PDXpert PLM Software
On-line Help Guide

This help topic describes the current PDXpert PLM release. Earlier releases may be different. To view your release's version of this topic, open PDXpert and press the F1 key or select the Help menu.

Revise a released part

The part record's iteration must be released or canceled before you can make a new pending record iteration.

Any user who has permission to view a part record (and whose role has appropriate permissions) can make a new iteration for that part record, regardless of the previous record iteration's trustee.

Best practice says that a physical part that's interchangeable with previous iterations shares the same part number and is stored at the same inventory location. If a changed part is not interchangeable with previous iterations, then the new part requires a different part number and a new inventory bin.

PDXpert always shows the released part iteration on a released assembly's BOM, purchased part's sources list, and as a reference. A part record may be at, say, revision 1 and lifecycle Prototype when it's first assigned to a parent assembly. If that part record is later released as revision 2 and lifecycle Production, the released assembly automatically shows the new 2 (Production) iteration. The inventory location contains the physical part made as either revision 1 or revision 2. It's good practice to not mark the revision on the part.

  • Click on the iteration dropdown list on the part window's status bar, and select the <..New..> line.

    You don't need to unlock the existing record iteration to create a new iteration. The record is unlocked automatically.

    Creating a new revision

Fully describe your new part iteration:

Some data — such as Type, Owner, Number and Part name (description) — is locked on the first iteration, and cannot be revised.

When you've finished editing the new iteration, release your part on a change form.

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