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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Teamcenter overview</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap190"></a><p class="para_topic">Teamcenter is the data management system in NX, similar to Team Data Manager (TDM) in I-deas. Teamcenter Integration for NX is the interface between NX and Teamcenter. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Teamcenter runs as a separate application in parallel to NX, and the two communicate to provide check-in and check-out of shared models.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">When NX is running with Teamcenter instead of in native mode, some of the <b class="uiTerm">File</b> menu items will be replaced to allow access to models stored in Teamcenter instead of directly in unmanaged files in operating system directories.
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      <p class="para_topic">The user interface for Teamcenter contains the main areas shown below.</p>
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         <li class="condense">Icons</li>
         <li class="condense">Object area</li>
         <li class="condense">Properties table area</li>
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      <p class="para_topic">Data is organized in folders in the object area. Information about objects selected here is presented in the properties table area.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Teamcenter Integration for NX &rarr; Teamcenter Integration for NX &rarr; Getting Started with Teamcenter Integration 
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