MWAutoNumber for MechWorks PDM Automation.

AutoNumber Format Options – Configurations Tab

Following is another example using the same AutoNumber Format after making some changes to the Prefix / Suffix options. NOTE: When the Prefix / Suffix is modified, the preview string above them updates to display what the configuration’s name will look like.

The following two figures display the SolidWorks configuration tab, before and after the Save-As process for a component that has three internal configurations. As you can see, each configuration’s name now includes the assigned part number from the AutoNumber Format , followed by the defined Prefix (which is a dash and an opening parenthesis) followed by the configuration’s original name ( 001 , 002 , 003 ) followed by the defined Suffix (which is the closing parenthesis):

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 File Name ( ENG_00683 ) from the selected AutoNumber Format scheme, followed

by the “ -( “ defined from the Prefix option, followed by their original configuration name ( 001 , 002 , 003 ), followed by the “ ) ” defined from the Postfix option. For this example, their [ Configuration ] values match their [ ID ] values, which also match their configuration name within SolidWorks.

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