Getting mutiple files with the same name into PDM Workgroup vault 7

[SWUSER71]

My company wants to start using PDM Workgroup. They have been saving there SW files in windows up to this point, and have MANY files which contain unique content, BUT have the same file name. They were able to get away with this in the windows enviroment, but PDM Workgroup will not allow multiple files to have the same name. Their "work around" to this is to make ALL .sldprt files "virtual components". I don't like this idea, because we will loose pretty much ALL of PDM's functionallity for these files. They don't care about that right now, they just want to get the files into the vault. Does anyone foresee any other problems this might create? I am trying to convince them NOT to do this, help!!!!

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Joe ... Yes I remember there being problems when VCs were first introduced. Luckily I've only ever lost VCs during a crash, and even then only a couple in several years of use, albeit relatively low use.

Alex ... I believe all Windows based programs use temp folders/files when being created and when in use.
AFAIK, SW (any version) does not give user control over location of VCs. It doesn't need to as they are only supposed to exist temporarily, and be cleaned out once the assy is saved and closed. (Note "supposed" to)

 

[Gurjjeet]

for further clarification, I have some assemblies with Virtual parts which I have checked into PDMW & it works perfectly. But returing to the topic of this thread, they are not ideal for creating drawing & then SWPDMing...........ah I created a new term there....SWPDMing.........