Revision Control
Revision Control
(OP)
'm having a problem with revisions. We only use one letter A-Z for our revisions and a new drawing doesn't have a revision letter. In our PDMWorks options I use a '-' as the revision before 'A'. I also use '+' for the Working Copy. A drawing can get checked in multiple times before it's complete as the lifecycle 'In Progress' and the revision level shows up as '-+'. When this drawing is finished, it gets checked in and the lifecycle gets changed to 'Approved' but the revision level stays at '-+'. That seems to be OK but once a revision is done later on and checked back in at 'A', you can no longer view the original copy '-+' anymore.
If this doesn't make any sense I can clarify.
Thanks in advance.
If this doesn't make any sense I can clarify.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
Carmanah Design and Manufacturing
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.carmanahdesign.com






RE: Revision Control
That being said, we use "PR" (Prototype) before it gets to "-" status followed by 01,02,03 etc...
We have our PDM Lifecycle set the 'Approved' status to Primary rev status only, so when you release a drawing the working copy "+" goes away
RE: Revision Control
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)
RE: Revision Control
I can pick which Rev to open but it only gives me the option of Rev 'A' or 'B'. Rev '-' is no longer available. (I've attached a screenshot)
Sean
Carmanah Design and Manufacturing
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.carmanahdesign.com
RE: Revision Control
An important side note: Because working copies are not preserved, it is impossible to rollback to a working copy. For example: Current revision is C and you wish to rollback to an earlier revision. You can rollback to A or B but not A+ or B+.
Colleagues, please correct if I am mistaken.
Marc
RE: Revision Control
(Also, not your question, but just a reminder not to use the letters I, O, Q, S, X and Z for revisions or any identifiers on drawings per ASME Y14.35, because even though we live a the digital world, these characters (except for X) can still be confused with numbers and can be transcribed incorrectly at any human step...and X just looks like an unfilled field.)
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Revision Control
fcsuper: Yes I'm working from a list of Revisions and '-' is the first. I've attached a few screenshots of our VaultAdmin settings. The two lifecycle screens shows the two status' I'm talking about. 'In Progress' is where the working copy should be used but once it moves to 'Approved' then it should have it's first Rev level '-'.
Sean
Carmanah Design and Manufacturing
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.carmanahdesign.com