Our setup:
-No shared toolbox
-Use fasteners from several local toolboxes
-Prior to release, copy Toolbox part file to vault directory,rename file and remove toolbox link
Primary reason for this is that even for standard fasteners we mustcompletely detail them on a separate drawing to ensure we receivethe correct fastener (overseas sources, typically) with the rightmaterial/coating, not some 1/4-20 x 30mm hybrid thing.
With just a few folks in the vault, it works well but fasteners arealready easily duplicated.
If we switch to a shared toolbox, the only way to replace thetoolbox-assigned part number/description in a BOM is to use fileproperties, right? Ideally, we would let PDMWE assign numbers to avariable and show the variable in the BOM, but BOMs are limited todata in the file.
Is there a clean way to go to a shared toolbox (with "save a copy"option) while being able to populate the drawing BOM with accurate,vault data?
(Here I go again)...I did this easily with DBWorks in a previouslife by populating the drawing BOMs with PDM data ('variant note'functionality). Filenames could be preserved so that the sharedToolbox recognized when an instance had already been used. Thisworked flawlessly.
Thanks in advance,
SpencerSolidworksSolidworks Pdm enterprise Pdm
-No shared toolbox
-Use fasteners from several local toolboxes
-Prior to release, copy Toolbox part file to vault directory,rename file and remove toolbox link
Primary reason for this is that even for standard fasteners we mustcompletely detail them on a separate drawing to ensure we receivethe correct fastener (overseas sources, typically) with the rightmaterial/coating, not some 1/4-20 x 30mm hybrid thing.
With just a few folks in the vault, it works well but fasteners arealready easily duplicated.
If we switch to a shared toolbox, the only way to replace thetoolbox-assigned part number/description in a BOM is to use fileproperties, right? Ideally, we would let PDMWE assign numbers to avariable and show the variable in the BOM, but BOMs are limited todata in the file.
Is there a clean way to go to a shared toolbox (with "save a copy"option) while being able to populate the drawing BOM with accurate,vault data?
(Here I go again)...I did this easily with DBWorks in a previouslife by populating the drawing BOMs with PDM data ('variant note'functionality). Filenames could be preserved so that the sharedToolbox recognized when an instance had already been used. Thisworked flawlessly.
Thanks in advance,
SpencerSolidworksSolidworks Pdm enterprise Pdm
