Filenaming and Archiving
Filenaming and Archiving
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Hi,
We're a new company and we are at a stage where we are about to start numbering are parts and releasing them and creating drawings.
We need to keep a copy of all are solid edge files (par, asm, dft) for every revision as we go. ie Part 123 current REV is D and we still have the part files A through C.
Are thoughts are to have a "Active" folder and an "Archive" folder. The questions we have are
-do we put the REV letter in the filename of file (PART-123-D.par) for active parts? We plan to for the archive folder so that we can have all the revs of each part in one folder (ie can't have the same filename)
-do people use the "Status" in the File Properties to lock a file by going to Released?
-if we "up" the REV of a part, we don't want to up the REV of the assemblies its in. But if the assembly is locked/Released, what happens if you need to redo some relations since you changed the part?
If you guys got anwsers to these questions or just post how you system works it would be great!
Thanks
We're a new company and we are at a stage where we are about to start numbering are parts and releasing them and creating drawings.
We need to keep a copy of all are solid edge files (par, asm, dft) for every revision as we go. ie Part 123 current REV is D and we still have the part files A through C.
Are thoughts are to have a "Active" folder and an "Archive" folder. The questions we have are
-do we put the REV letter in the filename of file (PART-123-D.par) for active parts? We plan to for the archive folder so that we can have all the revs of each part in one folder (ie can't have the same filename)
-do people use the "Status" in the File Properties to lock a file by going to Released?
-if we "up" the REV of a part, we don't want to up the REV of the assemblies its in. But if the assembly is locked/Released, what happens if you need to redo some relations since you changed the part?
If you guys got anwsers to these questions or just post how you system works it would be great!
Thanks





RE: Filenaming and Archiving
My general procedure for this is to have an active file for
part assembly and drawing. The drawing should always reference the same same name. Do not add rev to filename.
As you archive your files, make copies of them to a rev folder, and (using windows explorer) rename the old files (I use .old cause I only keep the last rev, but you could give them .a, .b, .c and soforth)
Hope it helps...
Also see the forum on configuration management...
Wes C.
RE: Filenaming and Archiving
When using the status property, the way to move the status is to create a new file and changing the rev letter on the filename is an easy way to do that. Of course, the assemblies don't automatically find the latest version of a part. Then again, do you want it to without an ECO driving the process so you can capture any upline changes that may not have been found when only changing the part?
--Scott
For some pleasure reading, try FAQ731-376
RE: Filenaming and Archiving
we do want to be able to change the REV of a lower level part and not have to update the assemblies its in. So if we change a tolerance on the drawing of a lower level part, we up the REV of the part and the drawing, but by keeping the REV out of the filename we can just take the old one out to our archive (rename it to have its REV in the filename) and then put the new version in the original folder with the part number only in the filename. That way the links are all updated.
Do you guys only up the REV on the drawing and not the part? If so would the part file actually ever be REVed up?
RE: Filenaming and Archiving
After we revise the part, we put the old revision in an archive folder and use the link management file to automatically resolve the broken link caused by moving the file. When we open the assembly, it still references the old part, but because we use status, it is flagged for us and then we can replace with the current rev. This allows us to capture that information on the assembly's ECO. Since only the tolerance changed, and revision is not used in the BOM, there is no reason to update the assembly just for a part tolerance change. Nothing in the assembly should change.
--Scott
For some pleasure reading, try FAQ731-376
RE: Filenaming and Archiving
RE: Filenaming and Archiving
The work around is to open it up, save as the same name under a different folder. Then move the copy to the original location overwriting the existing released file.
--Scott
--Scott
For some pleasure reading, try FAQ731-376