Re: Best of breed PDM

Of course you're going to get the obligatory "DBWorks can do that"
answer, so I'll just leave that to the ng resident shill.

You may even get someone who says something about SmarTeam, but SmarTeam
should be the first one eliminated from your list. Many more bad
references than good ones. Ask people about their upgrade experiences
with it. Consultants love SmarTeam because it is a virtual license to
rape and pillage.

Someone selling Conisio might chime in. "New" kid on the block, has
caught the imagination of non-solidworks users, worth looking at, but
not really a PDM system for purists or control freaks.

I would recommend that you take a look at Product Center. Good product,
good SolidWorks integration, good customizability, and great tech
support. Even if the product sucked, which it doesn't, it would be
worth signing on just for the tech support. Competitive sales people
will try to make you question the financial viability of its parent
company, but the product is a good one and has been around for a good
while.

PDMWorks is a nice simple SolidWorks file management tool which has a
decent interface and good functionality for its price. It's probably not
suited to what you are wanting to do, although it might do parts of it
adequately. It does have an available web-based client interface, but
it's not based on a real database. It does have an API, so you could
write custom apps for it, but it's not incredibly extensive. If it
works for you, you could save a ton of money. It might be worth
checking out.



In article <12c1c$433879f1$d1d89a52$2249@xxxxxxxxx>, swguy@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...
> I'm sure this has been asked before,
>
> What is the best PDM system for Solidworks (or best bang for the buck).
>
> I want to be able to manage all drawings, parts, assemblys with full web
> interface.
> I would like to be able to enforce some standards and naming conventions
> into this config as well as permissions.
> Something else that would be of great benefit would be an accessible
> database format that I could use for creating some additional custom web
> capabilities.
>
> I believe most of my other requirements are standard throughtout the entire
> PDM world.
>
> Thanks in advance for everyones feedback.......
>
> Hack
>
>
>
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