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Collaborative modeling for a small design team

Collaborative modeling for a small design team

Collaborative modeling for a small design team

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My department has 6 floating licences of Pro/E on a network.  We share files, but all of our seats are independent, with no Pro/Intralink, Windchill, or anything.  I have some programming experience and I want to set up a collaborative environment.  My goal is to have a team of designers modeling a single assembly in a common design space all at the same time.  

I am hoping that the J-link API has these capabilities.
 
Does anyone out there know how to do something like this?
Please reply with any comments, suggestions, reading material, etc...

Thanks,
Jonathan

RE: Collaborative modeling for a small design team

Strange that noone suggest you a simple method for such long

    Just put all the data on one system(or the server), and let everyone map that system and work in the same working directory.

Amish Bhushan Goel
Engineer
Hitech e Soft
amg@hitechesoft.com

RE: Collaborative modeling for a small design team

Putting everything in a common directory is asking for problems.  How would a user know if he or she is opening a file the another user already has opened...they may be duplicating work, and only the first user would have rights to save the file after a days worth of work.

I have researched this quite thoroughly, as our company is looking for the same solution, but more along the lines of revision control as the driving force (we have 6 floating licenses, too).  To achieve reliable collaboration and revision control (they go hand in hand), you need a Pro/E specific PDM system.  For regular Joes like you and I, Intralink is total overkill (and very expensive), so we are currently in the process of purchasing 6 floating licenses of truEvault - a Pro/E-specific PDM software that does what we need it to do, but doesn't cost $100K to implement.  You can download a demo at their website, www.trueinnovations.com and the techs are good guys (have implemented features I suggested into new software revs).

Any other questions, email me at spencer.smith@iwkabi.com

Recneps

RE: Collaborative modeling for a small design team

I suggest you to try these cofig options for your benefit


config options :
"override_store_back"
"save_object_in_current"
"search_path"

and let me know.

Amish Bhushan Goel
Engineer
Hitech e Soft
amg@hitechesoft.com

RE: Collaborative modeling for a small design team

can we make union of two solid as in catia

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