Recent content by CajunCAD

Our company is in need of a method to inspect small internal features (1/4" thru 9/16" AutoClave Medium Pressure port surfaces) of parts in the 4' long to 10' long size range and we are considering using a CMM. If we purchase a CMM it will be used to inspect numerous other items to justify the...

The big issue that is brewing is our manufacturing people don't truly want to use PDM. They see what appears to be a way to link a document to an MRP field and utilize this to access documents so there not a need for them to use PDM. Without knowing what our potential PDM software will be they...

I agree that we must have discipline. Without this no system will work. I think this is going to be a higher profile issue here and compliance will be required. Our security risks are twofold: 1) We need to maintain our proprietary data. 2) We need to eliminate the chance of someone printing...

My company currently used Made 2 Manage (M2M) as its MRP system. M2M allows us to link a file type (PDF for example) to Item Master entries, Manufacturing Routers, PO's etc... We are also looking into implementing a PDM (Product Data Management) system to secure our documents (Standards...

I've got the evaluation copy downloaded, just haven't had the time to install and evaluate. Any features in DBWorks that are significantly better than the competition? Any features that could be improved but don't really hold you back? Anything that you have had to develop a workaround for...

Try 3DContentCentral - what you need may be there already. I've had to model most of my own. [sad]

I did pick up on that during the presentation and it is somewhat of a disappointment. What product did you go with Mike?

PDM search update: Local VAR thinks SmarTeam is much more than we need along with the associated maintenance and cost Local VAR is getting set up to represent Conisio - wainting to see something here Looked at Arena Solutions and their downfall is the document vault is on a web server in...

What SW bells & whistles is it missing? I am familiar with Cyco and used their AM-Workflow product from 1993-1999 with AutoCad files.

RawheadRex I am definitely interested in opinions and experiences. There is a possibility that I may be able to go to SW2005 to meet with multiple PLM vendors at once. Unfortunately SmartTeam and Agile aren't listed as exhibitors. Once we make a decision I will update with our selection and why.

Right now I think the top three contenders we are considering are SmartTeam, Synergis Adept, and Agile PLM. I am in the process of contacting these companies to get their literature, demos, sales pitch, etc...

I am currently looking for an enterprise wide document management solution. I have looked up previous posts on this subject and while learning some things I would like to get some user input. The PDM software I am looking for needs to be able to: -handle SolidWorks files (looking at Gold...

We installed SW2005 about 2 weeks ago. The first things we noticed were multiple crashes and sluggishness. Now we rarely experience a crash and the sluggishness seems to be gone. The only explanation we can come up with is that on day 1 of SW2005 every file was being "upgraded" from SW2004 and...

Thanks rockguy. Worked like you said and it sure is a PITA. Louis

I have applied some decals in PhotoWorks and they render to the screen properly. When I render the same model to a file it doesn't render the decals. Any ideas on what's wrong? Louis