How to Revise Vault Items in Predator PDM
Overview
Revising Vault Items is necessary in all Predator PDM systems. This will maintain a revision history essential for quality control.
Requirements
- Predator PDM
- Predator PDM User Account with at least Manufacturing Engineering permissions
Revise Vault Item
- Log into Predator PDM
- If not already in the Vault Viewer, open the vault (View > Vault...)
- Find the Vault Item to revise and select it
- Right-click the Released Vault Item and click Revise...
- If not already incremented, enter a new Revision
- ECN and Reference Notes are optional
- To add or remove attachments, click Vault Item Attachments
- Choose from one of the following to add or remove as many attachments as necessary:
- + will directly attach a file such as a NC program or PDF file; this is the most common option
- * will all you to attach a shared file from the Shared Library
- @ will add a shortcut to another Released Vault Item
- X will delete the selected attachment
- Eraser will delete all attachments
- Click Next, then Finish
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