Thanks for the info.In the test sample my EEs sent me, there were 2 other project files: aepx and wdt. So, there is a lot you can do with PDM and Acad Electrical, but the fancier stuff requires some programming knowledge. The project (wdpt) and drawing (dwt) templates were also in the vault. A third add-in was used to handle the creation of new Autocad Electrical components (since these also had to have part numbers assigned from our ERP system) and updating the ACE_JIC_MENU.dat file so that the catalog in Acad Electrical would show those items. Another add-ins would handle publishing the project as a PDF (using the Autocad API) and placing it in a folder accessible to other groups outside Engineering. I also created a PDM add-in to automate the release of Acad Electrical projects which would rename the project folder, WDP file and drawing files and move them from a WIP area to a Released area. And set things up as you describe with a folder for each project where the WDP and DWG files lived.Ī PDM template was used to prompt the user for the project name and description and it would then create a corresponding folder with that name.
