By: Michael Craffey
Oleg, Amen, brother. We struggle with the human factors of PLM and CAD file management, a lot. One of the biggest challenges impeding “quick start” implementations is the management of CAD files and...
View ArticleBy: Nawal
I am not sure just the CAD version management makes the PLM complex. Once you decide to manage CAD – WIP design, your forced to manage unique things to CAD like Part Families, Part realtionship...
View ArticleBy: olegshilovitsky
Mike, Thanks for your comment. Yes, you are right- to speed up implementation in the beginning can be very beneficial for users. Best, Oleg
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Nawal, You figured out a very important issue, thank you! The WIP design management is tricky and complex. I’ve seen situations when people were disturbed by “data management”, so they wanted to drop...
View ArticleBy: David Fulton
Oleg (et al), I think you are missing a key point. . Yes, managing CAD files is a complex and difficult problem. But mostly (or perhaps “only”) because design re-use is such an important factor in the...
View ArticleBy: olegshilovitsky
David, Thank your comment! Actually, I have to say- I agree with you. My point was to identify a problem – the CAD file management is complex and not resolved problem. Most of CAD files today are not...
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Oleg, I agree that it would be nice if “data management” was invisible to an engineer. But I don’t think that is either reasonable or achievable. If there are 2 versions of a part and the only...
View ArticleBy: olegshilovitsky
David, Thanks for your comment! Your example with a version difference that related only to geometry is a good one. Invisible doesn’t mean won’t have a visibility on a difference between versions....
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