Creating New Project Templates in EPDM

One of the greatest features of the EPDM software is the ability to create Folder and Data structures from a template.  This template can be used to collect information from the user and then carry this information down through the project folder structure.  It can also be used to populate files with this metadata.  There are even ways to set standard permissions differently with each type of template the system administrator creates. Continue Reading

Hypervisors and Virtualization

If you’re deep into the world of virtualization, you probably know what a hypervisor is, what it does, and why one type of hypervisor is better than another.  But to the uninitiated, hypervisor is just another term to describe an element in the complex world of virtualization.  To find the right virtualization technology for a specific purpose, it is helpful to understand a bit more about hypervisors and why these “electronic supervisors” matter in the world of virtualization. Continue Reading

Workgroup to Enterprise Migration

The migration of SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Vaults to Enterprise PDM is a very relevant topic to most SolidWorks users today. If approached with good planning and testing, these migrations can be accomplished with excellent results.  SolidWorks even provides a good tool to help in the process. Continue Reading

Object-Oriented Programming Benefits

As the name implies, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a development methodology centered on “objects” and data rather than “procedures” and logic.  Object-oriented applications are collections of objects; each object is a self-sufficient module containing all the data and logic necessary to manipulate its own data structure.  This differs from the conventional procedural-based methodology in which functionality is exposed as a list of logical tasks and/or subroutines that accept and return data.  Continue Reading

BOM Summit Details Available

Razorleaf’s follow-up to its successful 2008 ENOVIA SmarTeam BOM event will be held at the Courtyard Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago from July 13th through 16th. This year’s BOM Summit 2009 event will last three and a half days and will be primarily focused on process and methodology over tools and technology. Continue Reading

Folder-based Security in EPDM

 The EPDM Security model for folders is similar, but not identical to folder security in Microsoft Windows.  Folder access does have the standard read/write permissions as well as a laundry list of granular check boxes that help the EPDM Administrator control visibility and change access to the files inside a folder and even changes made to the folder itself.

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Open Source PLM a Real Option

Gone are the days when people simply accept conventional wisdom that mandated companies use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, because those companies couldn’t risk an open source solution.  Excuses such as available resources, regular releases, stable software, etc., just don’t cut it any longer. Continue Reading