Help with PDM organization.
Help with PDM organization.
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When we started using SW we organized our parts as follows: Folder A contains assemblies A1, A2, and A3. So in Windows Explorer you can see them listed. Now that we instituted PDMWorks, if A1 has some reference to A2 then "Project" A might only list A1, and A3, with A2 being a child of A1 and not initially shown. Is there any intuitive way to get A1,A2, and A3 to show up at the same level under Project A? Possibly forcing A2 to show up as a link under A1?






RE: Help with PDM organization.
RE: Help with PDM organization.
I work in a corporate setting where PDMworks was transitioned in a few months after we started modeling with Solidworks. I tried to organize very much the way you describe. (I did not have to organize for revision control at the time)
As we have moved out of a different PDM and into PDMworks (this means every document from simple part drawings to quality documentation, quality procedures, etc.) the organization of the Solidworks files has been very smooth and very user friendly. I only requested that I have 1 folder for Soliworks files. Under that folder lies the file structure that PDMADMIN describes. The top level assemblies house the parts and sub-assemblies and drawings.
My recommendation would be the same. Just allow a natural transition to PDMworks and let the software do the organization. If it is necessary in the future to create projects and re-organize, it should be very easy, as all you must do is own a document to move to another project.
Another recommendation would be to search PDMADMIN'S threads (shout out to you, dude). He is very knowledgable about the add in. You will find loads of information by this action.
Don't sweat it.
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RE: Help with PDM organization.
RE: Help with PDM organization.
Anyway, please go to the SW site and put in an enhancement. I've been asking for this for a while, and if others do it too, it's more likely to get put in.
Matt