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 File Name ( ENG_00685 ) 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 Postfix option. For this example, their [ Configuration ] values ( 001 , 002 , 003 ), within MechWorks PDM are exactly as they were defined within SolidWorks.

NOTE: For the above example, the user selected the same exact AutoNumber Format for all three configurations. 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 SolidWorks file:

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