imachine
Mechanical
- Jun 29, 2015
- 1
First post, hello Eng-Tips world.
Anybody use DBSolidEdge? How do you like it? Is it stable with ST7 on Windows 8.1 Pro? Is the tech support good for custom scripts etc?
Our department (three users) is taking a serious look at it, it has the capabilities we are looking for (revision and document control, part number categorizing, ECNs, etc) and we just installed a 30 day trial on our SQL server.
We got warnings about tech support with SolidEdge Insight and Insight SP (finger pointing between GTAC and Microsoft) and we rely on software maintenance agreements instead of having an army of internal IT support. TeamCenter looks like overkill for our needs, company size, and budget. That led us to MechWorks which is more in our price range.
In preliminary testing / sales webinars, we saw registry errors on the MechWorks side, and I got two SolidEdge termination errors on our side, so I'm a bit apprehensive at this early stage, but excited at the possibility of automating some of the manual data entry burden. Right now I am good friends with Rev Mgr, but weary of keeping up with part numbering and data management in excel spreadsheets... there has to be a better way and I think PDM is it. In the future we may integrate with our E2 ERP software too, and use multi-site with one other user on the other side of the country, anybody had success with that?
Thanks in advance!
Anybody use DBSolidEdge? How do you like it? Is it stable with ST7 on Windows 8.1 Pro? Is the tech support good for custom scripts etc?
Our department (three users) is taking a serious look at it, it has the capabilities we are looking for (revision and document control, part number categorizing, ECNs, etc) and we just installed a 30 day trial on our SQL server.
We got warnings about tech support with SolidEdge Insight and Insight SP (finger pointing between GTAC and Microsoft) and we rely on software maintenance agreements instead of having an army of internal IT support. TeamCenter looks like overkill for our needs, company size, and budget. That led us to MechWorks which is more in our price range.
In preliminary testing / sales webinars, we saw registry errors on the MechWorks side, and I got two SolidEdge termination errors on our side, so I'm a bit apprehensive at this early stage, but excited at the possibility of automating some of the manual data entry burden. Right now I am good friends with Rev Mgr, but weary of keeping up with part numbering and data management in excel spreadsheets... there has to be a better way and I think PDM is it. In the future we may integrate with our E2 ERP software too, and use multi-site with one other user on the other side of the country, anybody had success with that?
Thanks in advance!