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75% Writer Efficiency
65% First-Time Fix Rate
25% Parts Revenue
$1M Lower Translation Costs
15% Downtime Reduction
Arbortext for Technical Publications and Parts Catalog
What is Arbortext? Making It Simple. Making it Smart.
Arbortext revolutionizes how organizations manage and deliver technical documentation. Built around XML authoring inside the Arbortext Editor, this product lifecycle management application harnesses CAD data and Bills of Materials from Engineering to generate reusable content – stored in Windchill and pulled into every data module, style sheet, and foldout page through an automated publishing process. Whether your content lives in a single XML file or a 5,000-page service manual, the result stays current across every audience, version, and output format.
PTC Arbortext Differentiator: Digital Thread
What is the Digital Thread?
To ensure the accuracy, integrity, and consistency of data across every function in today’s enterprise environments, the Digital Thread delivers a single source of truth with real-time synchronization. By democratizing access to upstream and downstream information (engineering changes, attribute values, generated text, index terms, and every supporting document) organizations eliminate redundancy and streamline collaboration across products, processes, and personnel.
With Arbortext, you create one flow of data and resources that links content from the authoring tool to the publishing engine to the technician in the field. No more chasing version conflicts in Microsoft Word or hunting through a custom folder for the right file.
Ensure end-to-end data consistent with digital thread
Unleash a Seamless flow of data across the value chain that will link every phase of the product life cycle
Success stories from our customers
Manufacturing transformation with PTC.
Where Arbortext Delivers the Most Value
Manufacturing
Arbortext links engineering changes directly to operator manuals, maintenance procedures, and parts catalogs. A single markup update at the source ripples through hundreds of publications, cutting publishing process labor, reducing field error message escalations, and speeding turnaround on every release.
Medical Devices
Regulated environments demand traceability on every change and attribute value. Arbortext pairs XML authoring with version-controlled reusable content, while the Arbortext Publishing Engine and Arbortext Styler render each style sheet for global markets, languages, and 510(k) submissions.
Automotive
Automotive teams use Arbortext to manage thousands of data modules across vehicle programs. Foldout pages and exploded views link back to source CAD, so design changes update every downstream document automatically – Print Composer delivers high-fidelity output without manual reformatting.
Consumer Goods
Short release cycles and multi-language launches demand reusable content. A single XML file feeds quick-start guides, packaging inserts, and warranty documents simultaneously – the Arbortext Editor and Arbortext Publishing Engine cut translation costs, eliminate unwanted newlines, and ship documentation alongside the product.
Frequently Asked Questions
PTC Arbortext Products
Explore these videos, data sheets, and release announcements to learn more about our solutions for real-time validation, automatic publishing, task-based graphical content, streamlined change management, and more.
Capture valuable input from all participants across your content ecosystem to produce the best possible product and service information for your consumers.
An innovative stylesheet tool that enables designers to configure stylesheets for automatic publishing of structured content.
Produce high-quality illustrations and animations rapidly with real-time CAD data.
Couples data to deliver task-based graphical content specific to product configurations, supporting formats from hard copy to augmented reality.
Automate the publishing of layout-intensive documents with professional, high-quality output.
Manage content-specific service information to facilitate information reuse, streamline change management, and enable delivery of configuration-based technical publications.
A server-based system that manages content flow and delivers high-quality, consistent product and service information throughout the product lifecycle.
Access updated, configuration-specific documents and parts information for your users.
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