How do I create a scalable revision table on Drawings?

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Hello

We currently use Solidworks with PDM to manage our parts, assemblies, overhauls, etc.
In order to better follow the evolution of our parts and assemblies over time, is it possible to create a revision table on our plans that generates a new row with several columns at each revision pass and fills all the cells automatically with precise information such as: revision comments, dates, author, approving...?

Thanks in advance!

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In general, it is sufficient to insert the revision table with the columns previously modified for your use.

To insert insert/Tables/Revision tables

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Then right-click on the table to edit it to your liking and save as.

Then, simply specify the Edit template as the default revision table template.

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Before, it was quite difficult to integrate: it was a table in which you put properties managed by EPDM. There was a whole system on transitions in EPDM to automatically move the values from one row to another in the table (with each revision change)

For a few versions (somewhere between the 2015 and 2020 versions), there are revision tables planned for EPDM, so it must be much easier to manage/create.

I can't tell you more because as our revision table system was already existing we did not switch to the new version better interfaced with EPDM. You should find a lot of information in the Solidworks help and the EPDM help.

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Hello, you need to follow several steps: 

- Create a revision table on your plans (insert/table/revision table). This can be set by default on your basemap templates.

- create on the plan's data map the variables that correspond to the information that you want to appear in the revision table (for example: date/draftsman/changes/approver)

- for the revision table to fill automatically, during a PDM transition, a MyPDMTools task of type TaskActions must be launched, calling a RevisionTable action. The latter must be set up correctly to fill in the plan's revision table (which row to fill, which variable goes in which box, etc.).

More info available here: https://help.visiativ.com/mypdmtools/2021/fr/RevisionTable.html

 

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Hello

Thank you for your different answers.

I'm going to try with the revision table tool following your advice.