1 Introduction

Oracle AutoVue for Agile PLM is an Enterprise Visualization solution designed to provide viewing, digital annotation and collaboration capabilities to Agile PLM. Oracle AutoVue delivers visualization capabilities for many document types, including business documents such as Office and Graphics, as well as technical document types such as 2-D/3-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Hence, one of the main benefits of AutoVue for Agile PLM is that users can view numerous file types stored in Agile PLM without having the native application that created the file installed on their desktop machines. Another advantage of AutoVue for Agile PLM is that it decreases bandwidth requirements and improves response time through the use of streaming files. Streaming files contain file data and provide the benefit that AutoVue for Agile PLM can access the streaming files much faster than it can native files.

The VueLink servlet provides a connection between the AutoVue server and Agile PLM using standard HTTP/HTTPS protocols.

The following diagram and steps describe a typical configuration of how AutoVue for Agile PLM integrates with Agile PLM.

Figure 1-1 Architecture Diagram

1. Log onto the Agile PLM with web browser.

2. Once configured, a link appears next to each file stored in Agile PLM.

3. When you click this link, the AutoVue client is launched and you may view that file inside the web browser window.

4. In Agile PLM, the AutoVue client communicates with the AutoVue server through servlet tunneling for HTTP or HTTPS connection. The VueLink Servlet can communicate with Agile PLM to handle any request made by the AutoVue server such as file “fetching.”