Acronyms

Acronyms and Descriptions of industry related acronyms and some UGS specific naming. Some of the acronyms are not company approved. Usually created out of necessity for us, consumers to type it in quickly.

CAD

Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Drafting

PLM

Product Lifecycle Management

PDM

Product Data Management

NX

UGS’s CAD Software

Teamcenter

UGS’s PDM system
Used by UGS to classify the product family

TcEng

Teamcenter Engineering PDM (Primarily used for CAD data management)

TcEnt

Teamcenter Enterprise PDM (Primarily used for Enterprise data managemnt

TcC

Teamcenter Community Web based Collaboration system

TcVis

Teamcenter Visualization Can display and markup various forms of file formats (2D / 3D)

TcAE

Teamcenter Automotive Edition