MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS

[SKYBLUE]

I JUST WENT THROUGH A 3 HR. HARD SELL FROM PTC FOR THEIR WINDCHILL PROGRAM. THE THING COST AN ARM AND A LEG. WE'RE A SMALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TWO SEATS AND WINDCHILL IS ALOT OF OVERKILL AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HELP WITH PRO-E DATA MANAGEMENT?

 

[Hacks]

Check out these links...


[url]http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33 898[/url]


http://www.designdatamanager.com/products/index.html


and, of course, PTC also offers Pro/Intralink but support for it will
end in June of 2008.

 

[prohammy]

Sky,


There is another thing I have seen floating about, a program called Aras (search for it here and on Eng-Tips....actually come to think of it look at this thread, the guy responding works for them....


http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=179979&page=1)


Can't give you any recommendations myself on that PDM, but at least you have a guy to talk to there if you want


Kev
Edited by: prohammy

 

[prohammy]

Sky,


If you do decide to have a look at these ARAS guys will you post what you think of them on this site for others to have a look at as well.


Cheers


Kev

 

[ddrichards]

Won't they sell you single site Intralink?

 

[SKYBLUE]

From what I understand Intralink is being replaced with Windchill

 

[prohammy]

Sky,


Look atthe bottom of Hacks post above, that is correct. You can still use Intralink beyond that date but there will be no support, no future enhancements etc from PTC....makes me wonder if somebody will buy Intralink once PTC are shot of it.....


Kev

 

[looslib]

I doubt it. Nobody bought Pro/PDM when PTC discontinued it.


We still use Pro/PDM 3.7 for our 2001 files.

 

[prohammy]

True Ben, hadn't thought of that.....


Come to think of it, I'd be very surprised if PTC would hand such a large chunk of business to anyone....It still surprises me that they are casting all the Intralink guys adrift.


Kev

 

[looslib]

But PTC does have an uograde path for Intralink 3.x users, it is to Intralink 8 or PDMLink 8..

Guess I better quit drink the Kool-aid from the PTC vending machine!

 

[jnoval]

I don't understand why PTC don't offer a simple basic package of Intralink, where all is setup with basic parameters, usergroups, templates and formats. That would be real simple to do for Intralink. The the companyes can use it as it is or make some changes to it. In intralink 3.x it is simple to do. Install from cd's in default folders, and import a dumplife and change the dataserver and fileser from a sqlscript. This way it wouls be cheap to implement in smalle sites. A installation like this must be possible to do from a DVD with a simple setup interface.


I don't know what is possible to do in Intralink 8, but it must be possible to somethin in the same way. At least the can offer a vmware image with the latest release. I know they already do make vmware images of pdm/link for demon and internal use.


I do not think Intralink is expensive, but if you also have to pay for consultion....

 

[JamesM]

and, of course, PTC also offers Pro/Intralink but support for it will
end in June of 2008.

Is that all versions, or just 3.x? Our dealer led us to believe that Pro/Intralink support would be available for a long time because many users had still not upgraded to version 8.

 

[Hacks]

My understanding is that it's all versions of Intralink pre-8.0.


I can't imagine PTC not supproting 3.X while continuing to
support 2.X and/or 1.X.


You dealer was either not being truthful, has been misinformed
about 3.X support or was refering to support for Intralink 8.0, which,
I'm sure, will continue to have support for several years to come.
Edited by: Hacks

 

[kevinjbrault]

We are using a software called Subversion. I does not have all the capability of Pro/Intralink but does work for collaboration. Best of all it adds very little overhead to our engineering process.


Oh, and its free.


We have a tutorial here: http://www.stdg.us/Administration/DataManagment.htm


Kevin

 

[STEPHEN_WHYTE]

Hi,

Check out this product, great value for money, does what they say it will and you will find the support hard to beat.

www.pulseplm.com

Best regards
Stephen

 

[tgill]

If you are looking for products, you can check out the open source PLM software from Aras Corp. You can download at www.aras.com/download.

 

[c_thompson_68]

As long as your PTC maintenance has not been active for the last two years, DesignDataManager (DDM) is an option for managing Pro-E CAD file data.

If you have not yet purchased a Pro-E license, due to an agreement with PTC, you must become a DDM customer first before purchasing an active PTC license. Refer to this MCAD link for details: [url]http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38 154&PN=1&TPN=2[/url]

DDM also manages other CAD platforms (SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Inventor, etc.) as well as Pro-E. Although reference to Pro-E is removed from the DDM website, it is still integrated and supported through Pro/Toolkit.


Edited by: c_thompson_68