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SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

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Would you revision control your purchased parts by putting them into a vault folder?  Or would you not and just put them into a folder designated as a "library"?

Also, if you put your purchased parts into the vault, do you loose the drag/drop feature of "library" parts?

RE: SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

SWUSER71,

   I would attach a specification control to your purchased parts.  This allows you to explain just what your part is and why you selected it.  You can provide required performance and alternate manufacturers and part numbers.

   Such a document should be under revision contro.  

               JHG

RE: SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

we put all purchased parts (non-revision controlled parts) in the design library. Only revision controlled parts went into PDM vault.
Our library of purchased parts which are accessible company wide on a network drive, was read only for most users, only a few people had write access so we would have some control over it.

-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
8 GB RAM  -  Nvidia Quadro FX1700

RE: SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

I'm with Joe, design library.  

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

RE: SW Enterprise PDM - purchased parts

The library makes sense.
You can also create a folder within the vault and check-in to there as revision "-".

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP5.0
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