model) for the file format you want to display (for example *.jt).

Maintain all data on the Detail Screen that is supported for processing original application files with the workstation application, such as for the application Direct Model .

Select the navigation step Maintain Workstation Application in Network. Enter the call for the viewer.

You can use this call to determine, for example, whether you want display 2D or 3D formats. You make the call for saving the files in 3D format (such as *.jt for Direct Model ) with a workstation application as follows: EAIWeb.webviewer3D.1 %SAP-CONTROL%

You can find detailed information on calling the application in the Implementation Guide (IMG), under Define Workstation Application.

Integration

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

Application Area

Use

Product structure browser

You can expand the document data in a product structure, and view the original application files for a document.

Document management

You can display original application files from the tab page Document Data or Originals .

Engineering workbench

You can view original application files of material items from the object browser.

Project Builder

Processing in the Project Builder (change and display), or in the collaborative engineering Internet scenario

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 .

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 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.

Example: If you display the original application file while processing the document info record of the product structure browser or engineering workbench, the system splits the screen and 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 also displayed in this new screen section, and the viewer function bar is active.

Viewer Function Bar

If you display the original application file with the integrated viewer, the system adds a function bar for the viewer. The viewer function bar contains all the functions you can use in the current processing situation, such as redlining functions. The scope of function depends on whether you are displaying 2D or 3D format files with the viewer.

You can get an overview of the processing functions here:

Function Overview for 2D Formats

Function Overview for 3D Models

Redlining Function Bar

You call redlining functions from the viewer function bar. The system changes from viewer mode to redlining mode.

For more information, see Redlining for 2D and 3D Formats .

Measurement

Effective measurement functions allow you to get a high-accuracy measurement of angles, lines, points, and lengths.

You can get an overview of the measurement functions here:

Measuring 2D Formats

Measuring 3D Models

Sectioning

You can quickly and easily create a complete section of your model, for example, vertically along the x- or y-axis.

You can get detailed information on this in Creating a Section (Sectioning) .

Restrictions

The viewer can be used on machines with at least a Pentium® class processor at 133 MHz.

If you want to display 3D formats you need the following:

Pentium II

128 MB RAM