http://www.razorleaf.com Innovative Process Solutions. Bottom-Line Results. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:30:41 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4804 One of the biggest selling points that we had for parametrics was the argument for data reuse. “Why would you spend all day doing File, Save As when you can build once and use as many times as you want?” As always, the answer is “it depends.” ]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/06/pdm-system/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/06/pdm-system/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:22:18 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=2023 Let’s dig a little deeper in this final post on PDM engines (look here for the previous post). I think there are two reasons why it is helpful to have an engine-centric perspective on Product Data Management: to understand when you should/shouldn’t use PDM, and to fuel creative uses of PDM. Those may seem a [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/06/pdm-system/feed/ 2 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/advanced-product-data-management-engines/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/advanced-product-data-management-engines/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 04:18:53 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=2019 From the last post on this topic, we’ve collected five basic “engines” at work in even the simplest Product Data Management (PDM) systems that manage CAD files: File vaulting CAD relationship interpretation Multi-document file vaulting Lifecycle Security Most PDM on the market today offer capabilities beyond these basics, though. What other engines are commonly found in enterprise PDM? I’ll suggest these [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/advanced-product-data-management-engines/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/recognizing-engines-product-data-management/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/recognizing-engines-product-data-management/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 04:02:22 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleafcorp.com/?p=2010 Most look at Product Data Management (PDM) systems and see software for managing/controlling documents, and maybe for performing other useful design/engineering housekeeping functions. When I look at PDM systems, I see collections of intertwined logic engines, connected to each other in meaningful ways to support configuration management practices. I like to break it down like [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/05/recognizing-engines-product-data-management/feed/ 0