Arbortext
PTC’s end-to-end dynamic publishing solution streamlines how your organization creates, manages, and publishes technical information. By delivering a tightly integrated solution, Arbortext software enables companies to make dramatic improvements in their technical document processes, reducing costs while ensuring high quality, up-to-date information.
Technical Author
Create and edit XML or SGML structured document components and assemblies and implement publishing standards like DITA, S1000D and DocBook.
Technical Illustrator
Create 2D or 3D illustrations and animations from scratch or from original 2D and 3D CAD systems. Maintain associativity between the illustrations and animations and the CAD data to automate the updating process when engineering designs change throughout the product lifecycle.
Content Manager
Use a single source of information to handle multiple versions of both source content and finished publications. Easily manage complex information assets, documentation and publishing processes.
Publishing Manager
Automatically assemble and publish customized publications in multiple languages. Streamline end-to-end dynamic publishing through the use of a stylesheet development tool, an automated print composition engine, or multi-output publishing engine.
S1000D Compliance Manager
Ensure S1000D standards are met throughout the authoring, managing, and publishing processes by utilizing a fully integrated solution optimized for information sharing and user productivity.
How can Arbortext help your organization streamline dynamic publishing processes? Learn more…
The Value of the Arbortext Product Family
Brian Lindauer, SVP, Arbortext Product Development talks about the value and benefits of PTC’s end-to-end dynamic publishing solution.
Arbortext component-based authoring software provides users with industry leading tools to create technical content that can be reused across all channels of product and technical documentation. These tools can be used independently or together, to maximize worker productivity and information value by creating reusable, component-based content to ensure higher quality product information in less time.
- Arbortext Editor Author structured components for dynamic publishing, support DITA and S1000D standards
- Arbortext IsoDraw Enable CAD-driven, high-quality 2D technical illustrations
- Creo Illustrate Deliver powerful, interactive 3D illustrations for parts lists and service procedures
Arbortext content management provides a controlled, shared repository that handles multiple versions of both source content and finished publications, and a formal way of assigning tasks for creating new information or updating existing information to configure and publish rich technical documentation.
- Arbortext Content Manager Provide a single source of information optimized for managing Arbortext-authored documents
Automatically assemble and publish customized publications in multiple languages to lower production costs, accelerate information time-to-market, and ensure information consistency.
- Arbortext Styler Create XML-based stylesheets for automated publishing
- Arbortext Publishing Engine Filter, assemble and publish technical content automatically
- Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher Automate layout and design for complex technical documents
Arbortext for S1000D allows technical writers and illustrators to create and manage content for reuse across publications. These applications are fully integrated for optimal information sharing and user productivity. The software allows organizations to repurpose S1000D data modules to comply with product training and initial provisioning management requirements, including SCORM and S2000M mandates.
- Arbortext CSDB Provide a dedicated environment to create and manage content
- Arbortext Learning Content Manager Facilitate the creation, assembly, management and deployment of SCORM compliant eLearning software packages
- Arbortext Provisioning Manager Enable initial provisioning data and illustrated parts data to be created, delivered, received and reviewed
- Arbortext Parts Catalog Manager Enable illustrated parts data to be created, delivered, received and reviewed
- Arbortext Publisher Create and publish technical documentation
- Arbortext IETP Viewer Deliver technical information in a browser-based environment