Working with a vendor catalog

So you can use tools from a vendor catalog, you must download a file or data from the tool vendor and import it into the Manufacturing Resource Library (MRL).

You can select (1) tool vendor product data, 3D data (STEP files), and tool components, such as drills, holders, inserts, and adapters, from various tool vendors, using the (2) Generic Tool Catalog (GTC) or DIN format, and download them to (3) your system.

The tool vendor product data or catalog package files can then be (4) imported directly into the MRL.

When you import a tool vendor catalog package to the MRL, the system automatically assigns a new object identifier for the mapped object.

Note

When you download a DIN tool vendor catalog package from a tool vendor, it is possible to enter a customer-specific product identifier that you can assign to the mapped object, instead of the system generated identifier.

This feature can be activated or deactivated. It is activated by default.

• For GTC vendor catalog packages, a GTC vendor catalog package hierarchy must first be uploaded before the vendor product data can be imported. For more information see Import GTC vendor class hierarchy.

• For DIN vendor catalog packages, the option to populate the vendor catalog package hierarchy must be selected in the Teamcenter Configuration Setup before the vendor product data can be imported.

If installing to the MRL for the first time, see Import the class hierarchy.

If upgrading from an earlier MRL version, see Update the class hierarchy.

Note

• For more information on installing or updating the Manufacturing Resource Library, see Installation overview and workflow.

• The DIN formats supported for tool vendor catalog packages are DIN 26100:2017-11 and DIN 26100:2021-05.

To upload larger vendor catalog files, it is best to adjust the Active Workspace upload timeout setting in file path: AW ROOT/microservices/gateway-nnn/config.json.

Note

After making changes to the AW ROOT/microservices/gateway-nnn/config.json file, you must restart the gateway.

• The default upload timeout setting, in milliseconds, is httpRequestResponse: 1800000. The recommended setting is httpRequestResponse: 7200000.

"timeout": { "httpRequestResponse": 600000, "autoLogout": "30s", "proxyRequest": "5s" },

It is also recommended that you set QUERY_TIMEOUT to 0 in the serverPool.properties file so that the server connection does not time out automatically.

• After making changes to the serverPool.properties file, you must restart service Teamcenter Server Manager config1_PoolA to implement the changes.

The tool components can be automatically mapped to existing MRL tool classes.

You can build a tool assembly based on these components, create graphics for it, send it to NX, and use it to machine parts in NX.