Migrating out of Intralink 3.1

[Brian777]

We are looking at upgrading our PDM software. We are currently using Pro/E 2001 and Intralink 3.1. I would like to know about using software other than PTC products to manage the data. We will continue to use Pro/E but are looking for alternative data management solutions. Our owner would like to move the company files to SharePoint. Has anyone tried using this for managing Pro/E files, or is there an overlay to SharePoint that helps? We have also been shown UGS Teamcenter as a possible solution.

 

[apdesign]

My brief introduction to sharepoint made me conclude that it was fundamentally incompatible with PTCs current file scheme.Why?
Sharepoint does away with the concept of a changing file names to track revisions. It doesn't even really treat files as files...more like database entries.
PTC on the otherhand relies on the .1, .2, .3 file name change with each part revision.

Perhaps PTC will ride the sharepoint wave, but they looked WAY far apart when I looked briefly at them.

AP Design

 

[looslib]

Stick with a PTC product and you will have less problems in the long run. Nobody knows the internal data structures of Pro/E better than PTC, so their data management products know how to handle structures better.
The problem with another vendor for you data management than your CAD is updates and waiting on the PDM vendor to update their sw to take the latest CAD data formats. Just because TCe 9 will load Widfire 2 data, you may have to wait for TCe 10 to be out before you can go to WF3.


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