MWAutoNumber for MechWorks PDM Automation.

AutoNumber Format Options – Rename Tab

Automatic: Rename File Only For this example, an environment might have the following model with managed configurations registered within MechWorks PDM:

For this example, “ CD ” stands for “Concept Design” and represents a temporary naming format. Documents are assigned a “Concept Design” part number while in the initial conceptual phase of a design. If/when the document is going to be updated for manufacturing needs (within this example environment), then the documents must be renamed and assigned an “Engineering” part number beginning with “ ENG ”. If a user selects the “ CD 000131-001 ” configuration and uses an AutoNumber Format with the Rename File Only option active, then only the name of the file ( FILE_NAME ) will change. If the MechWorks PDM option to Update the document ID after a ‘Rename’ is also enabled, then the [ ID ] of the selected record will also be updated:

However, the name of its configuration will not be

modified, and the [ ID ] values and the [ CONFIGURATION ] values for the brother configuration records managed within MechWorks PDM will not be modified:

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