Teamcenter Systems Engineering

Barbara Sheeley

Matthew McEmber
Systems Engineer
The Boeing Company
July 29, 2009

Teamcenter System Engineering

Tailored
Systems
Engineering Tool
Suite
Manage Artifacts
Integrated
Single Source of
Data
Scalable
Customizable

Features
& UI

Teamcenter
Systems
Engineering
Systems
Engineerin
g

Live
Demo

Change
management
and
configuration
control

DoDAF module
with tailored
schema and
OV/AV/SV view
generation

Security
protections
control user
access,
information
access and
modification
privileges

Intuitive MS
Window
Explorer like
web based
user interface

TcSE
Features

A naturallanguage
report writer
and robust
document
generator

All objects in
Teamcenter
accessible via
unique web
addresses

Live
Microsoft
Office
integrations for
both data input
and generation
of artifacts

Allows the user

to capture
product
decomposition
s and
interrelate the
views

User Interface

Content
ContentPane
Pane
Navigation
Navigation
Pane
Pane

Notebook
NotebookPane
Pane

Basic TcSE Entities

Project Root collection of Folders
Building Block Basic object used to decompose design
Requirement Uniquely identifiable Requirement
Paragraph Type of Requirement for preserving document
structure as a placeholder
Link 1 to 1 directional relationship between two entities
Connection Physical connection between two physical objects
Folder Container for other objects
Document Type of folder that may contain Requirements,
Paragraphs, and Building Blocks
Property Attribute of an entity (color, bit rate, prime engineer,
etc)
Diagram Visio Diagram attached to an object

Sharing a Single Source of Data

Focus on Data, Generate Views

Great Potential for Entity Reuse

Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

Systems Engineering
One Architecture
multiple views captured
and linked

Requirements

Functional
Architecture
(What Has to Be
Done)

Logical
Architecture
(How It Is Done)

Physical
Architecture
(How It Is
Implemented)

Physical models

Which Data Would You Prefer to

Work With?
A: Mixed,
Integrated
Architectures?

Horizontal Integration Across Architectures

Vertical Integration

Within Architectures

B: Partitioned,
Integrated
Architectures?

Requirements Allocation

Integrated Requirements

Search Result: Requirements Allocation to

Functions and Logical Systems

DoDAF Operational-System
Architectures

OV-2

Activity Architecture

OV-5

Operational Node Architecture

SV-4a

System Function Architecture

DoDAF Software Architectures

DoDAF Activity Architecture

Rhapsody Use Case

Architecture (in TcSE)

Use Case Diagram

(Rhapsody / Sparx EA)

Activity Diagram
(Rhapsody / Sparx EA)

Functional Decomposition
IDEF 0
Diagram

Create Ancillary Architectural Views

Spatial
Environmental Threats
Manufacturing Cells
Suppliers
Countries of Origin
etc

System Verification
Spec.
Spec.Search
SearchResults
Results

Excel
ExcelLive
LiveTest
TestVerification
Verification

Enter
Enter
Verification
Verification
Status
Status

Live-link
Live-linkback
backto
toproblem
problemRequirement
Requirement

Operational Connectivity Model

with Product Overlay

Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

System Connectivity Model with

Product Overlay

Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

Operational to System Connectivity

Model with Product Overlay

Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

Live Demo

Acknowledgements
This presentation would not have been
possible without the contributions of:
John Herrold
Robert Malone