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Drawing Rev. table in solidworks 2009 .problem with PDM REV

Mike Adam Dec 16, 2008 6:16 AM

Hello guys

I want the latest revision number to appear in the revision table automatically once he inserts Revision table

in solidworks drawing file. and also once I increase the revision in PDM Enterprise I want the revision number to be updated automatically inside the revision table in the drawing file.

so is there any way to :

1- let SolidWorks to insert the latest revision in the revision table once we Add revision table to drawing file ?

2- let SolidWorks automatically change the revision number which is inside the revision table every time the revision of the file changes in PDM?

3- let SolidWorks automatically inserts the information from "Comment" which we write whenever we change status of the file inside description column in the revision table?

And if I wasn't able to describe the problem exactly, this attached picture shows the problem we have between PDM and SolidWorks

Regards

Drawing Rev. table in solidworks 2009 .problem with PDM REV

Mike Adam Dec 17, 2008 5:02 AM (in response to Mike Adam)

revision table Mapping to Revisions and comments from the history of the drawing file

here is another screenshot explains more (attached)
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  Mike Sveda Dec 17, 2008 10:01 AM (in response to Mike Adam)
  
  In 2008, I was trying to do the same but failed. You can map the transition comment to a variable and have a field on the titleblock to display that variable. However, the comment can only be displayed as a single line of text with no word wrapping.......so we tell people to look at the pdm history for changes.....
  
  Maybe 2009 works better?
  
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    Jeff Sweeney Dec 17, 2008 11:35 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)
    
    No, pretty sure there have been no enhancements on this in Enterprise 2009.
    
    Mike, you are going to need to write code to make this happen. ...and regarding that -I think it would be a lot less code if you let the revision block be the master and have it drive the values in Enterprise (link) rather than Enterprise driving the revision block as you are planning.
    
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Drawing Rev. table in solidworks 2009 .problem with PDM REV

Mike Adam Dec 18, 2008 6:48 AM (in response to Mike Adam)

Thanks very much for the ideas, I will try to do that and I will let you know

Regards
Mike
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  Samuel Polk Nov 1, 2011 2:46 PM (in response to Mike Adam)
  
  How'd that turn out, Mike?
  
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