Overview

Designcenter X Cloud Services are cloud hosted, scalable cloud services that harness the power of Siemens Designcenter in the cloud. Designcenter X Cloud Services expose design intelligence and high-compute analysis capabilities as on-demand services that can be consumed by enterprise applications, dashboards, and automated workflows.

The Mendix Designcenter X Cloud Services Connector currently focuses on the following high-value capabilities:

• Reporting data generated from Designcenter part files in Teamcenter, and made available through APIs so customers can build rich, design-aware experiences.
• High compute design analysis such as assembly clearance (clash) detection, executed in the cloud so that users can offload large assembly analyses to the cloud.

The Mendix Designcenter X Cloud Services Connector makes these services consumable from any Mendix application through a set of ready-to-use microflows. The Connector handles authentication, session management, and data exchange, so developers can focus on building business value.

Documentation

1 Introduction

Designcenter X Cloud Services are cloud hosted, scalable cloud services that harness the power of Siemens Designcenter in the cloud. Designcenter X Cloud Services expose design intelligence and high-compute analysis capabilities as on-demand services that can be consumed by enterprise applications, dashboards, and automated workflows.

The initial release focuses on two high-value capabilities:

• Visual reporting data generated from Designcenter part files in Teamcenter, and made available through APIs so customers can build rich, design-aware experiences.
• High-compute design analysis such as assembly clearance (clash) detection, executed in the cloud so that users can offload large assembly analyses to the cloud.

The Mendix Designcenter X Cloud Services Connector (referred to as the Connector in the rest of this document) makes these services consumable from any Mendix application through a set of ready-to-use microflows. The Connector handles authentication, session management, and data exchange, so developers can focus on building business value rather than plumbing.

1.1 What You Can Build

The Connector unlocks scenarios such as:

• Design-aware enterprise dashboards that correlate design data (parts, assemblies, BOM structure) with enterprise data such as cost, supplier, quality, or program status.
• Historical clash result management – store, search, and trend clearance analysis results over time across releases, programs, or product lines.
• Design analytics – run analytics over visual report data and clash history to surface design quality KPIs, regression detection, and rework hotspots.
• Engineering automation – trigger high-compute analyses (e.g., clash detection on entire assemblies) directly from Mendix workflows, gated by business rules.
• Cross-discipline collaboration – expose Designcenter intelligence to non-CAD users (program managers, quality, manufacturing) inside the apps they already use.

1.2 Licensing

The Connector is licensed under the Apache V2.0 License.

1.3 Prerequisites

• Studio Pro version 10.24.x or above
• A valid Siemens Enterprise Cloud Account (ECA) with an entitlement to a Designcenter X product tier and value based licensing tokens
• Access to the Siemens Admin Console to provision server users and credentials
• Adopt Built-in Data Management (Teamcenter X Essentials) or any higher Teamcenter X tier (Standard/Advanced/Premium)

1.4 Dependencies

You must have the following Marketplace modules installed:

• Community Commons
• Mx Model Reflection
• Events (widget)
• User Commons v2.3.0 or later
• OIDC SSO v4.5.0 or later

2 Installation

Follow these steps to install the Connector in your Mendix app:

1. Install the modules listed in the Dependencies section.
2. Follow the instructions in Using Marketplace Content to import the Designcenter X Cloud Services Connector into your app.

If Studio Pro reports widget or grid errors after import:

• Right-click the error → Update all widgets
• For grid errors → Convert grid to data grid 2

3 Configuring the Connection

The Connector connects to Designcenter X Cloud Services via OAuth-based SSO. Before you can use any operation, an administrator must:

1. Create a server user in the Siemens Admin Console and download the client credentials.
2. Configure the Connector constants in your Mendix app.
3. Configure Mendix OIDC SSO to authenticate end users.

4 Using the Connector

You can find the available operations in the microflow toolbox or in the _USE ME folder. Drag any operation into your implementation microflow once SSO and constants are configured.

Typical usage pattern:

1. Establish a Teamcenter session via the Connector.
2. Select the target environment (tenant).
3. Query design data (e.g., part documents).
4. Execute analyses (visual reports, clearance) – these are asynchronous and return a Job ID.
5. Retrieve job results and (optionally) map them into a domain model for downstream use.

5 Compatibility Matrix

* Latest Mendix 10 LTS version recommended