What will happen when SmarTeam and CDD will be discontinued?

Answer

The transition from SmarTeam/CDD to the new PLM Platform will be finalised during the week-end of 20-21 September, when all remaining usage of SmarTeam will be moved to the PLM. 

The PLM.cern.ch will then become the official platform for managing all CAD design data.

 

Transition Timeline of the final move

  • Week starting the 15th September 2025: we will automatically set ALL "In Work" (Checked-In) CAD Documents to "Preliminary" to allow their pre-migration.

  • Friday 19th September (17h00): SmarTeam and CDD will become read-only. Any CAD Documents that are then still in state Checked-Out or New, will be deleted from SmarTeam to not block the move.

  • Starting from Monday 22nd September, after the move: all CATIA work must be performed in the PLM environment.
     

Check-In your CAD Documents regularly

New and Checked-Out CAD Documents cannot be migrated, as these files exist only on the users' computers. They also block the related Items and their content from being moved.

  • We kindly ask you to Check-In all your documents regularly.
  • Reminder for the supervisors of colleagues that will soon leave CERN, here is a How To that explains what are the operations they must perform before the end of their contract.
  • Note: You can retrieve all the New and Checked-Out Documents you are responsible for (or another colleague), following the instructions in this document.
  • Note 2: The PLM CAD support team cannot Check-In your CAD Documents for you.

From Friday of the move (17h00), all Checked-Out / New CAD Documents will be deleted:

  • New CAD Documents will be deleted completely.
  • Checked-Out CAD Documents will have only the Checked-Out version deleted.
  • The files of these documents are only on the local disk of the the users CAD workstations if they still exist, we will not delete those files, only the SmarTeam object.
     

Finalise "Checked" CAD Documents / CDD Drawings

  • Sign or Reject all "Checked" CDD Drawings (only 1st control done in CDD):
    The CDD/SmarTeam "Checked" state corresponds to designs where only one of two signatures have been completed in CDD. 
  • Make sure the second control is performed or reject the Checked CAD Documents you are responsible for.
  • Only start new signature process in CDD if you are sure it can be completed in due time.
  • After the final migration, any CDD processes that were not completed will need to be manually re-created from scratch in the PLM with new Design Verification Workflows.

Note: you can retrieve all the Checked Drawings you are responsible for, following the instructions in this How To
 

General instructions in order to prepare for a smooth transition:

  • Install the CATIA connector and PLM desktop. If you do not find these applications in CMF, complete this form.
  • Verify that you can work in CATIA from the PLM environment and that you can open existing CATIA CAD document and create / save new.
  • Regularly and frequently Check in your CAD Documents, and use the “Pre-migrate from Item” command to make your CAD Documents available in the PLM.

 

Do not hesitate to contact us at plm.support@cern.ch in case of questions / doubts.

 

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