T-FLEX PLM+

T-FLEX PLM is a product lifecycle management and enterprise management solution. The PLM underlying CADCAMCAECAPPPDMCRM T-FLEX////suite allows you to not only organize work at all stages of the product life cycle, but also expand the standard PLM boundaries of the ability to manage all related processes.

The set of programs supplied by one manufacturer, Top Systems, allows you to organize a single environment of design and technological document management, design and preparation of production. The user gets extensive opportunities to manage the range and structures of products, automate any business processes of the enterprise and tools for integration with various ERP systems. During the work, a clear interaction of all participants in the process is ensured. In addition to this, users are offered a wide range of additional capabilities (PLM +) that will allow them to solve project and resource planning problems, conduct full-fledged clerical document management and manage customer relationships. The components of the complex provide their users with opportunities for operational and calendar planning, and the full openness of the T-FLEX platform provides unlimited opportunities to expand the complex and create their own information systems within the framework of a single information space of the enterprise.

2024: Compatible with Astra Linux 1.7 and 1.8

"Top Systems" together with "Astra Group" make it more accessible to work with the T-FLEX PLM complex in a Linux environment. This was reported to "Top Systems" on October 22, 2024.

The compatibility of the T-FLEX PLM complex programs with Astra Linux 1.7 and 1.8 has been officially confirmed. Vendor experts have developed an installation manager, and now you can install and use the software stack effectively without programming and Linux administration skills. With this, the entire product lifecycle management tool can be used by industrial enterprises that do not have Linux specialists on staff.

Engineering software is very demanding on the computing resources of IT systems, the presence of graphic capabilities and the means of integration with special equipment involved in production processes. Many Russian IT companies are working hard to provide customers with the necessary elements of the operating environment. In particular, domestic Linux operating systems are being developed, which should become the main operating environment for enterprises.

Top Systems continues to develop its programs based on domestic operating systems based on Linux. In May 2024, a special demonstration was organized of the cross-platform versions of the T-FLEX DOCs client (product lifecycle management system) and the prototype T-FLEX CAD design automation system, assembled directly in a Linux environment running Astra Linux. In October 2024, work is actively underway to release a Linux version for large-scale industrial use. An intermediate step for the transition to the Linux operating environment from domestic manufacturers is the use of Wine technology, which allows you to run Windows versions of the T-FLEX PLM complex under Linux. Wine is a universal tool created and developed by the open community of developers, and requires refinement and configuration, including code modification, to the requirements of the T-FLEX PLM software products for their correct full-featured operation in a Linux environment. Also, the transition to the Linux operating system itself requires specialized qualifications from administrators and users, and the deployment of the Wine environment to launch the software products of the T-FLEX PLM complex requires knowledge of Linux administration skills.

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Top Systems

We listen carefully and analyze user feedback and support calls. The results of the analysis and information from technical specialists are used to improve the experience with our products. This allowed us, together with specialists from Astra Group, to finalize the Wine package for Astra Linux. Now the installation of the products of the T-FLEX PLM complex under the Astra Linux OS is done almost "in two clicks." Also, feedback from users, calls to support, suggestions for improving our software and the experience gained are taken into account when developing and developing our software in general. This approach allows you to increase customer satisfaction from the use of T-FLEX PLM products, - said Sergey Bikulov, Executive Director of Top Systems.

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Top Systems

Adapting engineering software for Linux-like operating systems is a huge job, because all solutions of this class are complex software complexes, and it is critical to ensure that each of their elements is fully compatible with the new environment. To achieve success in such a responsible and large-scale task, vendors need to pool resources, and we are sincerely grateful to our colleagues from Top Systems for their cooperation. Now it will be much more convenient for enterprises with IT infrastructures based on Astra Linux to use T-FLEX PLM, "said Alexey Trubochev, Director of the Astra Group Support Department.

2023: Obtaining T-FLEX DOCs FSTEC Certificate

On February 21, 2023, Top Systems announced the completion of the certification procedure for information protection tools and receipt of the FSTEC certificate for the key software product of the T-FLEX PLM platform, the T-FLEX DOCs engineering data management system. The certificate was issued on February 8, 2023. From this moment, the T-FLEX DOCs software product is included in the State Register of the Information Security Certification System for Information Security Requirements. It is an industrial, PLM-certified solution with built-in anti-intrusion security that meets Level 4 trust.

