3 Replies Latest reply on Sep 26, 2007 3:05 PM by Steve Ostrovsky

Is Enterprise the correct fix to our large number of parts in PDMW?

Todd Davis Sep 24, 2007 2:49 PM

We are looking at possibly upgrading out PDMW to Enterprise. Themain reason is due the limits in the amount of data that PDMW canhandle. We currently have over 14,000 projects in PDMW and it isstarting to crash. Solidworks and our VAR is aware of thesitutation. No solution as of yet. One solution is to upgrade toPDME. Our company has over 85,000 parts and growing. Some of ourspecifications and doesigns are Solidworks data and some arenothing more than a written specification. We also have .xls andother files that are part of the specification or data that wewould like to manage about the part. Is there any information thatlists what system is better suited in handleing. We do need tocolaborate with our China office and Korea office. Also we havemany other database based systems that we currently can't tie intowith PDMW. Would this be possible with enterprise. I am looking forany information that shows/list the differences in the twosoftwares and advantages.
Thanks
Todd Davis
Design Engineer - Dorman Products

Is Enterprise the correct fix to our large number of parts in PDMW?

Devon Sowell Sep 24, 2007 3:09 PM (in response to Todd Davis)

Hi Todd-

This is some information about PDMW Enterprise from SolidWorks;

"PDMWorks Enterprise is uniquely positioned for customers that need:
1. To support more than 10 CAD and PDM users.
2. To manage data at different locations
3. To manage data using simple automated workflow"

Perhaps you should consider asking your VAR for a demo.
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  Todd Davis Sep 24, 2007 4:47 PM (in response to Devon Sowell)
  
  Well the big limitation right now is that we have maxed out thenumber of projects.
  
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Is Enterprise the correct fix to our large number of parts in PDMW?

Steve Ostrovsky Sep 26, 2007 3:05 PM (in response to Todd Davis)

Todd - Since PDMWorks is a flat file database, you are going to definitely run into large dataset problems. PDMWorks Enterprise runs on SQL Server (you actually get it with the product) and shouldn't be limited by the number of projects that are needed.

I will tell you that the data migration on such a large dataset will take a lot of time. As Devon mentioned, get a hold of your VAR and get a good technical demo where you can get your questions answered.
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