Revision Definition


We currently use PDMWorks Workgroup as follows successfully. Thereis a primary revision range consisting of "0-99" and a secondarylist "-, A, B ...". Sequential rev block is checked. The Lifecyclesallow "Prelims" to carry the primary (numeric) designation. Whenchanged to "released" the rev designator becomes alpha. This worksfine for us.

Recently I have been requested to add another sub-set to the revdesignations to handle more minor revs. For example, a mispellingchange made to a prelim drawing may be "02.01". A similar change toa released drawing would be "B.01".

My initial thought was to use the tertiary level for thisrequirement. In lifecyles, I could allow primary (01) to becombined with tertiary (.01) to get "01.01". The problem is that Icannot find a way to turn off the secondary set. Even though mylifecycle rule has just primary and tertiary checked, I still endup with a rev which includes the secondary - for example "02-.01"The secondary cannot seem to be turned off. Similarly, if I have a"released" lifecycle drawing, I cannot get the primary designatorto not show - for example "02A.01".

Has anyone run into this?SolidworksWorkgroup Pdm