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Pdm

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January 19, 2013
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Hi alls,

I have a Creo Engineer III package.

So it contains Windchild PDMlink and Projectlink.

Last time I've used something like this, it was called ''Intralink 3.4'',
few time ago...

I'm working alone (on just one computer) and don't have any kind of server.

So, I'm wondering if it's possible to use those tools without any additional
bought.

My aim is that it would be fine to have a tool that could help me for
renaming, duplicate models.

I don't need to use sharing functions of Pdm, as I'm working alone.

So, can someone tell me if I can do something with Pdmlink and Projectlink
or is it completely useless in my case ?

Thanks for any advice,

GB

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greatprairie

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If you only need to do renaming, why need PDMLink? Creo or Pro/ENGINEER
itself can do rename.

2013/1/19 g bon <->

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> I’m working alone (on just one computer) and don’t have any kind of server.
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> So, I’m wondering if it’s possible to use those tools without any
> additional bought.****
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> My aim is that it would be fine to have a tool that could help me for
> renaming, duplicate models.****
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> I don’t need to use sharing functions of Pdm, as I’m working alone.****
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> So, can someone tell me if I can do something with Pdmlink and Projectlink
> or is it completely useless in my case ?****
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> Thanks for any advice,****
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> GB****
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mpeterson

1-Visitor

If that part is used in numerous assemblies than you have to open all those
assemblies before the renaming and then save all the assemblies afterward. A
PDM would also help when using master models and wanting a similar design so
that when you do a save as of your assembly it will allow save as of the
master that is driving the parts in the assembly.

Mark A. Peterson

Sr Design Engineer

Igloo Products Corp

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gkbeer

1-Visitor

PDMlink won't allow files with duplicate names to be loaded into its space.
You are required to deconflict any duplicate names as files are loaded
into PDMlink.

In that sense it will help, by making it easier to rename an item
already in PDMlink before adding another duplicatly named item.

I have heard of single users making use of PDMlink.

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bfrandsen

10-Marble

The PDMLink/ProjectLink license that comes with Creo is the Workgroup Manager Client a.k.a. Heavy User license. It allows you to connect to a Windchill server and work towards it.
If you have no access to a Windchill server where you can manage your CAD data, then it is useless.

/Bjarne

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BenLoosli

23-Emerald III

You will need to setup, install and configure the Windchill server side software before you can use the client side.
Also, PDMLink is NOT OOTB ready to use like Intralink3.x was. There is a lot to setup.
You may have access to a IntraLink10 license, instead of PDMlink, which would do only the CAD vaulting that a single user could benefit from. Do you need problem reports, change notices, release procedures, etc, in a single user environment?

Yes, it may be beneficial to a single user, but is it cost effective?

Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.

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dgschaefer

21-Topaz II

As a single user I think that the benefits of PDMLink would be quite small and the work involved implementing and maintaining it rather large.

We tried, early last year, to set up a trial run of PDMLink as we too own the seats but have never used it. We had an older server (you'll need a dedicated Windchill server, they'd like you to have two), admittedly marginal on the specs, that we could use tor a test. We were interested in only check in/check out, rev control and other data management uses that a small team of users would need in order to work collaboratively without stepping on each other's toes. We worked on it part to full time for a month and never even got it to run reliably, let alone set up properly. We got lots of help from the Sysadmin and Windchill lists as well as from our VAR, Tristar, but in the end decided that, as we had assumed before, it was way too much overhead for what we need.

In the end the pain of the occasional miscommunication and data overwrite was less than the pain of setting up and administering PDMLink.

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kevin.brault

1-Visitor

For small groups I use SVN with a simple file extension rename script.

This allows you to prevent accidental file overwrites and allows you to revert back to old versions. But this is about all it does.

Kevin

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amedina

1-Visitor

Just for consistency, here are my two cents. Get SVN something like

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amedina

1-Visitor

actually the website is :

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Rev2_Steve

6-Contributor

You might benefit more from Windchill Essentials as I understand it will have a more straightforward out-of-the-box implementation (install in hours, supposedly) with basic PDM functionality. Still, I'm not sure your current license will entitle you to that. We run Windchill and I don't think I would recommend it for one user - unless you enjoy the administration aspects.

http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/relnotes/note.jsp?&im_dbkey=151742&icg_dbkey=826

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