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PARTwarehouse Manual

CADENAS GmbH

Edition V11.00 SP3, 12/2017

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Germany
CADENAS GmbH Augsburg
Berliner Allee 28 b+c
86153 Augsburg
Phone: +49 / (0) 821 / 2 58 58 0-0
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Hotline: +49 / (0) 821 / 2 58 58 20
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Italy
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France
CADENAS France SARL
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Spain
CADENAS Ibérica
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Phone: +34 / 932 749 540
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USA
PARTsolutions LLC. USA
200 Techne Center Dr., Suite 118
Milford, OH 45150 USA
Phone: +1 / (513) 453 - 04 53
Fax: +1 / (513) 453 - 04 60
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Korea
CADENAS Korea
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Japan
CADENAS web2cad INC. Japan
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Tokyo 114-0024, Japan
Phone: +81-3-59 61 - 50 31
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China
CADENAS GmbH Shanghai
CADENAS GmbH Shanghai Rep. Office
Nr. 885 the People Road
Huaihai Zhonghua Building, 603 Room
200010 Shanghai
People's Republic of China
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Table of Contents

PREFACE
1. PARTdataCenter
1.1. Article assignment (initial filling of LinkDB)
1.1.1. Start
1.1.1.1. Activate PARTwarehouse service for Article assignment
1.1.2. User interface and processes at a glance
1.1.3. Create catalog from CSV file
1.1.4. Manual assignment
1.1.5. Dimension search - Automated assignment by standard information such as Standard number, dimension, material, etc.
1.1.5.1. Dimension search from A to Z
1.1.5.1.1. Preparation - Remove existing assignments
1.1.5.1.2. Adding new process and settings
1.1.5.1.3. Result
1.1.5.1.4. Export into LinkDB
1.1.5.2. Optional settings in the node "Class Filter" (data in one field)
1.1.5.3. Optional settings in the node "Line Finder NENN"
1.1.6. Article Number Search - Automated assignment by order number
1.1.6.1. Article Number Search standard procedure
1.1.6.2. Article Number Search with regular expression
1.1.7. Attribute mapping
1.1.7.1. Example 1 - Attribute mapping - Standard procedure
1.1.7.2. Example 2 - Attribute mapping - Variants
1.1.7.2.1. Automated assignment of variants
1.1.7.2.2. Modify link
1.1.7.2.3. Assign variants manually
1.1.8. Global text mapping
1.1.9. LinkDB export (Directly or via CSV file)
1.1.10. LinkDB Import
1.1.11. Functions, settings and symbols
1.1.11.1. Ansicht menu
1.1.11.2. Extras menu - Settings... PARTdataCenter
1.1.11.3. Product view - Toolbar functions
1.1.11.4. Product view - Context menu commands
1.1.11.5. Product view - Column definitions and symbols
1.1.11.6. Process view - Functions
1.2. PLM Synchro - Create your company parts catalog
1.2.1. Overview
1.2.2. PLM Synchro via PARTdataCenter
1.2.2.1. Basic setup via wizard
1.2.2.2. Distributed services
1.2.2.2.1. General preconditions
1.2.2.2.2. PARTdataCenter: Activation of distributed services
1.2.2.2.3. Dashboard
1.2.2.3. Units
1.2.2.4. Preview images
1.2.2.5. LinkDB Attributes
1.2.2.6. Set up export for own parts managed by PDM
1.2.2.7. Scripting
1.2.2.7.1. General understanding
1.2.2.7.2. Examples
1.2.2.7.2.1. Example 1: Set import path via “pdmProxyPdmDocumentI“
1.2.2.7.2.2. Example 2: Set import path via “DTO“
1.2.2.8. Tips & Tricks
1.2.2.8.1. Report node
1.2.2.8.2. XML writer – XML reader
1.2.2.8.2.1. XML Writer
1.2.2.8.2.2. XML reader
