Keeping part and BOM info up to date in documentation

[ptc-2649230]

One of the issues we are trying to solve is automatically update part
numbers in (for example) our assembly guides when those numbers change or
new parts are to be used (i.e. changes to the BOM). We have found that
manually trying to keep that info up to date is quite difficult (so info is
often out of date).

Has anyone come up with an efficient solution to this kind of problem?

Thanks,
Ezra

[GregoryPERASSO]

Hello

we solve that problem by totally removing Part Number, BOMs etc ... from drawing or technical schema ... And using index, or bom ballons based on line number, ref designator ...

And build the needed Document dynamically "on demand" :

- Watermarking for Drawings viz

-"composite" watermarked PDF for Drawings and part BOMs for printing or exchange with Suppliers

-dynamic publishing with arbortext for pub tech (maintenance guide, work instructions ...etc ...)

and beeing able to put also relevant information depending of the context (Change management infos, workflow electronic signature ...)

regards

[avillanueva]

Arbotext

[AL_ANDERSON]

Write a query builder report to the latest iteration of the latest
revision (using the subselect for maximum version ID) in the Released
state (if that is a criteria), then link your documentation to the query
builder report result page. It is one link from there to the right part,
but it will always be the latest. You can also add some additional
information on that report result page, like linked documentation
metadata, part metadata, etc.

Al






[solutions] - Keeping part and BOM info up to date in documentation

Ezra Steinberg
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10/31/2013 12:23 PM

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One of the issues we are trying to solve is automatically update part
numbers in (for example) our assembly guides when those numbers change or
new parts are to be used (i.e. changes to the BOM). We have found that
manually trying to keep that info up to date is quite difficult (so info
is often out of date).

Has anyone come up with an efficient solution to this kind of problem?

Thanks,
Ezra

[rhegde]

One of the customers (that I worked with) wanted to automatically generate
a word document upon part release. The word document had a predefined
structure and it generally included:

- Assembly specification
- Assembly structure (only fist level)
- Several tables (based on certain processing logic)
- Test lab reports
- Company policy details/copyright and so on


This document was generated automatically upon part release (some specific
top level assemblies) and attached to part as specification (reference
document). We used "Apache POI" to implement this requirement.

I believe, similar concept can be used in your case to keep the BOM upto
date in documentation.

--
Rochan Hegde
Productspace Solutions Inc.
Cell: 630-495-2999 x 8121


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