RE: Configurator

>From my understanding there is coded information attached to each drawing
that is in a format that is readable to other languages. This information
has the characters or elements of that drawing. I believe the drawing is in
.DXF format.
Your designers using AutoCAD should be able to explain it.
I know CADDY reads that info, formats it into BOM format, interfaces with
System21 and creates structures. I believe the items had to be created in
the item master beforehand. One caveat is that CADDY is at AutoCAD 14
product level.
It has been five years since we played with this product.

Mex Davis
MIS Manager
Bekum America Corp.

-----Original Message-----
From: system21-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:system21-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Kincer, Alan
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:45 AM
To: 'System 21 Users'
Subject: RE: [SYSTEM21] Configurator

What would you "tap" into on a .dxf/.dwg file to get that sort of
information? How would it be ported to the 400?

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Sorensen [mailto:PSorensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:35 AM
To: system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [SYSTEM21] Configurator


I had read about Caddy a few years back.  I know people who interface
CAD based systems with other AS/400 ERPs, so it's possible.  Thanks for
the info.

>>> mis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/18/03 07:44AM >>>
Peter,
We actually have the code for that groovy little product. It was
called
Caddy. It is written in 'C' but we never implemented it. Long story. It
was
quite good with AutoCAD. It was such a new concept for our Engineering
Department, that they weren't comfortable with it. One of life's
missed
opportunities. It was saved to tape and is in 3.5.1 release level.
Just wanted you to know.

Mex Davis
MIS Manager
Bekum America Corp.

-----Original Message-----
From: system21-bounces+mis=bekumamerica.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:system21-bounces+mis=bekumamerica.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Pete
Sorensen
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:22 PM
To: system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SYSTEM21] Configurator

Is anyone using, or has tried using engineering based software
(Inventor
or other CAD type systems) to actually interface with System 21?  I'm
looking for some magical software to assist with the creation of
Parts,
BOMS, and routes.  A recent demo of Inventor looked promising for
generating part numbers and possibly BOMS.

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