1.2.2.8.3. How to get attribute name
1.2.2.8.4. PARTsolutions Exporter
1.2.2.8.5. Two-part conversion (with and without Capvidia license)
1.2.2.9. CAD/PDM specific characteristics
1.2.3. Set-up PLM Synchro via plmsynchro.cfg
1.2.4. Running PLMsynchro with CAPVIDIA
1.2.5. Remote Translation Service for Capvidia
1.2.5.1. General information
1.2.5.2. Setup
1.2.5.3. Test run in PARTdataManager
1.3. Structure/classify products
1.3.1. Overview
1.3.1.1. Start / exit PARTdataCenter
1.3.1.2. Connect to Server | Import | Commit | Download | Export
1.3.1.3. Categories Attributes | Products | Structure
1.3.1.4. Icons
1.3.2. Create new catalog
1.3.3. Import catalog
1.3.3.1. Import catalog via CSV
1.3.3.2. Import PARTsolutions catalog
1.3.4. "Attributes" category
1.3.4.1. Add new attribute
1.3.4.1.1. Document columns
1.3.5. "Products" category
1.3.5.1. Display type Table | List | Tiles
1.3.5.2. Add Product
1.3.5.3. Edit documents in product
1.3.6. "Structure" category
1.3.6.1. Create / move classes
1.3.6.2. Create Class features
1.3.6.3. Add / move (classify) products
1.3.6.3.1. Import from CAD
1.3.6.3.2. Move products / Classify
1.3.6.3.3. Add PSOL project link
1.3.6.4. Define product sort order
1.3.6.5. Remove / Restore / Show history
1.3.6.5.1. Show change history / Show history of products in subtree
1.3.6.5.2. Revert local changes
1.3.6.5.3. Revert committed changes
1.3.6.5.3.1. Remove Class - Restore removed classes
1.3.6.5.3.2. Remove product - Restore removed products
1.3.6.5.3.3. Remove class assignment
1.3.7. Export to PARTsolutions
1.3.8. Configuration
1.3.9. Roles / Rights
1.3.10. Background information on mapping logic between PARTwarehouse and PARTsolutions
1.3.11. Troubleshooting
2. Update data automatically and cyclically
3. Classimporter and ClassificationToolbar
3.1. Classimporter
3.1.1. Concept
3.1.2. Installation
3.1.3. License
3.1.4. Launch
3.1.5. Data structure
3.1.5.1. General notes
3.1.5.2. Class tree - classstruct.txt
3.1.5.2.1. Special case: Class names correspond to directory structure
3.1.5.3. Visible class name - classdef.txt
3.1.5.4. Material master - erpdata.txt
3.1.5.5. Attributes
3.1.5.5.1. Attributes - Definition - attributedef.txt
3.1.5.5.2. Value range fields
3.1.5.5.3. Values - attributedata.txt
3.1.5.5.3.1. Translatable text attributes
3.1.5.5.4. Add document link (green column)
3.1.5.6. Image import - filelist.txt
3.1.5.6.1. General settings
3.1.5.6.2. Import STL files
3.1.5.6.3. Import preview images
3.1.5.6.4. Import technical views
3.1.5.7. Column sort sequence
3.1.5.8. Deleting rows
3.1.6. Configuration
3.1.6.1. Column "MATNO"
3.1.6.2. Using LinkDB
3.1.6.3. Enter variables in LinkDB
3.1.6.4. Mapping: LinkDB field name - text file column
3.1.6.5. Timestamp number
3.1.7. PARTadmin Geometry import: Creation of Classimporter files
3.1.8. Error messages / warnings
3.2. ClassificationToolbar
3.2.1. General hints
3.2.2. Add class
3.2.3. Remove class
3.2.4. Edit the classification features and the description.
3.2.5. Move class
3.2.6. Add datasets
3.2.7. Delete datasets
3.2.8. Edit dataset
3.2.9. Move datasets
3.2.10. Copy dataset
3.2.11. Edit views
3.2.12. Edit project in batch mode
3.2.13. Assign parts per geometrical search.
3.2.14. Update ...
3.2.15. Special hints for adding and deleting classes
3.2.16. Configuration file
4. FAQ
4.1. Help
4.2. About
4.3. License information
4.3.1. "General" tabbed page
4.3.2. "License selection" tabbed page
4.3.3. "Expiring licenses" tabbed page
4.3.4. "Active licenses" tabbed page
4.3.5. "Checkout" tabbed page
4.4. System info/Support
5. Appendix
5.1. Regular expression
5.2. Third Party License Information
Index