Your SolidWorks
PDM standard volt is great at handling
legacy data when we're handling
legacy data and bringing this over
into SolidWorks PDM standard.
We need to consider the library components
that are already stored
inside our PDM vault.
How do we want to handle duplicate files
if the component already exists
in our library of components
and is already in our data
set that we're trying to bring over?
What can we then
do to update references inside of PDM
without the need for opening the files
inside of SolidWorks, or even browsing
to the file where it should be used
in to update the reference.
Before we then check
that assembly into PDM.
Well, inside of our PDM vault,
we have a standard parts folder,
and in there we've already brought across
some standard components
that we might use on a regular basis.
When we want to bring in a legacy design,
we'll simply bring it in by copying
and pasting it into our PDM vault.
And once we've copied and pasted it
in, the system will detect any duplicates
that are in that data set
that we're bringing across.
We can see the lead screw component
that it's trying to add in here
already exists
in our standard parts folder.
So we can correct this
by simply deleting the duplicate.
We don't want to allow duplicates
of this component in PDM.
So what we then need to do
is update this assembly within PDM
to tell it to use the lead screw
in our standard library components folder.
So rather than opening it up in SolidWorks
and updating the reference,
we'll simply go to the tools
menu in PDM, update the references
and it will then inform us which component
or components it can't find.
We can then tell SolidWorks PDM
which folder
we want it to search in
for these missing files,
and it will
then analyze this folder, pick up
that lead, screw component
because it's in that folder.
Once we finish
this, we can then update the references
and PDM will update all the references
within this assembly
that are using the lead screw
from the standard parts folder.
If we now go ahead and check this
assembly in,
it doesn't need to check the lead
screw component end because it's picked up
that it already exists
as checked in within
that standard parts folder.
So we can then
go ahead and check this assembly into PDM.
And if we look at the contains tab,
we'll see that our lead screw
has been pulled in from the standard parts
folder, that several tool
box components are also being pulled
from the toolbox folder.
So with SolidWorks PDM,
it allows us to bring across
legacy designs and recognize
that we need to update those references.
It does this with relative ease
and it prevents us
from having any duplicates in PDM.
So we have a folder which stores
our standard
library components
and toolbox components as well.