1. #SEU12 Madison Miner Software Engineer EDA, Inc.

2. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 2 Presenter background EDA has been an automation consultant for over 21 years. Madison has been a software engineer @ EDA for 9 years. EDA has experience automating Solid Edge, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, MS Office and more. EDA has automated quoting, drafting, design, engineering and manufacturing. EDA has developed many Web-Based engineering, sales and quoting programs.

3. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 3 Why automate Solid Edge over the web? Advantages: Easy to maintain and deploy. Easy to use. If the program only generates.SAT or.DWG files, users do not have to have Solid Edge installed. Easy to develop a high quality interface. Can be used by mobile devices, Macs, Linux, etc. Available anywhere in the world 24 hours a day. Disadvantages Can be difficult to develop back end. Internet connection required for use. Can be troublesome supporting multiple browsers.

4. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 4 What kind of program can you automate over the Web? Engineering: 3D Models or 2D Drawings can be delivered through the browser or email. Sales and Quoting: Web systems can be built for in-house sales, customers or both. Saves sales staff time & reduces back and forth with engineering Customer Ordering: Web application can help customer with configuration of custom products, tracking past orders, order modification. Provide customers with drawings/models, with or without quote. Providing a drawing assists in the preliminary discussions and gives the customer a good understanding before they talk with salesmen. Reduced mistakes, increased sales and customer loyalty.

5. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 5 What does a web-based automation system look like?

6. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 6 Users

7. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 7 Users

8. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 8 Server System

9. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 9 Server System Can be installed on one logical server. However, at least two logical servers are recommended. Required Components: Web Based UI Queue Solid Edge Recommended Components: Separate Solid Edge Controller Database

10. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 10 Web Server

11. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 11 Web Server Software Windows Server 2008 (Apache or other) SQL Server (MySQL or other) ASP.NET (PHP or other) User Interface HTML/XHTML Flash can be used but is not recommended. Database Stores Users, Sales, Model info etc. Queue First-In-First-Out or other priority Keep the Queue on the logical web-server to allow multiple Solid Edge Servers

12. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 12 Communication Between Web Server and Solid Edge Server

13. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 13 Communication Between Web Server and Solid Edge Server Many different methods could be used:.NET Remoting Has been deprecated and rolled in to WCF Easy to set up Works well.NET Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Can be faster and more scalable

14. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 14 Solid Edge Server

15. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 15 Solid Edge Server Installed Software Windows 7 (Same as your current SE users use) Solid Edge Controller (custom program) Solid Edge Solid Edge Controller Windows or Console program Listens for request from Web server Automates Solid Edge Restarts Solid Edge if necessary Reports Errors, including timeouts Delivers completed drawings and models Notifies the webserver when the job is complete

16. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 16 Model Delivery System

17. © Siemens AG 2012. All Rights Reserved. Siemens PLM Software Page 17 Model Delivery System Email Delivery Does not require the user to wait while models are built Allows an opportunity to capture a visitor’s email address Works well up to ~50MB files Asynchronous Web Delivery Does not require the user to wait Works well for any size files Synchronous Web Delivery Easiest to develop Require the user to wait while files are created Works well for fast jobs (2D) Works well for any size files

18. #SEU12 Thank You! Questions? Architecture for a Web-Based engineering automation program madison@edainc.net www.edainc.net