PDMWorks set-up
PDMWorks set-up
(OP)
We have just purchased Solidworks and PDMWorks software. The PDMWorks standalone client is installed on my computer. When I try to access it, it is asking for a vault computer. I dont think anything is setup yet as a vault computer. We have no help here from a programming stand point to set that up. All our systems administrator did was install the software on all the machines. I dont think anything else was set up. I am a Mechanical engineer with no programming background. Do you think I will be able to set up the vault computer and set up user information and stuff with my background. If not, who should I contact to get some help. Thank you.






RE: PDMWorks set-up
RE: PDMWorks set-up
Bradley
RE: PDMWorks set-up
RE: PDMWorks set-up
Assign 2 users to be the PDMWorks Administrator and get training.
Before your VAR sets you up, write down your documentation processes/steps so PDMWorks can be setup close to how you want it. Your PDMW Admin will fine tune it later.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: PDMWorks set-up
Bradley
RE: PDMWorks set-up
You better stop that practice right now. It is not to late. I am surprised that your controller required you to check in new screws made from Tool Box for each new screw. What a waste of human resources!
I am glad that you realize that you did not use Tool Box the way it was intended. But it sounds like you are going to continue generating and checking your "custom screws".
Alex
RE: PDMWorks set-up
I am sorry we ever went down that path. The person that was in charge (controller) is no longer with us. We have just about every screw, nut and bolt that we would ever need into the PDM and attached to hundreds, if not thousands of assemblies. We have not had the need to generate a new screw for months now. Fixing the screws to be right and then re-mating them in the assemblies would takes 1,000’s of hours.
This all started because the person assigned to the Tool Box program in the beginning (We only had one license), his elevator did not go to the top flour. I did not have a license and my job in the beginning was getting the templates and properties to be automated.
Bradley
RE: PDMWorks set-up
I would create a second library and and use two until you get stuff revised over.
Jason