I work for a company that first began using SolidWorks in1997. At that time, only one Mechanical Engineer was using itexclusively. I used it on a limited basis myself until 2000. Then Ileft the company until 2007.
Flash forward to 2008. We have not yet installed PDMWorks. Amajority of our Engineers and Designers now use SolidWorks. Therewas an attempt by a now departed employee to standardize hardwareand other commonly used models. Unfortunately, we have many largeassemblies with duplicates of what should be standard models(hardware, pipe fittings, switches, etc).
I'm under the impression that you should only have one standardmodel for a particular size and type of component in PDMWorks.Let's say hardware for example. If we attempt to standardize suchhardware by eliminating all duplicates, aren't we asking fortrouble?
Also, is there any resource (other than here) available foradvising someone of pitfalls and shortcuts when implementingPDMWorks?
ThanksSolidworksWorkgroup Pdm
Flash forward to 2008. We have not yet installed PDMWorks. Amajority of our Engineers and Designers now use SolidWorks. Therewas an attempt by a now departed employee to standardize hardwareand other commonly used models. Unfortunately, we have many largeassemblies with duplicates of what should be standard models(hardware, pipe fittings, switches, etc).
I'm under the impression that you should only have one standardmodel for a particular size and type of component in PDMWorks.Let's say hardware for example. If we attempt to standardize suchhardware by eliminating all duplicates, aren't we asking fortrouble?
Also, is there any resource (other than here) available foradvising someone of pitfalls and shortcuts when implementingPDMWorks?
ThanksSolidworksWorkgroup Pdm
