Rename Document, Make Content Changes and Sign

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Usually, when someone asks how to manage CAD version data, I answer, "meet the requirements of your QA/Config Management procedures, and then meet the requirements of your engineering system."In your case, though, it doesn't sound like you have a configuration management system in place.  So, you should probably focus on developing good habits and apply a few common guidelines.Good Habits:Write out a storage plan: open word, create a new document and in it list what storage resources you have, servers, workstations, external drives cloud accounts, back-ups systems, everything.  Then right out the paths of your main file buckets and what goes in them.  The trick is to pick categories for your file buckets that are mutually exclusive.  What goes in one shouldn't go in the others.You're going to use this for every business file you track.  this is going to say where things are saved and where to find them.  When you can't remember where something is, you're going to open this document (so make it easy to find) and look at where it's supposed to be.  You're also going to refine it from time to time to make your categories less ambiguous. Now that you know where the files are going to be stored, write a procedure for revising them.It should includehow you increment revisions (Letters starting from A, numbers starting from 0, primary and secondary, document-only, vs. design chagnes, etchow you back up superseded versions for future referencewhat is the instrument (the form, document, log) that needs to be completed before a revision can be implemented.  You can call this form an ECO, ECN, DCN, ECR, ESR (E=Engineering, C=Change, O=order, D=document", S=service, R=request).  I know it sounds pedantic for a one-person operation to fill out forms, but you're going to want to know why you did something and your brainz jus' gonna' shrug.Make a database, or log that includes the document affected by the change, the old revision letter, the revision letter after the change and the ECO/ECN/ESR... number.When you go to make a change, copy the current release to a sandbox location, along with any referenced documents needed (PDM Systems usually do this automatically).  Do not make the change directly on the released documentWhen you're done and have approved the changed documents for release, back-up the current version to an archive folder and rename, tag or folder it with a name that includes it's revision letter/number.  Only then, can you move the updated revision into it's placeDo not rename files or include the revision letter in the name (If I could get my boss to stop doing this, I'd be a much calmer individual).  with 3D models, especially one file will reference several others and renaming a file to include a new revision, or the date, or a description change, can have the effect of breaking every automated mechanism out there designed to find that file when it's called for.  Once you name a file, you shouldn't rename it unless its name is contradictory to its data (wrong category, authorship, etc).  Think about your library.  How often do you see librarians renaming books?  That brings me to this one: Use a simple naming convention.  Multi-term, coded part numbers were an attempt to reduce the frequency with which engineers needed to retrieve files in the old days when drawings were stored in drawing cabinets in air conditioned warehouses.  The idea was, if you needed a sprocket for an assembly, you could spec it by file name using a coding system and never look at the drawing.  Chances are, you had to redraw the thing in the assembly anyway, so what was the point?  Today, the goal is data re-use and fast searching using automatic file indexing and tagging.  What you want from a part number is simple.  A category or commodity code to say what type of thing it is and a sequential numberDecide if your orgnaization is project or product centric.  Project Centric design data usually applies to one specific customer's request. The design is developed with the requirements of the project in mind and most of the files will only be used there.  Existing files may serve as boilerplates for other projects, but are usually copied and renumbered instead of being revised.  Product Centric design applies to manufacturing organizations that attempt to create generalized components that are used concurrently on multiple products.  This keeps design and tooling costs down and makes trouble-shooting problems simpler.This decision will impact your organizational approach to document management.  Project-centric systems are usually built around client or project repositories where data related to one customer is deposited and in a particular project folder, you'll find many different classes of documents and designs (assemblies with part details, mechanical with electrical, etc)Product centric system are usually built around catelogs or commodity folders where files are organized based on what they are, not where they're used.  The Brackets folder will only contain bracketsDO NOT, FOR ANY REASON, PUT TWO DOCUMENTS WITH THE SAME NAME IN YOUR ARCHIVES.  This is the worst habit ever and its cause is usually expedience.  Someone wants make an assembly easy to open over the network, so they copy the complete tree to one folder and the network becomes strewn with duplicate fasteners, pcb's and other frequently-reused components.Someone isn't getting paid to look up part numbers for screws online, so they just call the fasteners in their assembly, screw1, screw2.  Same result as copying existing files with worse consequences-your screw.sldprt is a 1/4-20 x 3/8" hex head and someone else's screw.sldprt is a worm-gear for a motion control platform.  Then at some point, some third party decided to clean out the duplciates and their assembly opens with 3' long worm gears everywhere there should be a bolt.  If you think you could sort this out on the fly, then try it when three or more components get confused.The moral of the story is, no two files need the same name.  If you're making a screw (instead of downloading one?) find the manufacturer's part number and cage code and call it that.  E.G. 3a054_9012a106 (Mcmaster car) If you have a part that's modified for an assembly, copy the part and rename it with assembly as a prefix or suffix to the root part numberif you're creating a simplified version of an existing component, indicate that in the file nameOK, let's talk a couple of guide lines for implementing your systemIt's up to you whether it's acceptable to correct a typo, or fill in meta-data or fix a rebuild error on a drawing or model without a revision.  I know one drafter who accidentally spelled count as cunt and it made it all the way through release.  We decided we didn't need to have the ECO team meat and sign off on a change order to correct the cunt on the drawing and managed to discretely update and distribute the corrected document without bumping the revision.A revision, generally is described as an engineering change to a document that is corrective, but does not change the form, fit or function of the data.  If a PCB is revised to fix a thermal problem, the updated board should fit in the existing housing, connect to the existing harnesses have the same functions as the superseded board.  Under these circumstances, the changed board will replace the previous version, in all assemblies where it's used.  If form fit or function do change, or if you want to keep both versions of the board in production, then you need to pull a new number for your updated version and start it over from revision A.  This is really important for repairs and maintenance.  A document shouldn't be affected by more than one open change order at a time.  If you have two open changes that both affect the same part then you can do one of three things: combine the change orders into one assignment, complete one of the change orders and release it so you can implement the other (this is an expensive solution), take the document out of all but one change order (if the change order is something trivial like changing an abbreviation, maybe it can wait until the document is touched again)Use a PDM/EDM System: Just about every sector that uses computers to create content has software for managing and tracking that content in a way that conforms with industry best practices.  For mechanical engineering, that  software is usually called Product Data Management or Electronic Document Management.   It's wonderful because it does automatically what responsible organizations used to pay a whole department to do.  PDM software does the following usuallyassign documents for change to one specific person so that other people can't modify them at the same timeallow the user to make changes to files that are on their local workstation instead of working across the limited bandwidth of the internet or company LAN (even Google fibre isn't as fast as your hard drive bus)protect files from accidental changes or corruptionmaintain file histories and versionsenforce logging and audit trail requirementsback-up filesprovide content and metadata searches (instead of just file name searches)enforce unique file namesrequire approvals for releaseThere.  That should give you something to chew on.  Final advice: write down what your going to do and then do it the way you wrote it.  Change your system only when needed and apply changes consistently. Good luck.

