hardware?

Hi guys,

What do you guys recommend for a library of commercial hardware? We
are using DBWorks and would like to use custom properties information
in our BOM's.
Fixtures are where we need it for. Do not need it for injection
molding. Currently we have been using a small custom library that one
of the guys made and we keep adding to it.
What about "Library for Standard Parts" by CadParts, Inc., or
"SolidParts" by SolidPartners, Inc., or "SolidWorks Toolbox" by SW? Is
there any different?

Well thanks in advance.

CadGuy

 

I have found that most of the libraries I have tried don't have any
'intelligent' custom properties loaded; therefore, you get a nice looking
part, but it does not give you the required information for your BOM/drawing
title. This means you have to open every part and add your own custom
properties.

Having said the above, it must be hard for the library companies to
determine what custom properties to add - after all, it seems that every
company wants different info in the BOM.

I create my own stuff using design tables and use the following custom
properties:
Part Number/Drawing Number
Description
Material
Size
Mass

Merry

 

get this:
http://www.rhapsodydesignsolutions.com/programs_1.html
to do it quickly

as well ass the one from trimech:
http://www.trimech.com/solutions/techsprt-free-utilities.htm

you should be able to find a good combo that works fast between the two.

I use the one from rds because my flow is design part, fill out props (they
are already in the part temps with xx's as values) then detail. after I get
one det finished you can suck out the props and blast them into another
part, usually similar enough I only have to change the det #, maybe finish,
maybe material, maybe qty reqd. It goes pretty fast that way. The trimech
version allows you to mass change on a onesy scale. Very useful for things
like mfg, date completed, detby, desby, checked by, etc. HTH I have heard
that there is a new solidworks event scheduler to change props but I also
hear it's kind of clunky.

 

Merry,

I have to disagree with the following statement:

At issue is not the underlying information but the format each company
would like to use. (Other than description, vendor, vendor number,
manufacturer, manufacturer number, and maybe material/finish/cost -
there is not a whole lot of extraneous information that needs to be
provided.

All the library companies have to do is create a simple parameter file
that maps the schema of the database to the custom/configuration
property of the users SW model. Much like web based part suppliers do
when they ask you what CAD file format you want to use. This is set up
once when a new user account is created on the website. Why not ask
the user how they want to map the database values to
custom/configuration files.

Most toolbox type programs generate the configuration of the part you
want to use on the fly from a database.

Have the database generate a unique ID that identifies the part. Have
each supplier supply a table that cross references the unique ID with
their part number. This could also work with the Vendor information as
well.


Len