Doese anyone have experience working with both DriveWorks and EPDM? I am interested to hear how this was accomplished. I am interested in seeing how closely integrated they are. Is there an advantage to having things automatically checked into the vault? OR, would it make sense to leave them separate?
Hi Pete,
DriveWorks Solo does not integrate with SolidWorks EPDM. DriveWorks Pro does. The integration began life as a Plugin that could be downloaded from the DriveWorks User Community, however it now comes preinstalled and is full integrated on all installations of DriveWorks 10.
More information on the integration can be found here:
http://docs.driveworkspro.com/Topic/SolidWorksEnterprisePDMPluginSettings
The advantage of having models automatically checked in and out of EPDM is that you remove that manual process before and after model generation. Whether or not you are using EPDM is up to you, however if you are then DriveWorks can handle the checking in and out of models/drawings automatically.
I know the guys at Razorleaf have also created a plugin for DriveWorks and EPDM integration that has some additional functionality such as assigning file numbering automatically. http://razorleaf.com/tag/driveworks-customization/
I hope that helps answer your question
Chris