Hello
I would like to know if SW allows me to manage parts going to a sheet metal worker and then to a painter.
In my ERP, I have 2 separate codes but under Solid-2021, I only have one part. How do you deal with this?
Can the PDM gateway help?
Thank you in advance
Without PDM, a hack is to insert the sheet metal part into the paint part.
This will even allow you, for the same room, to manage several colors
It is also possible to use custom properties that can be configured.
Hello
Same answer as stefbeno, but I'm more for assemblies than parts within parts (even if a little better managed on PDM since 2020 if I don't make a mistake).
More generally, whether it is a PDM or a PLM, 1 reference = 1 file (or a batch of files) and not 1 file = n references
In fact, I wouldn't like to create codes in my ERP for nothing and therefore have several Solid files for nothing either.
My ERP structure is as follows:
Is it really useful to create an assembly to mention only the color. Solidworks cannot handle this automatically?via a config?
Thank you in advance
Hello
In this case, in your single room, you create the different configurations according to your different references. For each configuration, you can set custom properties for your different MEPs.
Hello
It all depends on how your PDM, models and data maps are set up. For our part, the configuration files are only on the library files (screws...) and on assemblies.
On the other hand, I don't see the problem with the ERP since there are already two codes for the different variants.