No PDM linking or "pool integration"

Total integration with PDM linking^[a]

Automatic transfer of meta information (manufacturer designations, standard designations, ERP numbers, material information) and automatic classification in PDM.

The geometry document immediately arrives in CAD as a validly managed PDM standard part / purchased part. The status (e.g. released and unchangeable) is also always correct. Meta information is entered in the corresponding fields of the PDM system during creation.

The parts list and the where-used list are correct. Important: This happens in the background - without the CAD user needing to know the details!

Note

The more case differentiation there is for specific product groups, the more useful the PDM linking becomes. This results in the possibility of defining which of the methods corresponds to the respective products in the company for supplier catalogs or semi-finished products (cross-section length, etc.). The process runs automatically in the background. This even allows you to simplify the operating instructions.

The parts in the pool are installed multiple times. However, deletion of the parts is not prevented. If they are accidentally deleted, old assemblies are probably damaged (without knowing which ones, as there is no where-used list). Even recreating the part can only restore the assemblies in a few CAD systems, as the surface and part IDs have changed, which means that the installation relationships are lost. This makes a separate backup of the pool necessary.

Safety from accidental deletion of files from the general pool. Respectively no special solution for the replication and securing of the pool data necessary.

A global pool no longer exists. The parts are created in the user area and automatically directly checked into the PDM by PARTsolutions. The local workspace can and should be regularly deleted. During new parts selection in PARTsolutions (or for selection on a different work station) the part is copied from the PDM safe. Since the safe is backed up anyway, nothing must be done concerning data backup.

Performance improvement of assemblies through minimal network load.

You only have to wait when checking the assembly in and out of the vault into the local working folder once. All standard and purchased parts are now also copied. Work is carried out locally while the assembly is being worked on.

PARTsolutions always delivers parts "fresh" from the PDM. It makes no difference whether the standard part came from PARTsolutions or from an old assembly in the PDM. The processes are continuous. PARTsolutions geometries are not an exception. By passing on of ERP information, no manual additional work is necessary. PARTsolutions is "seamlessly" integrated between ERP and PDM as a supplier of standard, manufactured, and repeat parts.

With ERP and PDM integration from PARTsolutions, there are no "process gaps" and no special handling is required for standard, purchased and repeat parts in the normal handling of CAD data.