User interface: PARTlinkManager -> Extras menu -> Configure dialog box -> PARTdataManager preferences

[PARTdataManager]
LockDimRange=0 (value 0 or 1)

With LockDimRange, the decision is made whether the Dimension attribute for example, the length of a semi-finished part) is to be pinned or not.

1.1.6.7.21.3.2.2.  Identification type

The difference of characteristics to characteristic types is of special importance for the ERP/PDM integration!

• Object attribute	Pinned in the ERP?
  	yes

  Values that are necessary for dimension and/or product standards.

  For order numbers or technical specifications, etc. (Characteristics that do not have anything to do with geometry or function)

• Geometry attribute	Pinned in the ERP?
  	yes

  Basis: normal dimension and/or product standards. For characteristics that influence the geometry. The Geometry attribute is to be used for those characteristics that influence the geometry; for example, if the geometry of the part or assembly changes due to the variable (e.g. maximum stroke length), or if assemblies are added or taken away, e.g. "sensor yes/no" or "option on/off".

  Note

  Using the example of a cylinder, the distinction between the stroke, which is a Geometry attribute and the rod positioning, which is a Function attribute. By activating the ERP functionality the stroke is pinned, as soon as an ERP_PDM_NUMBER has been attributed (the rod positioning does not get pinned). The pinned state becomes visible through the columns with the white background (see table below). Strokes are also assigned different identification numbers in the ERP functionality; different rod positioning is not. See Section 1.1.6.7.21.3.2, “ Key "LockDimRange" ”.

  

  Between geometry and object attributes there is no functional difference, they are currently being dealt with equally.

• Function attribute	Pinned in the ERP?
  	no

  Stroke and angularity, everything which defines a mechanical movement in a part / assembly (e.g. the rod positioning of a cylinder). No components or material are added to the existent part. Only values that are set only during assembly time are concerned.

• Dimension attribute	Pinned in the ERP?
  	optional

  Dimension attributes are used with half-finished products and profiles that do not have fixed dimensions. The length (L) can be cleared within the default value range before export.

  With the customizing of PARTsolutions, in accordance with ERP guidelines, it is decided whether a part with different lengths obtains different identification numbers, or if the identification number remains the same. In the first case, the corresponding field will be pinned (white background), in the later, not.

  

  Semi-finished - dimensional characteristics pinned

In the PARTdataManager the value range declarations are identified by different hues of yellow:

Value range columns - background colors

Which buttons in the ERP toolbar shall be displayed in general? This can be specified in PARTlinkManager.

GUI: Extras menu -> Configure ERP environment -> dialog box Configure -> tabbed page PARTdataManager preferences -> section Login mode.

	Note
	ERP toolbar buttons In order to configure the visibility of ERP toolbar buttons use tweakmenuconfig. On this see Section 1.1.6.10.1, “Tweakmenu: Adjust menus, menu items, toolbars, icons and context menu commands ”.

GUI: PARTlinkManager -> Extras menu -> Configure dialog box -> Standard name tab

Important

Files names for the exported CAD document should be absolutely unique. The entire CAD administration, including definition of name rule, is performed via CAD configuration files under $CADENAS_SETUP/if<cad name>.cfg. Detailed information on CAD administration in general can be found under Chapter 2, PARTsolutions - CAD Integration - Administration. Detailed information on creating the file name in particular can be found under Section 2.2.2, “Set file name ("FileName" key) and pool path ("poolpath" key) ”. By default, on the tabbed pages Standard name, Standard name (short) and BOM name, NO entries are performed! Then in PARTdataManager, in the 3D view, the standard NB and in the table docking window the standard LINA is displayed and the setting under $CADENAS_SETUP/if<cad name>.cfg is used unchanged. Part name If entries have been performed on the tabbed pages Standard name, Standard name (short) and BOM name, then will change the NB! This again effects the setting under $CADENAS_SETUP/if<cad name>.cfg and so the CAD file name!!

You can find the same setting options both in PARTlinkManager and in PARTadmin. The syntax is identical.

Also see Registerseite Standard name , Standard name (short) , BOM name.

User interface: PARTdataManager -> Extras -> Settings... -> Assembly -> Checkbox Show single parts tables in assembly tables.

Subassemblies of assembly tables can be displayed. This function is needed for ERP so that parts can be added.

The depiction of the ERP functionality (status lights) is by default adapted from the characteristic attribute table.

It immediately becomes obvious, if the subassemblies/parts of the assembly have ERP/PDM numbers and/or, whether a number can be assigned or not.

The following image shows a complex assembly with subassemblies. No ERP/DPM number has been assigned to the highest assembly yet (red status light in the characteristic attribute table). Some single parts have already been assigned ERP/PDM numbers (green status light in the "assembly" window).

If there is no ERP functionality in the "Assembly" window please check whether the key is activated.

Detailed information can be found under Section 5.17, “ERP for single parts in assembly tables ”.