8 Replies Latest reply on May 17, 2016 9:48 AM by Tim Webb

QR codes to files and folders within EPDM vault?

Donovan Hale May 30, 2015 3:30 AM

I am a Quality Control inspector and Reverse Engineer For MAN Blades Division. We manufacture turbine blades on a large scale for the power industry. Every batch of blades has a display file type work-pack accompanying them. I receive these blades during the various production stages, and I check dimensions from a printed out Solidworks drawing and a printed out excel check sheet within the work-pack.

I am trying to move towards a paperless inspection process. All the drawings and check sheets are within our EPDM vault under the various contract folders. I am scanning the completed check sheets and placing them back into the vault, which seems very unnecessary. I have already proved that all my measuring equipment (Height gauges, CMM, Laser scanners) can already insert the dimensions straight into my excel check sheets digitally.

I have a technifor laser marker with an integrated QR and Barcode generator, capable of marking QR codes onto the steel products, as well as a generic QR creator for putting QR's on the job card. I also have a QR/Barcode scanner for the computer I am using with my measuring equipment.

I would like to replace the work pack with a job card, containing a QR code. This way I can scan the job card and it will open the contract folder and I can begin inspecting the product.

Has anyone done something similar, or know how to create a QR code for a folder location within EPDM?

Thanking you in advance,

Donovan, South Africa

Re: QR codes to files and folders within EPDM vault?

Shaodun Lin May 30, 2015 9:18 AM (in response to Donovan Hale)

Hi

You might wish to contact this guy:

Mitchell Caldwell | LinkedIn

Best Regards
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Shaodun Lin
Technical Account Manager - APAC
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Re: QR codes to files and folders within EPDM vault?

Jeff Sweeney Jun 1, 2015 10:45 AM (in response to Donovan Hale)

This sounds like a very interesting project. Please keep us updated.

I don't know much about QR code generation, but here is the format you'll need for the hyperlink navigate into a folder:
conisio://[vault name]/explore?projectid=[projectID]&documentid=[documentID]&objecttype=1
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  Arto Kvick Jun 3, 2015 2:56 AM (in response to Jeff Sweeney)
  
  Jeff, correct me if I'm wrong, but that code need also the file to point to. We still don't have "Conisio" link to folders, do we?
  
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    Jeff Sweeney Jun 3, 2015 8:05 AM (in response to Arto Kvick)
    
    Not technically, but...
    
    [projectID], that’s easy. The ID of the folder you want to open. [documentID] does have to be an ID of a valid file in the vault, but it does not have to be in the folder, if fact if you don’t want to highlight a file, it should not be in the folder. So pick a file that you know will always be in the vault (Toolbox part?) and always use its ID.
    
    The program goes to the folder first, then tries to highlight the file. If the file is not found, the folder simply stays open.
    
    Thus, in this example the only variable is the projectID.
    
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      Arto Kvick Jun 3, 2015 8:05 AM (in response to Jeff Sweeney)
      
      Awesome hack! Never thought of pointing to a another file outside the destination folder... Great!
      
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Sudarsan Ramesh May 17, 2016 2:17 AM (in response to Donovan Hale)

Hi Donovan,

I realize that its been almost a year, and I'm faced with a similar task at work right now. I have to encode some information about to be machined parts into a qr code and put it in the drawing file. Have you found a solution yet? If you have, I request you to post it here.

Thanks!
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  Tim Webb May 17, 2016 9:48 AM (in response to Sudarsan Ramesh)
  
  Hi Sudarsan,
  We are a SOLIDWORKS Solution Partner who develops solutions like this for the SOLIDWORKS PDM product. This is a package we could develop for you. Contact me if interested in a quote.
  Best,
  Tim CEPA
  equivaQ Software
  
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波李 May 17, 2016 2:26 AM (in response to Donovan Hale)

I think you are looking for this
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