Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
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Hello,
I have a small (maybe a big one) dilemma and need some advice. Our company has a design library with many many parts, and most have a controlling Vendor Item Drawing (VID) associated with the SW part or assembly. The VID can be a SW drawing, pdf or a dwg document. Here's my problem. We're using PDMWorks Workgroup and the parts are loaded under the Toolbox file path, so there not being checked in to the vault. I need to know how to break the toolbox link and check in these VID parts and drawings because I cannot attach (drag and drop) a VID document to a toolbox/parts library part. I would like to do this without messing up the top level assemblies file paths or file references. Can this be done? See attachment
I have a small (maybe a big one) dilemma and need some advice. Our company has a design library with many many parts, and most have a controlling Vendor Item Drawing (VID) associated with the SW part or assembly. The VID can be a SW drawing, pdf or a dwg document. Here's my problem. We're using PDMWorks Workgroup and the parts are loaded under the Toolbox file path, so there not being checked in to the vault. I need to know how to break the toolbox link and check in these VID parts and drawings because I cannot attach (drag and drop) a VID document to a toolbox/parts library part. I would like to do this without messing up the top level assemblies file paths or file references. Can this be done? See attachment
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--"Coffee Talk" Mike Myers SNL






RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--"Coffee Talk" Mike Myers SNL
RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
(SW install location\toolbox\data utilities\sldsetdocprop.exe
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Pick yes if you want it to be a toolbox part or no if you don't.
Flores
RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
I get what you're saying, but doesn't see to work. I get an error on one of the parts. I think it's because the part is already in the PDM vault, and won't allow mw to change it. See attached
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--"Coffee Talk" Mike Myers SNL
RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
As an alternative, there is an option in the PDMW Vault Admin to allow check in of library parts.
Eric
RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
Flores
RE: Breaking Toolbox from PDMWorks
Will I have trouble with the file paths in the assemblies?
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--"Coffee Talk" Mike Myers SNL