T-FLEX PLM

According to the company, according to the information security requirements approved by the order of the FSTEC of Russia dated June 2, 2020 N 76, the T-FLEX DOCs system can be used in significant objects of the critical information infrastructure of category 1, in state information systems of 1 security class, in automated control systems of production and technological processes of 1 security class, in personal data information systems, if it is necessary to ensure 1 level of personal data security, in public information systems of class II.

T-FLEX DOCs provides information support for application solutions and automation of business processes in the following areas of activity:

• Master data and regulatory reference management
• maintaining the product range;
• design preparation of production and analysis of products;
• management of product compositions, versions and configurations, options, including execution of change notices;
• technological preparation of production and manufacture of products;
• Project and program management, resource and cost planning
• operational scheduling;
• requirements management;
• technical document management;
• office and clerical document management;
• customer relationship management.

In accordance with the specifications, the certified T-FLEX DOCs software has a modular client-server architecture and consists of the following parts:

• The certified server part operates under the certified special-purpose operating system "Astra Linux Special Edition" (certificate number SSI 2557, valid until 27.01.2026), as well as under operating systems of the Windows family. To ensure data storage, DBMS are supported:
  • PostgreSQL (including the Astra Linux Special Edition certified operating system)

• * Microsoft SQL Server
• * Oracle Database

The server part includes an application server that provides all the functionality of the system, a database server, an alert server, as well as a file server that is a repository of object files. On the basis of the server part, a WEB server can be deployed, used for the operation of the system WEB client.

• The certified client part is implemented through two execution sets:
  • Cross-platform distribution running the Astra Linux Special Edition operating system (NOS 2557 certificate number, valid until 27.01.2026) and under Windows operating systems.
  • Distribution kit for operating systems of the Windows family, representing the functionality for administration and interaction with the functionality of the server part.

The client part is an independent application that is installed at each workplace, uses password access and provides the entire range of system capabilities in strict accordance with the user's rights to perform specific operations on specific objects. The number of customer locations is determined depending on the needs of the enterprise. Customer locations can be workplaces of engineering and technology departments, archive, office, marketing service, management, etc. The operation of the client part can also be organized through the WEB client.

Separately, attention should be paid to those enterprises that work with data constituting state secrets. After passing the current certification of the T-FLEX DOCs system, customer enterprises using this software product have the opportunity, together with Top Systems, to obtain a certificate for the next level of trust.

2021: T-FLEX Presentation Gears

On April 19, 2021, Top Systems introduced the next product in the T-FLEX PLM complex - T-FLEX Gears. This is an integrated application in T-FLEX CAD for the design, calculation and analysis of gears.

For April 2021, the solution has the following capabilities:

• Creates a 3D model of a gear, gear, or mechanism based on multiple gears;
• Creates a 2D mesh model;
• Associatively linked 3D model and drawing;
• Drawing according to ESKD;
• Visual geometric analysis and geometric analysis according to the selected standard (GOST, ISO, DIN);
• Visual strength analysis and strength analysis according to the selected standard (GOST, ISO, DIN);
• Resource calculation according to the selected standard (GOST, ISO, DIN);
• Recalculation to the middle of the tolerance field (by tooth thickness);
• Selection of accuracy scale and tolerance calculation;
• Supports parameterization.

Features

• Free selection of standards at any stage of design;
• For each calculation according to the standard, there is an alternative calculation based on a theory not related to the standard, while the module also supports the "calculator" mode according to the standard;
• The strength and geometry parameters of the engagement are visualized and easy to understand;
• The creation of gear gears and mechanisms follows two scenarios: from the "required mechanism parameters" and from the "specified gear parameters";
• When creating gear mechanisms, the module works as conveniently as possible for the engineer "without asking unnecessary questions," but offering all possible options according to the specified parameters of the mechanism.

2019

Single platform provides a single digital design environment and allows you to consider all processes as comprehensively as possible. It is this approach that underlies systems engineering methods. In accordance with them, the design process is a unity of three main subsystems: requirements development, product structure management (including configuration) and functional design of the product (its logic and architecture).

In parallel with the development of requirements on the T-FLEX PLM platform, a functional architecture of the future product can be designed. The system allows you to describe the functional diagram of the interaction of the components of the future product, design its logical structure and determine the physical architecture. In the future, this model will become the main one for describing the processes taking place in the product. Data from the functional architecture is associated with both requirements and product structure objects. This makes it possible to close together a triangle of concepts: requirement - function - object of the product structure.

