When to check in a project to PDMWorks
When to check in a project to PDMWorks
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I have some time to play with PDMWorks again and I'm trying to get my head around the whole application and how it will work with our company and workflow.
I'm not sure when the best time to actually check a project into PDMWorks for the first time. We typically go through many revisions before a "conceptual" project ever become a "real" project. We don't really need to maintain the "conceptual" project revisions and for this reason I was think we wouldn't check our projects into PDMWorks until they became "real" projects in which case we would need to start maintaing the revisions. Does this sound like a reasonable idea? How do others deal with this?
Thanks
I'm not sure when the best time to actually check a project into PDMWorks for the first time. We typically go through many revisions before a "conceptual" project ever become a "real" project. We don't really need to maintain the "conceptual" project revisions and for this reason I was think we wouldn't check our projects into PDMWorks until they became "real" projects in which case we would need to start maintaing the revisions. Does this sound like a reasonable idea? How do others deal with this?
Thanks
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 1/30/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0






RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
So even if you have a project without a project or part #'s ( it may actually never become a "real" project) you are controlling it in PDMWorks. Then if it doesn't materialize you delete it from the vault?
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 1/30/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
KM
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
Everything is controlled by revs and lifecycles. i.e. Prelim (numerical revs), In Check, Released (alpha revs), In Change, etc.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
DESIGN (A, B, C...)
RELEASED (0, 1, 2....)
CONFIGURATION CONTROL (C0, C1, C2....)
The design stage is where we do all the concept work, parts may or may not have a part number at this stage. We generally leave everything at A+ however, and this is one of the main reasons for PDM, following a design review, we can check everything in at, for example, REV B, then make what ever changes we require. Anything that is changed will go to B+. This gives a very useful record of how the design changed, and also if we ever decide to go back to that level, the files are available. Before PDM, we used to have loads of temporary/second copies of files. Another advangtage of PDM is in renaming files, it will still maintain the link.
As said above, you can always delete/archive your files if they are not required.
Regards,
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
RE: When to check in a project to PDMWorks
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 1/30/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0