I am currently working on setting up WPDM for my company and am working with a test vault on my local computer before setting up the network vault for all user. I have experience with it at my previous company but they did not utilize the WPDM revision table.
My question: After inserting my revision table, I add my revision and any corresponding revision symbols. Now I go to check and fill in the notes section (where the revision description comes from) and check-in my document, the software inserts a new revision line with the revision and description. Not a problem except now the revision line I previously added is still there and the symbols reference it and not the WPDM created revision line. Why doesn't it add the revision description to my existing line? What if i wanted to print my drawing prior to checking it in? The revision line would be missing. If I rely on the WPDM adding the revision line at check-in, I can't add my revision symbols. So now I have to check it back out, add the revision symbols, and check it back in? When I check it back in the second time, I don't want to bump the revision again, so I use read from file. Now if i dont fill in the revision description again, my revision line is missing its description.
Anybody know what to do to make this work easier? Or should I do the revision table manually and not rely on WPDM like we did at my previous company?
Thanks for any replies,
Matt Martens
It is an awkward workflow but if you use WPDM to maintain the rev block, I'm afraid there's not much choice. Overall, I have found the benefits to outweigh the problems. I think what you outlined about "read from file" is about the best you can hope for - just be sure to enter the rev line info again prior to hitting "checkin".