PDMWorks setup
PDMWorks setup
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I am trying to setup our PDMWorks vault, but have quickly become annoyed with its slow manual method of creating projects. Does anyone out there know of a way to take an exiting windows files structure, with or without the files, and copy it over into PDMWorks.
Also, is anyone out there experienced with PDMWorks and know where I can get some tips and tricks with PDMWorks? I'ld greatly appreciate anyone who can steer me in the right direction.
Thanks.
Vang
Also, is anyone out there experienced with PDMWorks and know where I can get some tips and tricks with PDMWorks? I'ld greatly appreciate anyone who can steer me in the right direction.
Thanks.
Vang






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Bradley
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Oh well.... back to my fun life of servitude to PDMWorks.
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I have found in the past that once, a system that has over fifty categories, it is hard to find anything. In your case, this would be folders. We have setup a few projects and put new work into their folders. Once a drawing is released, we move it to a released folder. The plan is that when the project is complete we will delete the folder. Have not done this as of yet. PDM/Works has such a great search tool that I never go to a project and start hunting. I start all my searches from the top. Although I do see engineers clicking there way through the tree. I do not understand why and I do not ask. Some things are better left unsaid. I hope this helps.
Bradley
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Working outside PDM/Works has not been an easy road for us. Some of our Engineers do not trust the PDM, so they are working outside the system. We have a seat of PDM/Works for everyone who models in SolidWorks, currently 19 seats of SolidWorks and 27 seats of PDM/Works. Working outside the PDM we find extra copies, and within those copies the model features are not the same. So when someone is working with a sub-assembly outside the PDM, he or she must always check with the responsible Engineer as to the last. While everyone else works within the PDM and he or she checks in any changes someone else might want to see. Everyone is kept current.
Bradley
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I agree, and yes it is the engineers butt if something goes wrong and they know it.
Thanks for the explanation.
Bradley