We have just installed EPDM and I think it behave a bit strangely.
It is possible to release a Assembly for production containing unreleased Parts and subassemblies. Should this be possible? Shouldent I get a warning that the assembly contains parts with wrong status and that these also will be released???
This is a rule we've been enforcing manually. I think a custom add-in would be a good solution for us, too. It really is too bad that this capability is not built into EPDM... seems like a pretty universal need.
Hello jeremy,
This is a real an issue for us as we had to face this problem recently.
Is it possible to send us your add in or code.
Yours sincerely
I think Barry-Wehmiller has one called Document Reference Validation Tool that is available on their website.
thanks wayne but you can just dowload the presentation pdf file, not the add ins by itself.
we didn't write it ourselves, so I won't be able to share it.
I haven't had a chance to run through this fully but I think you can do the following:
- Add a "CurrentState" field to your Data Card
- Write a Dispatch script to capture the Current State and then write it to that field just before the transition
By getting the Current State value on the Data Card, I think you can then have a Condition in the Transition properties to check for the proper state value.
Someone work through my logic while I try to write up the syntax.
Hi,
BWIR had an opportunity to present about the "Document Reference Validation Tool" during the recent 2012 SolidWorks World Conference.
Please go through the below SolidWorks Presentations download link and search for "Document Reference Validation Tool" where you will be able to download the presentation of the Add-In tool. Unfortunately, there is no video available explaining how tool works but let us know if any help is required in this regard.
http://www.solidworks.com/sww/proceedings/proceedings-presentations.htm
As Wayne mentioned you will be able to get the information from
http://www.bwir.com/content/custom/bwir/downloads.aspx as well.
Note: The workstations during the hands-on session in the conference hall had some tricky issues (duplicate workflows with same state names in the same vault, unable to restart the workstations after loading the Add-Ins due to non-availability of system & vault level passwords and so on). We therefore struggled little to demonstrate it to the best of its capabilities during the live session which we later fixed it by finding the root cause. But the tool works perfectly fine for most of the customer scenarios and in production EPDM environments.
- Kishore Garakipati
Thank you, this seems to be what I need. Too bad that this basic functionality isn´t included from start in EnterprisePDM. I cant see any case where you would like to release an assembly containing unreleased parts?
out of the box, there will be no warning if the assembly you are releasing contains un-released components. We had a custom add-in written to prevent this.