eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
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Does anyone have an idea on possibly having eDrawings put a time/date stamp on a drawing when it is printed?
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RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
Add Text to the SW drawing or file yourself and save. Then publish out to Edrawings
Add Text to the Edrawing yourself (of course this could be deleted)
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Scott Baugh, CSWP

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RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
"THIS DRAWING VALID FOR 7 DAYS AFTER: 8/10/2004, 7:14am"
The date and time would always be current to when it was printed. This would have to be done transparent to the user. We couldn't rely on them to manually place this on the drawing thru a note in eDrawings.
Does this make since?
We are using a 3rd party drawing view now. Sometimes we run into some compatibility issues. We thought if we could get eDrawings to place a stamp on the printed drawing we could scrap the 3rd party software. eDrawings would be so much more valuable/useful to our company.
DT
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
Just curiuos, why do you use "THIS DRAWING VALID FOR 7 DAYS AFTER: 8/10/2004, 7:14am" ? Just for my info, I have never seen anyone use this on a dwg.
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
Frankly, I hate it as it throws accountability out the window, but its what the organization has agreed upon, and so far it seems to be working.
Ray Reynolds
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RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
Do you use a 3rd party viewer? If so, which one?
In your company, Document Control distributes the drawings? If MFG or an Engineer needs a drawing, they go to Document Control to get one, is that correct?
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
We tried using an expiration date on dwgs. We were asked at every end of the date for a new copy of the new rev. But very few of them were getting updated. It didn't work for us. Just my 2 cents.
I hope someone can get the time/date working for eDrawings for you.
RE: eDrawings - Time/Date stamp
Document Control controls our documents in my company, so yes, if anyone needs a released/production drawing, they go to Doc Control. They print a current drawing out and manually stamp it with a gigantic green stamp with the expiration date.
Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
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