Create a new Teamcenter plugin

Summary:

Teamcenter UI customizations are done using  Teamcenter custom plug-ins. The UI customizations can be created in Eclipse IDE.

Pre-requisite:

1. Install Eclipse IDE ( Preferably Eclipse Classic IDE from www.eclipse.org ). It is recommended that you use correct version of Eclipse IDE.

• For TC10.1+ use Eclipse 3.8
• For TC9.1+ use Eclipse 3.6.
• For TC 8.0+ use Eclipse 3.5.
• For Tc2007 use Eclipse 3.2 or 3.3

1. Install Teamcenter Rich Client 2 Tier (Tc2007 / TC 8.0+ / TC 9.1 / TC 10.1 ).

Overview:

1. Create a new Eclipse Plug-in project.
2. Configure Target platform.
3. Run Teamcenter RAC from Plug-in Development Environment.

Details:

1. Create a new Eclipse Plug-in project :

Create new Teamcenter Plug-in Project.

2.  Configure Target platform : Change the plug-in target platform from default eclipse platform to Teamcenter Rich Client platform.

• Hit “Windows->Preferences” Menu in Eclipse.
• Expand “Plug-in Development”, select “Target Platform”.
• Click on “Add…”
• 

  

  Click Add…

   

• Add Content from TC_ROOT/portal (or TC_ROOT/rac) folder.
  

  Select Directory, and click Next…

   

• Browse to “TC_ROOT”\portal directory (or TC_ROOT/rac), click Next…
  

  Select %TC_ROOT%\\portal folder (or %TC_ROOT%\\rac), click Next…

   

• Select the New Target Platform, and Click “OK”.
  

  Select the new Target Platform, click OK

   

3.  Run Teamcenter RAC from Plug-in Development Environment:  Check if the Plug-in development environment is configured correctly.

1. Hit “Run -> Run” in Eclipse IDE.
2. When executing this for first time, a dialog would pop up, select “Eclipse Application” and click OK.
3. The Teamcenter RAC is started.
4. Invoking TC RAC from Eclipse does not automatically start TAO/TcServer, you may need to invoke it manually by executing %TC_ROOT%\portal\server_configs\start_imr.bat for Tc2007 ( %TC_ROOT%\start_imr.bat for TC 8.0+ / TC9.1+ / TC10.1+ )
5. Enter Username and Password in Teamcenter login screen, and login. Check if you are able to login to Teamcenter.
6. If you are able to login, your plug-in environment configuration is working well.

Congratulations, you are all set for your first custom plug-in for Teamcenter. I hope this post helps.

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How to customize OR add a custom Menu Item?

How to create a custom Teamcenter Application? ( Perspectives and Views) etc will be discussed in separate  detailed posts.