Best Practices

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Inventor Best Practices BI35 Vancouver Operations Engineering Services

Version 1.1.1 August 3, 2006

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Contents 1 Contracts Process – Starting from a Baseline 1.1 Baseline Data 1.2 Copying Baselines 1.3 Ready to Extract and Release 2 Data Translation and Archive 3 PDMS Interface – ‘Get CAD Data’ (3D Inventor Part or Assembly) 4 Contracts Process – TBA 5 NPR/CPR Processes

Contracts Process – Starting from a Baseline

Baseline Data

• Status Property set to Baseline

Copying Baselines

Use Pack N’ Go to copy Baselines as follows:

1. Select Top Level assembly
2. Right click and select Pack n’Go
3. Confirm correct Project file is selected.
4. Confirm location to “Copy To”
5. Use the settings noted in fig. x
6. Click Search for related files (Part and Assembly files)
7. Click Search for Linked files (Drawing files) and add the files
8. Click Start to begin
9. Confirm Assembly opens correctly

Important note! – Confirm that IDW files are using the correct part updated to reverence parts and assemblies in new Contract location.

Ready to Extract and Release

1. Confirm all Parts, Assemblies and Drawings are up to date and ready to release. Use tools such as interference checker and Degrees of Freedom.
2. Click Extract BOM……..
3. If no errors Confirm Extract.
4. Parts, Assemblies and Drawings each must be approved. These are viewed through ProdRel2

Data Translation and Archive

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PDMS Interface – ‘Get CAD Data’ (3D Inventor Part or Assembly)

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Contracts Process – TBA

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NPR/CPR Processes

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