By the end of Q1 2025, the PLM will completely replace CDD and will become the official platform for verifying all Design data.

Depending on the state of your CAD data:

Control process already started, but not finished in CDD
You need to ensure that signatures are completed for any CDD drawings you want to validate. If this is not done, signatures applied in CDD will be lost.
 
If you want to validate the design afterwards, the verification workflow will need to be restarted, and signatures re-applied in the PLM via the Design Verification Workflow. This can be done after either manually launching the 'Ready for Check in PLM' feature in SmarTeam or after moving your data onto the PLM upon request to PLM Support.

The standard 'Ready for Check' will no longer be available in SmarTeam.
 
The up-to-date list of drawings that are undergoing a Control Process in CDD is available at this link.

After verification in PLM, any subsequent changes to the design data will still be performed in SmarTeam, except for the data that has already been moved onto the PLM.

 

Verification process has yet to start in SmarTeam
The standard 'Ready for Check' will no longer be available and you will only be able to use the 'Ready for Check in PLM' feature to initiate a Design Verification Workflow in the PLM to verify your design. 

Please find more information at:

• CDD to PLM Transition
• Ready for Check in PLM FAQ
   

Verification process already started in the PLM
You are already on the new system. You are not affected by the phase-out of CDD.

After verification in PLM, any subsequent changes to the design data will still be performed in SmarTeam, except for the data that has already been moved onto the PLM.
 

To get started with the PLM, please check out our e-learning modules:

• Search & Navigation in the CERN PLM
• Workflow & Votes in the CERN PLM
• Design Verification Workflow preparation in the CERN PLM

The complete training catalogue is available at this link.

Also see the CDD to PLM informative session presentation and recording here.

Do not hesitate to contact us at plm.support@cern.ch in case of questions / doubts.