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Anybody who has attended a what's new presentation or taken a look at the new software has noticed the most recognizable difference, the SolidWorks Integration, particularly the Enterprise task pane.
The new interface is more full-bodied then the previous versions. From this pane, users can perform virtually every PDM function, including Check-In, Check-Out, Searching, Workflow Transitions (yes you can now change the state of a file from within SolidWorks), Property Edits, and Reporting. And what about those familiar icons - carried over from Workgroup are the icons to let you know at a glance whether your file is newer, older or equal to the vault version. To make this even more user friendly you can now highlight the files in the Enterprise tree to correspond to the symbols with user defined colors so there will be no confusion as to the status of the file.
Despite all these new features the interface does seem to be faster and more stable then the add-ins of the past. If the size of the interface is an issue you can choose to autohide or detach it from SolidWorks and move it to your second monitor (for everyone with one monitor this is just another reason for you to add to your list that justifies the cost of a second monitor).
SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (SWEPDM) 2009 SP0.0 has recently been released and I am fairly certain the first thing you are wondering is other then the name what else has changed with this latest release. There have been several changes so I will just list the main levels of enhancement in this first post and over the next several weeks I'll break this down and cover more in depth each of the new or improved features.
Main Areas of Enhancement
Administration Improvements:
- Licensing – ability to mix and match psl and stand alone. Can incrementally add.
- Migration tool – migrate major vault version without incrementing the rev number (no checkout necessary)
Workflow Enhancements: - Selection of notification recipients on the fly
- Send one notification for all files affected by a change state operation
- Comments are displayed in the notification text
- Change state on groups of files in one operation
SolidWorks Integration: - Toolbar incorporated into user interface
- Change state and where used
Expanded BOM capabilities:
- Improved support for SolidWorks BOM
- Computed BOM now has the ability to show configuration name or SolidWorks part number
- Add position numbers to named BOMNamed BOM associative to SolidWorks Assembly BOM
Additional Application Support:
- Simulation results included during check-in
- Support for Inventor 2009
- Support for Windows Server 2008
I will go into further detail on each of these in future posts so check back often. For those of you who can't wait we will be offering a "What's New" webinar on October 21, 2008. You can register by calling 804-257-9965 or click here to register online
Anybody who has attended a what's new presentation or taken a look at the new software has noticed the most recognizable difference, the SolidWorks Integration, particularly the Enterprise task pane.
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