{"id":966,"date":"2006-05-08T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/do_you_need_dat"},"modified":"2013-07-18T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T12:44:27","slug":"do_you_need_dat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2006\/05\/do_you_need_dat.html","title":{"rendered":"Do you need data management?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">I sometimes hear from users who express frustration with a lack of organization of their design data. When I ask how they are managing their data the typical response is standard windows folder or shared drives. So, how do you know if you could improve design data management?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Simple: have you ever found yourself asking these questions?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">Where did I put that file?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">Is this the latest revision of the file?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">I\u2019m sure I changed that part, somebody must have overwritten it!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">I opened the assembly, where are the part files?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; color: black;\">Who is working on that file?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">Where is this part used? If I change it what assemblies will I impact?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">Why is it so slow? (working with shared drives over the network<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\">If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you could benefit from more organized data management.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">PDMWorks is the perfect tool to help workgroups organize and secure their design data.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Best of all, it\u2019s easy to implement and use and does not require lot\u2019s of training and IT involvement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">I encourage you to take a further look at how PDMWorks can help you organize and manage your design data. Contact your reseller for more detailed information.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/blog1.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=400,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/blog11.jpg\" alt=\"Blog1\" title=\"Blog1\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes hear from users who express frustration with a lack of organization of their design data. When I ask how they are managing their data the typical response is standard windows folder or shared drives. 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