Items, drawings and product documents

The core of Sovelia PLM is based on items, bills of materials, drawings and product documents. This documentation describes the initial setup of the Sovelia PLM Template and its configuration possibilities. The data model for product da...

One of the main attributes in Sovelia is the type tree. This is a categorization of the item or document.  Item types can be configured. It is best to keep the main levels (Items and Raw materials) as they are but the predefined sublevels can b...

Some fields, such as Object ID , Description, Revision, ...,  are fixed. Others can be attached/detached to the type tree. Data fields are always inherited to subtypes. For example, if you connect an attribute to the Items type, it will be us...

Items, drawings and product documents all have the same lifecycle. By default,  drawings  and product document states are automatically driven by the item they are linked to.

Roles control access rights to information Sovelia. Some parts of the interface are also role based. For example, creation functions are not visible to viewers and workflow charts only visible to the relevant roles. The following roles are setup i...

The Sovelia Template has two preset methods to manage the engineering workflow. The workflow can be item driven or managed using the  Engineering change order (ECO) . This can be setup in the administration. The item review process is not part...

Lifecycle rules are enforced by Sovelia. For example, when an item is promoted to  In Production state all child items, drawings and product documents must be at the same state. The following rules are used to check the structure of the item ...

Items that are approved to status In production   must be revised before they can be modified. When a new revision of an item, drawing or product document is promoted to In production ,  it automatically replaces the previous revision in the la...

Multiple manufacturer item entries can be created for items. These contain the name of the manufacturer and the manufacturer item number.

Information is stamped on PDF documents when they are viewed or extracted from Sovelia. The Sovelia Template default configuration: Status information In production Approved State: In production Approved date: ####/##/## Approver: <Status...

The Sovelia Template has various preconfigured triggers to send item and BOM data to the ERP system. The typical message format is XML or JSON. Typically, the information is sent when the item is promoted to status In Production .

Various reports are available in Sovelia. Available reports: Some of the reports a fixed and others allow configuration selection.