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

Question asked by Mike Adam on Dec 16, 2008
Latest reply on Nov 1, 2011 by Samuel Polk

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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

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Mike Adam Dec 17, 2008 5:02 AM

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

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Mike Sveda @ Mike Adam on Dec 17, 2008 10:01 AM

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 @ Mike Sveda on Dec 17, 2008 11:35 AM

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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Mike Adam Dec 18, 2008 6:48 AM

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 @ Mike Adam on Nov 1, 2011 2:46 PM

How'd that turn out, Mike?

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Mike Adam Dec 17, 2008 5:02 AM
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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 @ Mike Adam on Dec 17, 2008 10:01 AM
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  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.....
  
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  - Jeff Sweeney @ Mike Sveda on Dec 17, 2008 11:35 AM
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    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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Mike Adam Dec 18, 2008 6:48 AM
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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 @ Mike Adam on Nov 1, 2011 2:46 PM
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  How'd that turn out, Mike?
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