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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/internet-based-clipboard/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/internet-based-clipboard/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:10:49 +0000 Derek Neiding http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7614 Have you ever needed to copy text or a complex hyperlink between two different computers?  Of course you have.  Depending on how often you do this sort of thing, you might have some creative solutions like using a USB thumbdrive or copying a plain text file across the network.  But the folks at cl1p.net are [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/internet-based-clipboard/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/aras-multi-vault/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/aras-multi-vault/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 01:53:01 +0000 Dennis Lindinger http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7421 The majority of businesses these days have a need to manage documents in at least one location other than the “main” site. If the documents have any size to them, the vaulting process can be very painful and time consuming, regardless of the PLM system in use. Luckily, most PLM systems, including Aras Innovator, have [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/aras-multi-vault/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/defrag-vms/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/defrag-vms/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:30:08 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7194 If you’ve worked with virtualization long enough, you may have noticed that performance can degrade over time.  This phenomenon is related to disk fragmentation, particularly in scenarios where a lot of software installation, removal, and updates are performed.  As you might imagine, this is the situation for many test environments and development environments.  To recover [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/defrag-vms/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/accessing-virtual-disks-via-windows/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/accessing-virtual-disks-via-windows/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:30:24 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7133 One of the often overlooked features of VMWare Workstation is the Virtual Disk Mapping utility.  Available through the standard VMware Workstation GUI, the tool maps a Windows drive letter to a virtual disk used in a VM.  Mapping a virtual disk can be done much quicker and easier than launching the VM to access the [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/accessing-virtual-disks-via-windows/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/est-v5r20/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/est-v5r20/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:45:55 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6838 ENOVIA SmarTeam V5R20 was released for General Availability (GA) in February, 2010.  Service Pack 1 was co-released, so effectively it can be considered part of “what’s new” in V5R20.  So what is new with Dassault Systemes’ most prevalent PDM platform?  New packaging (installation packaging, not the shipping boxes), new viewer capabilities, enhanced CAD support, specific [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/est-v5r20/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/aml-nash/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/aml-nash/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:00:36 +0000 Dennis Lindinger http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6715 Aras Innovator has an underlying mark-up language it uses for all of its database transactions. The language is referred to as Aras Mark-up Language, or AML. Aras also provides a sandbox interface for developing and running AML, called NASH. Here’s a short primer for getting familiar with AML and NASH.  Aras Mark-up Language is written in [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/aml-nash/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/enterprise-pdm-task-tool/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/enterprise-pdm-task-tool/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:00:50 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6654 One of the new tools in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM) 2010 is the automated EPDM Task Tool. This tool helps users and system administrators automate a number of things related to Engineering output. With the tool, you can create renditions (alternate format/presentation of content) of SolidWorks Parts, Assemblies, or Drawings. The Task Tool also enables remote [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/enterprise-pdm-task-tool/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:47 +0000 Michael Craffey http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6256 Whether you’re among the ranks of Engineering or Quality, creating inspection sheets can be a real pain.  InspectionXpert is a valuable tool for automating processes around inspection sheets, and worth a look if your industry requires documented inspections.  Nobody likes creating inspection sheets from scratch.  First there’s the duplication of effort in generating the graphics, [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-options/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-options/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:30:10 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4734 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.  The five [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-options/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-pitfalls/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-pitfalls/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:36 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4714 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 [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/smarteam-import-pitfalls/feed/ 0