Hello, the CAD department here uses the Enterprise PDM Vault everyday to search/locate both Solidworks and AutoCAD drawings. We are constantly updating the data card everyday. There are some times where we get 20, 50 or 100 drawings that needs to be updated. Is there a scanner available that we could hook up to the EPDM system to scan the drawing number. This way the the data card would automatically pop up or will be listed in the search card so we do not have to keep typing every drawing number we need to locate and update the data card in the package we receive. Any ideas or input would be greatly appreciated
Sam,
What a specialized task!
Any flatbed or document feeder scanner would be more trouble than it's worth.
However, I.R.I.S. makes an interesting pen scanner that might do exactly what you want. It isn't something I would use for multiple lines of text, but to scan a single string of numbers it might do the trick.
Although it brings text directly into many types of document programs, there's no way to know from the tech info if scanned text will automatically pop up in the EPDM search block. But it might.
At worst, you could have a simple text file open and copy/paste that into the search card. It would still beat hand typing.
The pen is called IRISPen Express 6. Here is a link:
http://www.irislink.com/c2-1692-189/IRISPen-6--Overview.aspx#01