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  1. kcarpenter

    Jon Hirschtick and the movie 21

    I'm good with that! [2thumbsup] Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems Administrator Invacare Corp. SW2K7SP5/STV5R18SP2
  2. kcarpenter

    Jon Hirschtick and the movie 21

    Good find Cor...I couldn't remember exactly the network. But as Cor has stated, back as late as March of 2007 it was known he was a member of the MIT team. You are also right fcs. He never made comments during these episodes related to his affiliation with SW, only lately in a blog due to the...
  3. kcarpenter

    Jon Hirschtick and the movie 21

    This was all out in the open many many months ago. There was a show that aired on the History Channel called "Breaking Vegas" if I remember correctly. Jon actually did some personal interviews for it as well and it explained a lot of things. Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems Administrator Invacare...
  4. kcarpenter

    SW 2008 hardware question

    I also got my T61p recently as a replacement for my old T43p. Running XP w/ 2005 currently without any problems at all and will be moving to 2007 next month. I don't expect any problems with that either. It's a very good system so far and all the little things Lenovo does make it IMO well worth...
  5. kcarpenter

    Part Numbering & Copying Projects

    Hey Declan, Nice to see you're gaining some ground on your numbering conversion. I have a question for you though. How are you currently storing your files for each project? It sounds as though you're just storing your files in one big folder. You might want to have some sub-folders by project...
  6. kcarpenter

    PDM enterprise....I'm starting to hyperventilate

    I think you're on the right track MMike1. Having implemented and going through a major upgrade right now (not PDMW/E though) I can offer you some advice. 1) Don't bite off more than you can chew. If you and management have big plans for change do them in phases and allow for some time between...
  7. kcarpenter

    Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?

    Sorry...I mentioned "GROUP" option because I was thinking you wanted to create a group of users and then reserve a set number of licenses for them. Either way the GROUP and RESERVE options are still listed in the guide as being functional. Sorry for the mix up. Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems...
  8. kcarpenter

    Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?

    I'm beginning to think that your VAR is not very informed with regard to SNL (or I'm really out of the loop lately). SNL is FlexLM, it just has some SW specific interface but it is Flex. Unless I'm missing something, in the Admin Guide section of support it specifically says, "FLEXlm End Users...
  9. kcarpenter

    Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?

    No problem. That's why we're here my man! Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems Administrator Invacare Corp.
  10. kcarpenter

    Network Licensing - Lock some seats to small group of PCs?

    Handle...in the FlexLM End User document look for this section: 5.2.18 RESERVE. I'm assuming you're still using 2007 and this section is from the FlexLM for 2007. I've never setup a reserve group but this is what you want to use. Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems Administrator Invacare Corp.
  11. kcarpenter

    getting licence from licence server

    As far as I know there is no automated way to have SW start when a license becomes free. You'll just have to use the SolidNetWork License Administrator tool and keep refreshing it until a license is free then start SW. Your only other options are to purchase some more licenses or borrow a...
  12. kcarpenter

    Sun Ultra Workstations

    I don't know of anyone using them but they do offer Quadro FX cards in certain configurations. I think it's totally feasible they would work more than likely. They start at $1800 and go up from there. Kevin Carpenter CAD Systems Administrator Invacare Corp.
  13. kcarpenter

    Part Family Part Numbers

    PDM will most certainly solve finding anything you put in it as long as it's setup properly. The beauty of a PDM system is that it's integrated into your CAD (in this case SW). It's always available and it's meant to help control AND find your data, any data, not just CAD. Your PDM system should...
  14. kcarpenter

    Part Family Part Numbers

    Jason, Thanks for the clarification, your scheme is certainly clearer to me now. I have a suggestion for you based on you implementing a PDM in the near future. Why not just use your part number DB to give/track the base number only, i.e. 000003, 000004, 000125, etc.? Leave off the .XXX seeing...
  15. kcarpenter

    Part Family Part Numbers

    Well...you're "family" is a smart part number (not to be a smart$$). You know that 000004.XXX is a "family" for door frames and 000002.XXX is a "family" for door headers. It sounds as though you have some justification for using configurations. But again why can't it just be a straight number...
  16. kcarpenter

    Part Family Part Numbers

    ...don't build complexity into the numbers. If you're going to have an automated numbering system, just use that to track the family. What you need is ***drum roll*** .... you guessed it....a PDM! You might already have one, we don't know. We steer well clear of using configurations all...
  17. kcarpenter

    File management set-up

    Thank you for the explanation. Now IMO, I would still steer clear of this numbering scheme. Here's why, as of right now you know that you won't be working on more than 9 airplane programs. What happens in say 10+ years and the owner says he wants to add 3 new programs. Now how will the numbering...
  18. kcarpenter

    File management set-up

    If you're going to be using a PDM system I would strongly suggest not using even semi-significant numbers. It just a number, your PDM will manage everything that makes your drawings and models unique/similar. It's always difficult to get away from adding something to the part number that...
  19. kcarpenter

    File management set-up

    Jeff, While I do agree that the part number itself should simply roll over to the next new one (i.e. 9999 -> 10000), I'm simply saying to leave room to grow. One could choose to either show the leading 0's or not if the scheme is say 7 digit numbers. There's nothing saying he couldn't start at...
  20. kcarpenter

    File management set-up

    I also concur with gwubs and Anna, although I might suggest using more than 5 digits. Most systems I've seen use 7 digits including our own. When I started here 16+ years ago we were in the 1009XXX's and today we're into the 1220XXX's. Allow for room to grow, exponentially. Kevin Carpenter CAD...

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