Today
I would like to introduce the Drawing Management in 2BizBox.
2BizBox
ERP seems to be the only ERP Software that is able to manage Drawings. In the
Engineering Box of 2BizBox, you might have found two types of Drawings addable:
Manufacturing Drawing (hereinafter referred as MFG Drawing)
and Engineering Drawing (hereinafter referred as ENG Drawing). So what is the
difference between them?
Let’s
talk from the manufacturing enterprises. If you’ve worked in some manufacturing
enterprises, you must understand that the original drawings are the most
confidential document, just as important as the source code to a software
company. The original drawing is detailed in all design information of the
part’s size, material, components, etc. They exist in format of AutoCAD DWG or
other software like Solidworks. In 2BizBox, we call these original drawings as
ENG Drawings.
Another
type of Drawing is derived from ENG Drawing, but much more simplified, and
mostly used in commercial communication or manufacturing, e.g. assembly
drawings for workshop or customers and vendors. These drawings only contain the
most basic information for installation and their format also changes to DWF,
PDF or even image. We call these drawings MFG Drawings. Generally, MFG Drawings
are readable but not editable.
Now
let’s come back to 2BizBox. 2BizBox, each part can have multiple MFG or ENG
Drawings. What is more, as the part’s design improves, each revision can match
a MFG and ENG Drawing. Considered about the globalization, we especially allow
you to upload drawings in different languages.
Here
is a very simple manual for adding drawings.
First
you need to set an uploading path for drawings:
Then
in Engineering Box – Drawing, you can see the uploading options (MFG or ENG,
Single or Batch) :
The
uploading process is not complicated, but you have to pay attention to the rule
of naming Drawings.
Batch
Upload is a bit complex, so we write a simple explanation on how to do it.
First,
choose a folder which contains another folder named after part type. Put all
uploading files into this “another folder”. Pay attention to the file name
rule.
Tip:
If the part type name has “/”, you can write “%2F” instead.
For
example, we want to upload drawings for three parts as follow:
So
we establish a folder named “PART” and name the drawings as follow:
Put
this folder “PART” under any dictionary. Click “Batch Upload MFG Drawing” and
choose the folder “batch upload”:
Click
“Start Upload”:
Drawing
Management is not as simple ad uploading it to FTP. When you need to revise a
part, you should create an ECN and accordingly, the Drawing need to be revised
and uploaded again.
Finally,
don’t forget security! Who has the right to upload and download drawings? Set
it in security box.
To know more about 2BizBox Security Settings, you can read the following articles:
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