DRW version automatically in the filename on SolidWork

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Hello

I work in a special machine design office. We carry out projects of about 800 pieces with about 300 DRWs per project.

DRW version management is done by an internet-based document management system. However, the use is heavy and time-consuming.

So I'm coming to you to see if there's a way to increment the versions of the drawing in the document name.

Example a plan is called " 01010-Piece 1 "

Note that our version system is V0.0 for consultations, for each minor modification we switch to V0.1 V0.2.... and with each major modification and transmission to our customer or machinist we switch to V1.0.

I would like to automatically change the generated pdf to " 01010-Piece 1 V0.0 " or " 01010-Piece 1 V1.0 "

In addition, we would like to retrieve these versions directly in our nomenclature.

Thank you in advance.

For more information I'm available.

 

PS: if anyone has a working methodology for projects of this size, I'm also an advocate.

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Hello

 

The easiest way will be to go through a macro with a form.

Are you familiar with VBA programming?

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Me personally not at all. 

However, in my society, a lot of people should be able to do something.

Do you have any idea what to do in the macro?

 

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What exactly is your document management system?

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It is a system called EDM specially designed for our company. But it is much more suitable for Word or Excel type files.

More for functional analyses, specifications, calculation notes...

The problem with putting the plans on them and changing versions all the time is that, once the 300 DRWs are on the document system when we have to change them, we take them out of SW and have to copy them 1 by 1 and change the version.

And the versions in SW is therefore managed manually.

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Hello

In fact, you want to rename the 300 PDF files at once? 

Is there no need to modify the SolidWorks file?

Are all the files in the same folder? If so, it's very simple.

This can be done in several ways, from an Excel file for example, you just have to loop on all the files in the folder:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10380312/loop-through-files-in-a-folder-using-vba

Then use the replace function: FileName = Replace(FileName, "V0.0", "V1.0")

 

 

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No, I would like it to be named every time I take them out of sw in pdf.

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Look at this tutorial among others

http://www.leguide3d.com/video/avenao-optimisez-vos-t-ches-quotidiennes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hUU5_GqYrZQ

It will allow you to optimize your daily tasks

Among other things, save, transfer files, folders, make pdfs, DWGs, etc...

rename and all in auto

@+ ;-))

PS: tell me if it meets your needs Thank you

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Hello

The video is very interesting, it meets my expectations a little.

After some research, and after talking with my company, we are considering investing in EPDM.

Does anyone have any recommendations or information about this software?

Thank you in advance.

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Hello

Epdm is a powerful solution, but also very expensive!

A presentation video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDIaZreaHc

And two official PDFs:

http://www.solidworks.fr/launch/documents/SW2014_Datasheet_EPDM_FRA.pdf

http://www.axemble.com/sites/default/files/solidworks-enterprise-pdm-2012-brochure.pdf

What are the questions in particular?

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Hello .PL.

Thank you for your very interesting presentation video. That's exactly what we're looking for.

However, we question the profitability of EPDM.

Voilà-nous is a design office for special machines and robotic machines for laboratories.

We are 2 designers, 1 project manager.

We make an average of 3 machines per year, so 1 very large.

On average, over a year, we produce 800 to 1000 plans and 3 nomenclatures. We waste a lot of time doing the nomenclature. Maybe we're racking our brains too much too, I don't know, but hey.

Did you think EPDM could be suitable for our office? Or would the solution be too expensive?

In addition, the company would like me to become a director if we invest in EPDM. Is it necessary to have particulate knowledge to be an administrator? A simple designer is not suitable ? I am very motivated by this idea and I would like to prove to my managers that investment is not for nothing and that it will bring a lot of security, but not only.