John Munro

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  • John Munro created a post,

    Materials ordered in bulk and cut to different lengths for assemblies

    Example context: order a bulk reel of tubing, then cut to different lengths for use in various places in an assembly. 2 needs: - Be able to roll up individual lengths of each component in assembly,...

  • John Munro created a post,

    Visibility of component documents in browser assembly tree

    In web browser assembly tree, it would be good to have a column indicating presence of documents, or document count or similar.  Context: be able to scan down a large assembly tree and identify whi...

  • John Munro created a post,

    CAD: highlight item in plugin when 3D part clicked

    If an assembly is large, it can be hard to find the part you're interested in within the Duro plugin. It would be good to be able to click the Solidworks feature tree, or the part itself on the 3D ...

  • John Munro created a post,

    (Web browser) Have ability to sort assembly by category

    When using default CPN scheme it sorts by category. But if using sequential non-intelligent CPN, categories are jumbled. Have ability to sort by the category column.

  • John Munro created a post,

    Clear visibility on CAD vs non-CAD parts in web browser

    1. Make it easier to distinguish what parts are directly linked to CAD. At the moment, you need to click into parts individually to see "Solidworks PDM" icon, or be editing an assembly to see the p...

  • John Munro created a post,

    Search bar or contextual highlighting in Solidworks plugin to find Duro items

    In a large assembly, it can be hard to hone in on the part of interest in Duro tree. For example, with other tools: SW feature tree: when you click on a part in the 3D model, it highlights in the ...

  • John Munro commented,

    True- currently our strategy is simply not to pull CPNs of things we don't want in the BOM- but it means you have to go through CAD plugin tree and select/deselect items (which can get finicky when...

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    Phantom assemblies

    Have the ability to elect whether a subassy is a phantom. I.e. when you have a CAD assy containing a subassy, but you don’t want that subassy to show up on the BOM- only the child parts (ie. you’re...

  • John Munro created a post,

    Filter by Modified status

    Have a way to filter to "any components in modified state" so that you can either quickly generate COs, or do a CO that rolls up all (or a series of) modified parts. Example for context: Procuremen...

  • John Munro commented,

    Our biggest use case for this would be the "Documents" tab for other category types. I.e. rather than documents with CPN's assigned specifically to them, it would be parts/assies that have PDF draw...