MWAutoNumber for MechWorks PDM Automation.

AutoNumber Format Options – Configurations Tab

The following two figures display the SolidWorks configuration tab, before and after the Save-As process for a component that has three internal configurations. Please note that the active configuration during the initial Save-As process (001) is the same active configuration (001) after the physical file has been renamed accordingly:

The following figure displays the three managed configuration records within MechWorks PDM for the specific file. Notice that they were each assigned a unique [ ID ] based on the AutoNumber Format scheme. For this example, their configuration values (001, 002, and 003) from SolidWorks were inherited within MechWorks PDM.

NOTE: For the above example, the user selected the same exact AutoNumber Format for all three configurations, that is why they are sequential in order (ENG_00677, ENG_00678, and ENG_00679). Continuing to insert new configurations into the component will allow the user to select the same AutoNumber Format .

The following two figures show that the user has added a configuration into the file:

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