PDMWorks organization?
PDMWorks organization?
(OP)
Hi, we're about to implement PDMWorks and I understand that you organize the basic structure by project files. I'm new to this company and they like having subfolders for each sub-assembly so you end up with a layered document tree. I prefer a flat directory structure (everything in one place) but I want to make a choice for the company that makes the most sense.
What would you recommend so far as a folder structure in PDMWorks?
What would you recommend so far as a folder structure in PDMWorks?






RE: PDMWorks organization?
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
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RE: PDMWorks organization?
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Specialist
Invacare Corp.
RE: PDMWorks organization?
Prototypes
Cat 1-Prototype
Cat 2-Prototype
Cat 3-Prototype
Cat 4-Prototype
Cat 5-Prototype
Released
Cat 1-Released
Cat 2-Released
Cat 3-Released
Cat 4-Released
Cat 5-Released
This also makes it easy to find a part or assembly in either prototype or release state.
Hope all this makes sense
Best Regards,
Jon
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Solidworks 2006 SP0.0
RE: PDMWorks organization?
In short I recommend keeping things as simple as is practical for your organization. You can always fairly easily tweak your scheme upward as time goes by. Untangling complexity is another matter altogether I've found.
Best of luck to you!
Chris Gervais
Application Engineeer
CADD Edge
RE: PDMWorks organization?
For example, here at my office we have a total of five project folders. One is the called Bulk because that was the bulk migration from SmarTeam, we have 3 more for company divisions and the last one is called Trash.
A tip about deleting files from PDMWorks, don't do it. Once you delete something it is gone and so is all of its history. Unfortunately that is one of the first things I learned. After that I created the Trash project and hid it from other users, which is where I now move things that need to be deleted. There is a good section on the use of a trash project in the PDMWorks help files.
Good luck and welcome to PDMWorks.
Regards,
Dan Olid
SW2006 SP3.4
PDMW 3.0
Cad Designer/PDMW Admin
RE: PDMWorks organization?
RE: PDMWorks organization?
10000
10100
10200
...and so on. Drawings are sorted by part number, so part and assembly drawings are mixed together. Searches are easy as well. Model files are in a separate set of project folders under a similar folder structure.
Yanceman