When talking about a product in T-FLEX PLM, all possible and user-required forms of its presentation are understood: as a requirement structure, as a logical model, as a functional, zonal, construction, design, technological, physical, or any other product structure. And already at the development stage, we get tools for working with different product views, different types of product structure, automatic configuration and management of options, quick management of the visualization of product elements according to categories, as well as statuses and revision support.

The user is provided not only with all of the above tools, but also with the ability to work with the product in the PDM system: the window T-FLEX CAD inside T-FLEX DOCs allows for synchronous selection and marking of product structure objects both in the design or process structure tree and directly in the model view window. In the same window, the user has the opportunity to use all the necessary system operations CAD without launching individual applications. These include analyzing the Model Tree, taking any measurements, creating markups directly in a 3D or 2D scene, etc.

Continuing development in a single T-FLEX PLM environment, the user gets the opportunity to reach the very end in this process - the release of evidence based on the product test results registered in the system. Work with any documents can be organized according to pre-described business processes, and annotation tools, which allow, in particular, annotating PDF documents, will allow you to correctly organize the entire process of design and preparation of production.

2014: T-FLEX PLM 14

The Top Systems company announced in September 2014 the start of deliveries to users of the new, 14th version of the T-FLEX PLM software complex. The updated system accumulated the latest technological solutions and an analysis of many years of user experience. The distinctive features of the T-FLEX PLM 14 are improved ergonomics of all programs of the complex, high speed and many new functionality. T-FLEX PLM is a complete solution for product lifecycle management and enterprise operations. It contains:

• T-FLEX CAD 3D Design Utility
• module for preparing control programs for CNC machines,
• modules for T-FLEX Analysis and T-FLEX Dynamics engineering calculations
• T-FLEX Technology.

All systems of the T-FLEX PLM complex operate on a single information platform of the T-FLEX DOCs technical document automation system.

2012

T-FLEX DOCs 2012

As of December 2012, the T-FLEX DOCs 2012 system is the basic component of the T-FLEX PLM + complex, designed to solve the problems of design and technological document management, organizational and administrative document management and comprehensive management of engineering data of the enterprise.

The modern T-FLEX DOCs 2012 software package allows you to solve the problems of automating the development and maintenance of product composition, collective project management and modeling of business processes, document management and archive management, reporting, product composition analysis and many others. T-FLEX DOCs 2012 enables you to manage engineering data at a higher level.

The developers of Top Systems have carried out serious work to assess all aspects of the application of the T-FLEX DOCs 2012 software complex in a variety of areas of activity. The new version reflects the advice, wishes and recommendations of dozens of companies using the previous version of T-FLEX DOCs as the basic information system, and building a single information space of the enterprise on its basis.

In the new version of T-FLEX DOCs 2012, the changes affected the following basic mechanisms and components:

• Enhanced Business Process Automation and Management
• Internal Mail Service Updated
• Tools for distribution and monitoring of tasks execution
• Improved reporting and search systems
• Macro Editor Created
• An event processing automation tool has been implemented
• Added full-featured integration with popular document design and editing systems
• A new tool for creating expert systems has appeared
• Enhanced display of various related data
• Added tools to configure different system configurations and tools to run these configurations
• Improved overall system performance

PLM + T-FLEX Composition

As of February 2012, the single T-FLEX PLM + complex includes:

• PDM T-FLEX DOCs 2010 is a modern Russian software PLM-complex for solving the problems of design and technological document management, organizational and administrative document management and comprehensive management of engineering data of the enterprise. All systems of the T-FLEX CAD/CAM/CAE/CAPP/PDM complex operate on a single T-FLEX DocsLine information platform of the T-FLEX DOCs 2010 PLM system.
• CAD T-FLEX CAD is a system for automating drawing, parametric design, and 3D parametric solid and surface modeling. High functionality and unique parametric technologies are distinctive features CAD of T-FLEX CAD.
• CAPP T-FLEX Technology 2010 is a system for automating technological preparation of production, which has flexible modern development tools of technological projects of any complexity. CAD T-FLEX Technology allows you to release high-quality technological documentation for any type of product. Process plans are normalized using T-FLEX Rationing.
• CAM Training modules for CNC machines - T-FLEX CNC, T-FLEX NC Tracer.
• CAE Design Utilities - T-FLEX Analysis, T-FLEX Dynamics, T-FLEX Calculations/Gears, T-FLEX Springs and others.