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DDM Admin tutorial videos
Step by Step guide to using DDM Admin
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DDM Tutorials Step 1 – Configuring System Access
00:30 Logging into DDM Administration
00:50 Adding a new user account
04:20 Managing a user account
05:35 Groups and access controls
06:45 Creating new groups and configuring access controls
07:05 Creating and configuring access controls on a new lifecycle state
21:50 Profiles (default user settings)
23:10 General recommendation00:25 Understanding custom attributes
01:25 Creating custom attributes
05:10 Custom attributes locked to category browser
07:00 Making category a compulsory attribute
07:30 Dealing with reserved attribute names
08:25 Adding categories through DDM Admin
09:35 Attribute colour rules
11:50 Attribute validation
13:05 Category managers and category administrators (system groups)
14:50 Configuring Bill of Materials attributes
DDM Tutorials Step 2 – Configuring Custom Attributes and the Category Browser
00:25 Understanding custom attributes
01:25 Creating custom attributes
05:10 Custom attributes locked to category browser
07:00 Making category a compulsory attribute
07:30 Dealing with reserved attribute names
08:25 Adding categories through DDM Admin
09:35 Attribute colour rules
11:50 Attribute validation
13:05 Category managers and category administrators (system groups)
14:50 Configuring Bill of Materials attributes
DDM Tutorials Step 3 – Auto-number Administration
00:40 Enabling auto-numbering in DDM Admin
01:15 Creating a new numbering rule for parts/assemblies, documents & drawings
03:00 Setting a default numbering rule for parts/assemblies, documents & drawings
04:05 Creating a new numbering rule for folders
04:30 Selecting and setting a default numbering rule for folders
05:20 Free text numbering (user defined or manual number)
09:15 Use of shared incrementors
10:40 Numbering allocation locked to specific groups
11:35 Number allocation driving category selection
13:00 Building complex multi-level numbering rules
DDM Tutorials Step 4 – CAD Parameter Mapping
00:40 Attribute population when saving a new part to DDM
01:45 Updating attributes of existing parts in CAD and DDM
02:10 DDM CAD Parameter Mapping
04:45 Mapping additional DDM attributes to the CAD environment
06:20 Controlling attribute modification by defining the Master Application
08:20 Attribute population for drawings
09:10 Mapping ‘Drawn By’, ‘Date’ attributes and ‘Change Note’ information
11:35 Mapped attributes in Creo
11:55 Mapped attributes in Solid Edge
12:20 Mapped attributes in IRONCAD
13:10 Mapped attributes in Autodesk Inventor
13:35 Mapped attributes in AutoCAD
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