Teamcenter Integration for I-deas (TcII) 14.2 released for Teamcenter 14.2

Teamcenter Integration for I-deas (TcII) 14.2 is now available for download from the Siemens Support Center. TcII 14.2 was tested with, and supports, Teamcenter 14.2 and the recent I-deas 6.9 release. In addition to Tc support, we added certification in this release for Windows 11 OS There is no new documentation for Tc 14.2 beyond what is in the Release Notes, because nothing else has changed from prior releases. The list of functionality that was deprecated in the previous TcII 12.2.0.2 release is now classified as Unsupported. This list is shown in the TcII 14.2 Release Notes. The future of Teamcenter Integration for I-deas The Evolution of Excellence program for I-deas customers and all of its supported technical deliverables have been validated in production by real customer business results and technical achievement. Today, nearly all I-deas customers worldwide have completed their migration to NX and Teamcenter. Therefore, due to limited needs and increaing old embedded technologies used, this release of TcII 14.2 is the final release of the Teamcenter Integration for I-deas product. This direction was pre-announced in 2021, following the release of the TcII 12.2 application, in the long-term planning section of the Tc Integrations Matrix, when we noted that there would be no release of TcII for Tc 13. When we later added the long-term plans for a TcII release to support Tc 14, we announced that it was planned to be the final TcII release. This SFB will serve as the final notice of that plan. This change will not impact your ability to maintain or upgrade any current or future Tc databases. We have been providing the BMIDE template for TcII as a standard part of the Teamcenter release since Teamcenter 11.2, so your I-deas data can continue to exist in your Teamcenter database for future Teamcenter releases. However, without Teamcenter Integration for I-deas installed, you will not be able to open I-deas data in the I-deas application directly from Teamcenter. For the few sits who may still need to open and reference legacy I-deas files, the following options are available and listed in order of recommendation:

1. Install the CMM for I-deas tool into your Teamcenter site. Use the tool to migrate your I-deas files into NX files, then open them directly from Teamcenter.
2. In Teamcenter, using the TDM Export option, export your I-deas data files as Package Files from your Teamcenter 14.2 database. These PKG files can then be used in the future to generate NX part files using CMM Solo, which is a command-line program that lets you migrate your source CAD data outside of Teamcenter. Alternatively, you can import the PKG files into a new or existing TDM that you can use to archive old I-deas data for future use, which will allow the data to be directly opened by the I-deas application, outside of Teamcenter.
3. For individual piece parts or drawing files, export individual Named Reference files from Teamcenter (if your site provides access to that command in Teamcenter), then adopt those files into a TDM site to open in I-deas. This method does not work for files that have a relationship to other data, such as assembly files, drawings related to 3D parts, and so on, because the metadata needed to maintain those relationships is not exported. Piece parts or drawings exported using this method become orphans. Note: This method to use Named Reference should be considered a method of last-resort only. For more details on the TcII 14.2 release, please refer to the Release Notes, which are available for download on the same page as the TcII 14.2 software. To download, select "Teamcenter" as the Product and select "Downloads". Select "Teamcenter 14.2" for Version, then select the "Additional Downloads" tab on the right and scroll down to find "I-DEAS Integration": https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/282219420/download/PL20230202354442430 Note: A valid WebKey account is required. If you have any issues with the installation or support of this new TcII release, or would like assistance in creating or executing your I-deas migration strategy, please contact your local vendor or Siemens Support Center. Sincerely, Siemens Digital Industries Software