ENOVIA SmarTeam’s Import Options

If you’re looking to load files or metadata into ENOVIA SmarTeam, you have five options.  Three of those five options are utilities that Dassault provides to allow administrators and users to populate the PDM system with information.  Each has its own purpose and focus, and when used together, can cover almost any scenario.  Continue Reading

Create SharePoint Lists From Excel

Excel can be very helpful in cases where you need to create a custom list in SharePoint and want to populate that list quickly, and perhaps using some advanced logic.  If you have an Excel workbook with your data in it there is no need to manually create a SharePoint list and manually enter this data.  You can port this data over to SharePoint from right inside of Excel.  Continue Reading

Intermediate Database for Data Migrations

So you want an easy way to drag and drop information from one system to another?  Unfortunately it’s almost never that easy.  Usually it takes a lot of thought, planning, and some trial-and-error to get it right.  Continue Reading

Evaluating Your Data Load

The launch of nearly every new business system requires some level of legacy data load.  After all, you have probably been doing the things the new business system does, just by some other means.  I believe a successful import begins with quality source data.  Remember, garbage in, garbage out.  The more consistent your source data is the more consistent your import will be.  Continue Reading

ENOVIA SmarTeam Import Pitfalls

If you’re considering bringing data into SmarTeam, there are some things you should know before tackling an import using the SmarTeam Import utility.  The online help for the utility will help get you started, but you’ll want to make note of a couple things to insure success.  This list isn’t comprehensive, but here are a few things to look out for before you begin any importing:  Continue Reading

Razorleaf’s File Analysis Tool

If you’re wondering about the integrity of your CAD file relationships, we have just the tool for you.  Without a PDM system in place to protect and manage CAD files and their complex inter-relationships, it is easy to misplace files, duplicate files, and generally mess up your CAD data set.  Razorleaf’s File Analysis Tool is a new offering, but has been used internally for the past two years.  With the File Analysis Tool, SolidWorks users can examine their CAD data set (searching across local and network drives) to find duplicates, missing files, and other file-related problems.  Continue Reading

Working with Tabular Data in DriveWorks

“A good engineer knows nothing, but knows where to look up everything.” This is one of the few things I remember a professor telling me. (Why that professor did not have open book exams remains a mystery, though.) Your design automations should always strive to be good engineers and, as a result, will frequently have to look up values. DriveWorks provides a few methods to do this, but which is best for you?

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