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I recommend you going through the following list of projects that surely will help you improve your programming skills.Numbers:Find PI to the Nth Digit - Enter a number and have the program generate PI up to that many decimal places. Keep a limit to how far the program will go.Find e to the Nth Digit - Just like the previous problem, but with e instead of PI. Enter a number and have the program generate e up to that many decimal places. Keep a limit to how far the program will go.Fibonacci Sequence - Enter a number and have the program generate the Fibonacci sequence to that number or to th...

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So you don’t have much time to spend on it everyday? Well, I’m on the same boat as you but with another programming language.This semester I have so many things to do and get done that sometimes I need to stop and sit for a good five minutes to think what would be the best path to get things done properly.I think the first thing you need to decide is your goal:Do you want to become a Python developer?Do you want to expand your knowledge in programming so you can add it to your CV?Do you want to learn because there’s something that has to be done in your college/company that requires a language such as Python?And so on, I’m quite bad when it comes to make those questions so I apologize if they were bad :POkay so you’ve selected a nice range of tutorials/guides to get you started with Python, well done! Now you need to set a, min., amount of time to study about it, otherwise you’ll take far too longer to learn about it, your development might not be the best in this case.Set, for example, 45 minutes to 1 hour a day to study Python and work on some exercises because the only way, I know, that you’ll learn about a programming language is coding AND commiting mistakes, you’ll learn more from it, trust me.If you live near a library, go there and check if them have some Python books and check which one suits you best, some books are easier to read and understand, while other require more background knowledge in programming, so you can study while, for example, going back home by bus.As someone who was on your position with Python and now is the same position but with a different language, I’d suggest: start with Codecademy so you’ll get an idea about the programming language.As with Python, there are two, “main”, versions of it:Version 2.x,Version 3.x,We are, currently, in version 3.4.3 (if I’m not wrong) so there are a few differences between those versions but nothing that could really stop you from learning the code, you’ll get used with the differences.Okay, after you got the idea of what Python is, you have two options:Get a good Python book such as Learn Python the Hard Way and go through the chapters doing the exercises and codes,Enroll into another course such as the one pointed by you on Coursera so you’ll actually have assignments that have a deadline (this tends to increase your productivity, at least for me tho).Second option is slightly better because, depending on the course, you get a certificate after going through the course and getting enough grade to pass which is nice for your CV but focus on learning the language, first :)I’ve first started with Codecademy and later went to Coursera’s course, Python for Everybody and I can say I managed to get through it, even though working with DB was slightly hard for me.Also, one really important thing is to set specific, and possible, goals (based on your knowledge about Python)!Set goals such as: learning how the conditional structure works, understand how dictionaries and their related, most frequently used, functions work.When you accomplish the goal, be happy and proud about yourself, and move forward!Hope this was helpful and wish you the best of luck with Python!You’ll love it but pay close attention to tabbing !Edit: I’m taking a course on Udemy called “Become a Professional Python Developer” and so far is quite nice.It has gotten some nice reviewes and you have a decent amount of coding to so, it also ends up giving some ideas of qhat you could as a personal project.It gives you a broad idea of what Python is and how it can be used. I’m suggest taking a look at it, in case you want to check other options before starting to work on it! :)

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There are a plenty of projects for beginners.You can find complete list here : karan/ProjectsSome categories in which above link have projects :NumbersClassic AlgorithmsGraphData StructuresTextNetworkingClassesThreadingWebFilesDatabasesGraphics and MultimediaSecurityNumbersFind PI to the Nth Digit - Enter a number and have the program generate PI up to that many decimal places. Keep a limit to how far the program will go.Find e to the Nth Digit - Just like the previous problem, but with e instead of PI. Enter a number and have the program generate e up to that many decimal places. Keep a li...