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.dwg check in to PDMWorks

.dwg check in to PDMWorks

.dwg check in to PDMWorks

(OP)
Hello all,

We currently use Synergis' NFM file management system but soon will be switching to Solidworks/PDMWorks.  We want to bulk check-in all our legacy .dwg files (~10,000 total).  My question is twofold:

1. Is there a way to import the NFM library card data for each .dwg into PDMWorks?

2. If not, can PDMWorks read/extract the title block data in each .dwg and could users then do searches in this data through PDMWorks?  I've tried the AutoCAD property mapping funcionality in the bulk check-in utility, but when I click on a .dwg that I've checked in, there are no properties associated with it.

Thanks in advance.

- Chris

RE: .dwg check in to PDMWorks

I am not aware of a way to do it. I will try it tomorrow.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

RE: .dwg check in to PDMWorks

Hi Chris,

We had pretty much the same situation a couple of years ago. We had a drawing control database that contained more information than was available in the drawings. With AutoCAD, PDMWorks is mapped to block attributes withing the drawing. I wrote some vba code (and some lisp) that opened up each drawing, inserted a new block and populated it with information from our database. The drawings were then bulk loaded into PDM. If you already have the required attributes in your drawings, you should not have any problems. You just have to set up your PDM property mappings to suit your attributes.

Hopr this helps :)

D

RE: .dwg check in to PDMWorks

(OP)
Badwolf,

Thanks for the info.  I believe we have most of the required information (to get by, at least) in the Autocad drawings.  I guess I need to dig deeper into the PDM property mapping functionality.  I don't know a thing about vba or lisp, so maybe I'll have to learn about that as well.

- Chris

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