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Engineering Drawing Solution
January 26, 2007
Carole Landgrebe
Gary Giuliano
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Intelligrated Products
Leading provider of conveyor systems for distribution centers
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Statement of Problem
Engineering drawing revisions had no relationship to Oracle revisionUse of Oracle revision was not consistentOne drawing can reference many item numbersMaking sure the shop floor and vendors had the
appropriate revision of drawing was a nightmareElectronic filing structure was inconsistentIssue was putting ISO certification at riskEngineers were spending lots of time chasing down
drawings
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CAD Files
SolidWorks is used for 3D modeling
SolidWorks files are huge and contain proprietary data
Vendors need one of several different file formats depending on their internal processes, mainly DWG or PDF
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High Level Solution
Macro in SolidWorks to automate revision and creation of DWG and PDF versions
Marry the drawing revision to the Oracle item revision
PDF file attached to item revision, made accessible on BOM, Work Order, PO, Sales Order
Extension done to PLM Change Order so that when a drawing is revised, all of the relevant items are added automatically
Only do PLM Change Order when drawing is revised; BOM component changes still done via ‘old’ ECO process
Audits to keep it all in synch
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Filing Structure Standardized
Filename standardized as 123456-R01.pdf or 123456-R01-S1of1.dwg where drawing number = 123456 and revision = R01
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Standards
PDF’s
History
DWG’s
History
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SolidWorks Save Macro
Revision number can only be saved in one place
File name automatically created with standard format in each of the required file formats
Prior revisions in all formats are automatically moved to History folders
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Synchronize Revisions
All drawing and Oracle item revisions had to be synchronized up to the highest number
Had to re-number all Oracle revisions because original implementation was a single numeric character, but field is VARCHAR, so you run into trouble when you hit 10
We standardized on a 3 character revision of format R00, R01, etc
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Item Revision Attachments
Enabled attachment at the revision level, so that full history of the drawing can be maintained
Attached to files on our network so as not to pull those all into our database
Stored on organization item for manufacturing org
Stored by revision_id, because that is what PLM uses, but that is not fully implemented in all the apps, so had to use some advanced attachments functionality where revision_id is not stored, such as PO Line
Propagated visibility of the drawing to BOM, Work Order, PO, etc using standard functionality
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Change Order in PLM
PLM Change Orders have standard functionality for managing changes to attachments
Use of extended attributes to incorporate Drawing Number and Revision
Use of custom function to automatically add all revision lines related to that drawing
Made process as quick and painless as possible for the engineers
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Audits and Other Safeguards
Forms Personalization to disallow update of the revision from the Item Master or Engineering ECO forms – the only way to update a revision is through this new process
Audit process to look at filename as stored on network and compare to related Oracle revision to ensure revision levels are the same
Audit process to verify the presence of drawings on certain item types
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Screenshots
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Next Steps
Transition rest of ECO’s from Engineering to PLM
Rollout Product Workbench
Convert Excel Shop Issue Log to PLM Issue Log
Automatically attach PDF’s of drawings to E-mail PO’s