Solidworks, Orcad, Pro-E Help ? 2

[2000mustanggtguy]

Does anybody have the same problem I'm having, I have to use intralink to manage my pro-e files. We use pdmworks to manage our solidworks, powerpcb files, and autocad stuff. Has anybody tried to mess with pro-engineer files yet?
I've been at my company since the early eighties and we used AutoCAD to design pcb boards and for mechanical designs, we switched to orcad later. Then pro-engineer released pt modeler in the early ninties so we jumped on the ptc wagon. Now we use both design operating systems, pro-e and sw. If it was my decision pro-e would be gone but it not up to me.
If anybody can give me some advice, or should find my answer at the bottom of a jack daniels bottle ?

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Has anybody tried to mess with pro-engineer files yet?

Can you be just a little bit more specific?


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[Heckler]

I think he was asking can you use PDMWorks to store Pro/e data. My guess would be no

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Heckler

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[2000mustanggtguy]

CorBlimeyLimey,

I use intralink to check-out items, bump revs and sometimes copy files, I know PDM does the same stuff as intralink. I just wanted to know if there's anybody out there in the same boat as me, has anybody tried controlling pro-e files, or is up to me to tell everybody here what happens. All my engineer buddies tell me I'm up the creek without a paddle, if you know what I mean.

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Salt Lake City, Utah

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[2000mustanggtguy]

Heckler,

Thanks heckler, that's what I thought. Just more work for me, I guess.

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Salt Lake City, Utah

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[2000mustanggtguy]

My VAR says that Agile will help? What do think Heckler & CorBlimeyLimey ?

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[CADGemini]

At my present company we just had a web cast of a program called Adept about 10 minutes ago. Which is made by Synergis. I have used this program before but the new bells and whistles that were added since I last used it are a very great improvement. At my present company we have alot of different formats and programs that we use in various departments. This Adept program brings all of those together into one powerful package. I know my fellow team mates are sold on it now it is up to us to sell it to the higher ups. I recommend taking a look into this program for your company as well.

Best Regards,
Jon

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[2000mustanggtguy]

Jon,

Thanks for your valuable information. I thought maybe I had to use what I have. I'll check it out sure beats paying for support for PTC and SW !


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Salt Lake City, Utah

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[MElam]

I would suggest you go to this site:

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/partners/partnerList.html

Set Industry to "PDM/ERP Software"

Then go through the list and find the packages that will also work with PTC. (especially the SWx "Gold Partners")

Take your list and start the compare/contrast process and get demos of the ones you narrow down to.

 

[CADGemini]

Adept is a Solidworks Gold certified product.

And you are welcome 2000mustanggtguy. I hope it will answer alot of your key questions. The best thing is you can have one license with multiple users. The number of licenses dictates how many users can access the system at one time.

Best Regards,
Jon

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

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