PDM works advice

So I need to familiarize myself with PDM works. I have seen demos, but
it has been a while. I have avoided PDM systems for years, as I found
them very restrictive as an independant conceptual designer, but I now
suport several multi-user customers, and need to become conversant and
expert in PDM works. I understand the basic concept of PDM.

Where/how would you suggest familiarizing myself with PDM works? Our
dealer wants to come do a demo, but I would like to understand as much
as possible before that happens.

clay

 

Search this group for "PDMworks" and get 2000+ hits and "search by
date" and browse the notes for lots of notes on issues to deal with,
including limitations.

Solid Professor has a $150 DVD on PDMWorks that has to be fairly cost
efficient for getting up to speed, far more than a demo would ever do.

Bo

 

As you know, Clay I'm very happy with the $650 I spent for the Solid
Professor SolidWorks Professional Bundle. You can get the PDMWorks
Workgroup SolidProfessor training for $139 from Mike Mattera's latest
venture. There is a PDMWorks Workgroup course outline and a sample
video here:

http://www.tipsforcadcam.com/product/SP-SWPDM

 

It looks like Clay may be required to use PDM Works because some
client/customers use it and he doesn't have a choice in whether he
gets along with PDMWorks or not.

Hence, reading some of the prior posts in this Newsgroup will at least
give him a heads up on PDMWorks' quirks & limitations, as he "must go
there", at least sometimes.

Bo

 

experience has been positive. For the money, it gives basic data
management. We have about 15 users that have access to the vault with
various levels of read/write access. It allows us put files into
project folders then move then move them to different projects/folders
while maintaining references, which is a tricky thing when trying to
do this with windows explorer. It allows renaming of files as well and
keeps the references. It lets you maintain complete history of
changes, also. The downside is the check in/check out process will
slow you down some; but that is probably true with any PDM system.

Our VAR provided all the training we needed to get started and really,
it is so basic not much training is needed. They also setup all our
files in the vault. I don't think you will need SolidProfessor
training to get going. There is a PDMWorks tutorial in your
SolidWorks Help that should give you an overview. Hope this helps.

 

What happened to US$ 25 ??
Not any good anymore?

Drooler.