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CAD PDM, PLM vs ERP*

     
PLM
 
ERP
 
  Focus   Engineering   Accounting  
  Goal   Product management   Resource planning  
  Driver   Projects   Orders  
  Catalyst   Innovation   Transactions  
  Structure   Organic   Rigid  
  Feature   Faster change   Tighter control  
  Data   Complex relations   Simple structures  
  Delivers   New products   Ongoing business  
              *Traditional simplification, not representational of all systems.

PDM and PLM: does not mean "CAD software". PLM and PDM describe database systems for design, manufacturing, change and workflow management with which CAD software integrates. Essentially PDM (Product DATA Management) organizes product design and change data according to a standardized schema of relations between documents and projects, usually inside a single organization. PLM (Product LIFECYCLE Management) loosely facilitates larger-scale workflow collaboration between multiple organizations and external partners, sharing needed information during a product's entire "life-cycle". PLM* is one of four corporate ICT "cornerstones", together with SCM, ERP and CRM.

Do I need PDM or PLM? If you still have to ask, the answer is probably PDM. As above, PLM is typically an enterprise-level data and workflow integration between multiple organizations for a product's entire "life cycle". In those cases a need for full-scale PLM is largely self-evident.
*A working draft describing the PLM paradigm is maintained by the International Working Group on PLM.

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Drawing Standards

AS 1100 is an Australian standard for technical drawing including both mechanical and architectural designs. *NOTE a copy of this specification must be purchased.

Part 101: General principles (1992)
Part 201: Mechanical engineering drawing (1992)
Part 301: Architectural drawing (1985)
Part 401: Engineering survey and engineering survey design drawing (1984)
Part 501: Structural engineering drawing (2002)

 

ISO 128 is an international standard (ISO), about the general principles of presentation in technical drawings. Order here.

 

ASME Y14 is an imperial drawing standard from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

 

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