PTC Windchill Reviews & Product Details

The most useful thing is the regular updates which are very useful to work with. Moreover Windchill has an easy way to configure things at administrator end which makes it easy to deploy and use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't see much of the downside while using Windchill. The only place which I dislike is there is no much update on Windchill Risk and Reliability. There are not much improvements in the Project Management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its interface is very good , easy to work with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Save a part is little tedious, if one part want to rename, its parent assembly should open Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to manage PPL process and Data with user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Proper user document not available or not understanding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its an integrated system that combines so many aspects of the business together like design, production, manufacturing and quality. Its a very powerful tool as well as fairly effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it can be very complex to learn. The user interface is not very easy to use either. There are a lot of tabs and the user's knowledge to understand the nuances is must Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The innovative thinking of new releases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can take long time to get proper support for complex issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a cloud solution that allows you to save version control documents with different employees in the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It looks very old. Too many options, hard to navigate and understand the complex procedure of management processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the way it manages data in brilliant way and from design to manufacturing it integrates everything and makes the gap communicable, besides it gives chance to enhance and customise accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not that much. But yeah the scope for customization is not that much great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use. Search function is fantastic and the versions of old and new documentation can be easily segregated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some users struggle with interface. Uploading from an older system to wind-chill can take a long time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wind-chill helps the plan industry in a simplified way such that the basic understanding of java is enough to process the data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything is good as far as I am concerned. They might improve the framework even more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has version control and acts like a cloud service of sorts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's a learning curve and lots of functionality that can be overwhelming for a first time user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides ease of access to all my CAD drawings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The search function can be a little wonky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Windchill integrates well with CAD tools like creo and solidworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The customization part is not so user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like the easy to use web interface and how fast you can change the data model using web tools that let you extend your Business Items and Attributes with zero downtime. The Thingworx Navigate Integration let you search and find product information quickly from Windchill, SAP, Salesforce and connected products as well. Designers can quickly access data on customer behavior usage patterns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Workflow Template Administration let you automate your business process but it is not a simple task due to how the java interface was developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

large document database in a secure network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

requires a lot of training to gain appropriate access levels Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has some good features for a PLM system. The approval process can be configured to the internal process (although sometimes it is not straightforward. You have to become a master of configuring the process). Great repository for our CAD files/drawings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many of the configurations are done on the server using command lines and updating directly to files. Configurations should be done on the UI and it seems a bit outdated doing it this way. Support is a hit or miss. Some support techs are good while others drop the ball and a ticket can stay open for several months. Overall, support seems to be inconsistent. The back end / table structure is not very clear and PTC does not provide a data dictionary and the tables used on a screen are easily understood. (fields names are not descriptive of the field). Therefore, we had to create manually some custom reports because the internal reporting is not very customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to use drawings of every employee in the company and sharing of drawings between every part in production cycle. It also helps to follow projects life cycle with possibility to see how many changes were made for project, check all files that are related to the project in mind all these things lets you control whole projects with quite a lot of ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Search is quite slow and quite fragile, every symbol/space/dash and so on can make your search useless which sometimes waste quite a lot of time. Software is quite difficult to use and requires quite intense training which could become costly for company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that windchill 11.0 is very up to date and modern compared to their 9.3 version. Smoother interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A lot of the functions are very different so training is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface was my favorite. it was very intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

i disliked the default reports it generated - they were not as useful as customized ones Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a great tool to help more than an individual to load their files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That it does not force the employees to use the same format saving their folders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Makes assigning tasks easy! The company is always very responsive to changes. The interface is easy to teach. We use it every day! I don’t imagine that we would change anytime soon.Very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I would change is that I wish there was a copy button for the different routes reschedule. It’s annoying to have to the same routing multiple times and we could just copy and existing route. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compared to the other PDM I know, there is nothing that i find done really well in Windchill, other than considering the basic idea of accessing a PDM-Database without a dedicated client. It is a good idea to just use the Web-Browser, but it comes at price... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Even with the almost empty database it always is slow, though the support said everything looks normal.

2. The search function needs work - filtering the search result not possible, makes the function basically useless.

3. Configuration via XML-Files and the available menues is counter-intuitive - in my opinion PTC is straight out lying, when they state their products to be intuitive to use.

4. The menue is not really context sensitive - RMK is not doing enough.

5. Selecting stuff i a clickfest.

6. Discription and comand naming is in my experience misleading (may be it's because i am familiar with commands in Vault...) (the concept of files, parts, WC-parts is an example of that... -> a WC-Part is an Item.)

7. There is no easy acces to the interface of windchill. Customizing the views is a clickfest. Even the Windows Explorer knows drag and drop.

8. You don't even become the real admin on your own server - (at least) I am only a site operations admin (we are the only site), while the real server admin, who is the only one who can create Users, sits at the resellers office and cost's extra money...

For Windchill 11 PTC is working on "Internet of things", as far as i know, while i consider the basic functions of windchill not satisfactory. And when I take a look at prices in comparison to Vault, that i know in depth, - Windchill is lost.

But when u already have PTC, you don't have alternatives, that I know of. So if I had money to buy CAD & PDM for a small to medium business i would almost all the times go for anything else than PTC... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy search functions help me find the documents I need quickly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wish it was easier to navigate results of searches. Wish there was an “effective date” column instead of a “last modified” column. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Keeps things organized, somewhat intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steep learning curve, things seem to be hidden in nooks and crannies, takes a long time to load on IE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Windchill provides a stable platform for managing product data, workflows, and projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Getting technical support can be an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can generate BOM directly from 3D models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is kind of expensive. The annual maintenance fee was also high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.