VisMockUp 3

[CAD2015]

Hi,
Could somebody explain what "VisMockUp" is?
What is it used for? When? Why?

Thanks

MZ7DYJ

 

[CAD2015]

How long would it take to learn how to use this software at an acceptable level?

MZ7DYJ

 

[CAD2015]

Is "VisMockUp" a task for engineers, checkers or for designers?

MZ7DYJ

 

[Sri089]

Vismockup is an visualisation tool.
Suppose if you want to give a presentation of your models(say a part of a larger assembly example is some engine) you will be able to do easily by exporting your model to JT.
Vismockup also allows you to perform clearance check(clash check). In my case I will be designing pipe routings for engines.If i need to check whether my new pipe design maintains required clearance with the surrounding sceneries in a larger assembly,then vismockup is the correct tool.
The advantage of vismockup is that the file size will be very smaller.Say your assembly file is of 100mb, When you export your assembly to .Jt the new Jt file size will be 10mb only.
This enables you to send model or assembly data across without letting your designs exposed to threat(for example,If u have designed a bolt and if you send a .prt file all the design parameters will be accesible and can be seen how its done.But vismockup will provide you just visualisation data without exposing your designs)
Hardly it will take one week to learn to an expected level.

Hope it clarifies your doubts.

Regards
Sri

 

[JohnRBaker]

The actual product is called 'Lifecycle Visualization Mockup' and it's part of the Teamcenter suite of products. To learn more about the various Teamcenter 'visualization' products, go to:

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/lifecycle-visualization/index.shtml

To learn more about 'Lifecycle Visualization Mockup' itself, here's a link to a factsheet on the product:

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.c...p - Teamcenter Fact Sheet - 3235&docType=.pdf

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Toost]

another note on the subject,
I guess that you are aware of / using JT2Go ? The "freeware version" of Vismockup.

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/lifecycle-visualization/jt2go/

Jt2Go is a pure viewer, you can view, measure and print.
Vismockup is still a viewer but on serious steroids,
you can for example create animations,create markups, perform 3D compare between models, if you run NX together with teamcenter you can reposition your components in VisMockup and it will update the NX assembly,
You can view CAE results, view PMI, view textures/ materials applied in NX , there's a version of Siemens Jack which can be run in the same environment , These are only a few examples of the capabilities of the Vis portfolio.
The main problem is that very few people know of its existence....

Regards,
Tomas

 

[CAD2015]

Thank you all for your usefully replies!
Is "VisMockUp" a task for engineers, for checkers or for designers?
Who is in charge to use it?
As a designer, would this software be mandatory for me?
Am I suppose to get training in order to achieve this skill?


MZ7DYJ

 

[JohnRBaker]

It's often a matter of scale.

If you're the author of your models and you're working in NX then you can do much of these same visualization type operations inside of NX. In fact, over the years we've evolved the graphics behavior and capabilities of NX to be more like Vis Mockup with the idea that if you already have NX that you may just wish to stay in NX and do ALL your work there, and up to a certain sizes of your models, this is perfectly feasible. However, unless your final products are not too large, in terms of the number of parts, eventually you're going to reach a point where it's impractical to try and do this with your entire final product, fully loaded and visualized, so that you can see all aspects of your product, check interferences, do 'fly thrus', etc. For example, if you're an automotive OEM or a you build aircraft or even large pieces of heavy machinery, while the sub-assemblies and major subsystems could be handled inside of NX, the entire model might be too much for it, then you might wish to consider using something like Vis Mockup to do that sort of work, NOT authoring in the sense that you're actually creating and editing geometry, but rather doing things like verifying results, looking at relationships between major subsystems, conducting design reviews with colleagues, suppliers, customers, etc, often Vis Mockuo provides a more suitable environement for these sorts of tasks. As for what sort of role is the user of Vis Mockup playing, well that often depends on where in the design, engineering, manufacturing process are you at the moment and what it is that you're attempting to learn or do.

Anyway, I hope this helps.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[CAD2015]

OK, thanks a lot!

MZ7DYJ