Unique part numbers
Unique part numbers
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Dear all,
I know this has been done to death before but I can't find a concice answer to this question...
We are a small company and using SolidWorks 2007 to design and also manage the BOM. Prior to now I haven't been giving anything a part number, we haven't really had enough parts to make it worth while. I'm starting to plan for the future though and I'm sure that a system implimented correctly now will pay dividends in the future. My question is:
When I store parts in the PDMWorks Vault I enter certain data as I am checking the part in. (Cost, lead time, supplier etc.) I would like to use the same system to enter a part number, is there a (simple) way to auto-incriment part numbers. For example, in the morning I check in a part, it's number is 00001. Later in the day I check in a second part, the part number box is automatically filled in as 00002.
Many thanks, Tim
I know this has been done to death before but I can't find a concice answer to this question...
We are a small company and using SolidWorks 2007 to design and also manage the BOM. Prior to now I haven't been giving anything a part number, we haven't really had enough parts to make it worth while. I'm starting to plan for the future though and I'm sure that a system implimented correctly now will pay dividends in the future. My question is:
When I store parts in the PDMWorks Vault I enter certain data as I am checking the part in. (Cost, lead time, supplier etc.) I would like to use the same system to enter a part number, is there a (simple) way to auto-incriment part numbers. For example, in the morning I check in a part, it's number is 00001. Later in the day I check in a second part, the part number box is automatically filled in as 00002.
Many thanks, Tim






RE: Unique part numbers
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
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RE: Unique part numbers
Or is your part number an individual property in your file and you have a different file name?
RE: Unique part numbers
RE: Unique part numbers
1. Use dumb numbers for part number (don't even be tempted to have commodity codes).
2. Use the part number as your file name.
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: Unique part numbers
RE: Unique part numbers
One of the best threads on this topic is thread559-45542: Drawing numbering system
... but it still doesn't give a concise answer. Develop a numbering system which is a good fit for your company, its products, and all the relevant users.
Good luck ... you going to need it.
RE: Unique part numbers
RE: Unique part numbers
RE: Unique part numbers
If you want to get more sophisticated look at a product called ARAS Innovator. It is a free, open source solution.
http://www.aras.com
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: Unique part numbers
Eric
RE: Unique part numbers
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Unique part numbers
RE: Unique part numbers
I am very curious about Anna's reference to ARAS, whether this software would be suitable as a general document control system. A couple years ago we went paperless for job travelers and prints in our shop. That works great. Now we are investigating going paperless in the office. The would include anything we currently keep in file cabinets.
Any of your thoughts would be welcome, but perhaps this should be posted elsewhere.
tia, Diego
RE: Unique part numbers
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Unique part numbers
We use a different solution for our document management called VisualVault.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com