Our company usually only uses B and D size formats. Now we've decided that it would be useful to have C size as well. So I went into the \Program files\Solidworks\data to retrieve a generic C format. I made changes to have it link perameters that are set up in our parts properties. I also...
I checked a drawing in to PDM for the first time. I have the revision scheme set up as: 00.0 for primary and seconday and 00 for tertiary. Once the part/drawing are released it will read A.0 00, but for right now reads 00.0 00. The tertiary is there only as a ticker for check-ins. I made...
In my last job, I recall being able to check-out from PDM parts/drawings without taking ownership. It did not make the files become read-only. I was able to do "saves" locally without asking the owner to release it. It was only at the time that I checked it back-in that I would have to ask...
I've been selected to be the PDMWorks vault admin. My only previous experience is that I was a user at my last company. So I have had to tackle one problem after another on my own trying to get this up and running. I finally figured out a solution for toolbox parts. Whew! They seem to be doing...
I have a top assembly that I am getting ready to check-in to PDMWorks. We are just now implementing PDM, even though we have sub-asemblies that were created six months ago. Some of the hardware was found on-line and imported into Solidworks. Other hardware parts were created as a part by...
