Technik Design has helped a number of companies set-up their Solidworks system upon purchase to tailor the software specifically to their business needs.
The worst thing that a company can do is install Solidworks and start using it straight out of the box without any consideration of configuration to suit their needs. By configuring the software correctly it allows the following key aspects to be adopted:
- Standardisation of data between users
- Searchable, reusable data
- Automation of BOM’s and drawing borders
- Aligned data to allow straightforward PDM adoption at a later date
Technik Design would configure the following key elements, standardised for all users within the company:
- File naming conventions
- Revision management
- Standard part definitions
- Standard part management
- Drawing numbering
- Material libraries
- Drawing templates
- Metadata
- Defined workflows for checking, approval and change of documentation
- PDM implementation (if required)
It is advised that department procedures are then created to capture these defined way of working, these procedures then become part of the company quality management system which is fully auditable towards ISO 9001 approval.
On an number of assignments Technik Design has been tasked with retrospectively sorting out disorganised historical data. The longer and more frequent that bad data has been used between referenced models on live projects then the harder it is to sort out at a later date.
Feel free to get in touch to discuss set-up assistance options or to request a free Solidworks configuration review.