MASTERING PDMWorks
MASTERING PDMWorks
(OP)
so i have been using PDM for about 2 years but i have never really taken any courses on how to use it and how to use its full potential.
How many of you guys think you have a pretty firm grasp on how everything works and how to utilize the program to its full potential. And if you do chime in, could you please give me a direction on how to go about furthering my knowledge of this program.
Thanks!
How many of you guys think you have a pretty firm grasp on how everything works and how to utilize the program to its full potential. And if you do chime in, could you please give me a direction on how to go about furthering my knowledge of this program.
Thanks!






RE: MASTERING PDMWorks
After two years, you should have a decent grasp on things I would think. In what capacity do you use it (i.e. user or admin)?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
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For example, some people like to do A-00, B-00, C-00.
others like to use T1, T2, T2
then you got the date guys 11-02-08
then you have the Version guys v1.1, v1.2, v2.0, vA1, vA5 (yes version A 5)
then you have the number guys Rev 1, Rev 2, Rev 3
LASTLY, you have the Product SKU# which trumps all other numbers before it, and the SKU also has a revision attached to it...
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
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There are a few threads on here about naming conventions, part numbering, etc. that can help you establish one that works for your company.
(at first it was a headache here because there was no standard either and everybody did whatever they wanted in regards to part naming also)
Flores
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thread559-45542: Drawing numbering system
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Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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If you can get the Engineering manager behind you, come up with a Revision control scheme. Then you roll out the control with management backing you.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes
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There seems to be this rejection towards part number which doesnt help. As it is, the names grow to be humongous, and then when the part is released, the words: SKU XXXXX - get added to the begginning of the filename which has been released for production. As a consequence, whatever assembly was using that part gets a broken reference.
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Be aware though, that if you have lots of legacy data in your production vault, you will still have to allow for revisions etc that maybe do not occur in you new scheme. The best time to set in stone in PDMWorks is before you have production data in. That unfortunately is not always how you able to work.
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sorry for the dumb question
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We put our files copied from the Vault to anywhere we like. We manage our own work and most of the time no one ever sees the files on our computers. When one checks the files back into the vault they automatically go to the project folder they were copied from.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
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When you release the part for production?
When you are done working with the part?
When you hand it off to another engr?
Just trying to gauge how other people do it.
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We have two rules that are not always followed:
1. If working on your local hard drive you must copy all files to network drive every day. So others can see the work if you never show up for work again and the network drive gets backed up. We have had engineers loose their hard drives.
2. Or check in your work to PDM everyday, no matter what state of completion.
extra:
3. Do not release ownership till complete.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes