ENOVIA SmarTeam License Diagnostics Conundrum

If you’ve ever seen the “Info No: 00604 / This is a demo version.  It is limited to 5000 records” message when starting ENOVIA SmarTeam, you probably know where to find the License Diagnostics utility.  After encountering a licensing error in SmarTeam, the next logical step is to use the License Diagnostics tool to determine whether SmarTeam believes there are licenses available or not.  Continue Reading

Change Your Process Step 2: Map Your Process

Using Categories for Advanced Configuration of EPDM

EPDM can be configured to use category-based logic to divide and sort documents inside the EPDM vault.  Once a document is in a certain category, it can then be automatically sent into specific workflows.  Continue Reading

ENOVIA SmarTeam “Failed to Retrieve Schema”

You’re starting SmarTeam services on the server for the first time after an upgrade or after a server reboot, and the SmarTeam Configuration Service won’t start.  A quick check of the Windows Event Viewer indicates a long and cryptic error with a lot of references to XML and XML-related file types.  After sifting through the error message, you note that the heart of the message is “Reason: Failed to retrieve schema.” Continue Reading

Office 2010 and Collaboration

Microsoft recently announced Office 2010, and is actively touting its benefits to the IT world.  Although many will bemoan this information as marketing hype about interface changes and inconsequential feature additions, there are some significant additions in the Office productivity suite that merit discussion in the PLM community.  In particular, deeper integration with Microsoft SharePoint and browser-enabled versions of key Office applications are two significant functionalities worth mentioning.

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SaaS PLM – Can it Really be Successful?

Recently, Razorleaf was asked to develop a proposal that would deliver PLM as a managed service, kind of like SaaS (Software-as-a-Service). One way to offer PLM as a managed service is pure SaaS (like Arena Solutions). If you’re not familiar with Arena, think of SalesForce.com or Gmail. Another way to offer PLM as a managed service is to take traditional PLM software and host it in an off-premise environment where it can be managed by a third party. That’s the option we pursued for this client. Continue Reading

ENOVIA SmarTeam V5R19 SP5 and SolidWorks 2009

If you read our article on ENOVIA SmarTeam V5R19 SP4 for SolidWorks 2009 users, please note this important update to the topic.  SolidWorks 2009 users planning to work with ENOVIA SmarTeam need to be aware of specific compatibility issues related to these two versions.  Continue Reading