1 Copyright © 2012 Tata Consultancy Services Limited Windchill Architecture

2 The Windchill architecture is a production-proven set of integral, modular solutions for rapid distributed collaborative development of customer driven products. It is Integral, pure internet, and interoperable. Integral  Modular solutions sharing a common database schema, business object and process model  Consistent web-based user interface / look-and-feel  Provides tailoring /customization to customer-specific needs Pure Internet  100% web-based anytime, anywhere team management and information access across intranet / extranet deployments  Written 100% in Java with the broadest and most sophisticated support of J2EE and internet standards  Integrates with existing IT, internet and security infrastructure  Support high scalability and availability, without redundant infrastructure layers  Industry-standard J2EE, internet and web services interfaces Interoperable  Seamless interoperability with heterogeneous CAD systems  Powerful federation for maintaining data with other systems  Standards-based integration with commercial EAI vendors and turnkey process integration with Tibco  Full web services connectivity with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Creo Elements/Pro, and Microsoft.NET web service applications

3 Windchill Architecture - Overview

4 Windchill 3-Tier Architecture

5 Windchill Multi-Tier Architecture Client Tier Contains the products that people use to access Windchill. Application Tier Contains the web server and application servers. The application servers contain the business logic, provide the interfaces to integrations to other systems (such as ERP), and are responsible for content storage. The application tier is typically placed in a protected zone for applications (often within a corporate data center) and, in highly- secured deployments, the web server is often placed within a demilitarized zone (DMZ). Database Tier The database or data tier is typically where the metadata is stored in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) such as Oracle or SQL Server.

6 The Core Components (1/2) The core components of the Windchill runtime architecture are the following Web Server Windchill Application Server Database Server LDAP

7 The Core Components (2/2)

8 The Optional Components

9 Content Storage - File Servers and Replication

10 Content Storage - File Servers and Replication

11 ERP and Enterprise Systems Integrations with TIBCO ESI and ERP Connector

12 Windchill Architecture (High Level view) Creo* Windchill Server - Server Manager - Method Server (Embedded Tomcat)* ClientDataExternal Systems Application Web Serve r LDAP Directory Server* Oracle SQL Server File Vaults Search Index ERP / CRM / SCM Web Services /.NET Directory Services Mainframe Other Applications Enterprise LDAP Visualization CAD Workers Web Browser * => WC V10.0 Architecture Changes

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