For all the documentation you produce -- parts catalogs, work instructions, and learning content – RapidAuthor delivers interactive content associated with product designs and up-to-date with changes to reduce the time and cost of documentation while improving quality and delivery. Text content is converted from engineering data to XML content compliant with your industry or company standards, including DITA and S1000D, then output to match your company formats in PDF, 3D PDF, and HTML or HTML5.

Work instructions must contain the specific part and task information for the products they describe – or downtime and resulting support costs increase. RapidAuthor uses information from either CAD files or Teamcenter Services Planner or Manufacturing Process Planner bill of process (BOP) to create content using the specific parts and steps needed for each. Technicians can walk through with steps and animation or graphics in 2D and 3D PDF or HTML/HTML5 documents.

Using CAD and PLM XML content, DITA and S1000D content can be generated automatically in all your technical publications. RapidAuthor works with Teamcenter Content Management, Teamcenter Service Planner, and Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner. Using JT, CAD data, and PLM XML from the bill of materials (BOM) and processes, you can reuse content already managed in your PLM environment to create and update text and graphics concurrently. The result is highly-effective interactive technical publications for your customers.