What file types attach to a revision?

PDFs, drawings, STEP models, and customer-facing documents, each with a description, and each downloadable from or removable from the revision.

What happens when a part is revised?

The part carries a new revision; earlier revisions stay open to view with what they cost, and a quote is built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.

Is this a PDM or PLM system?

No. It does not replace a CAD vault; it keeps the revision, the drawings, and the price history that quotes and orders depend on in one place.

Revision, drawing, and document control

Modustra IQ’s revision control keeps every drawing, STEP model, and document attached to the revision it belongs to, so the quote, the order, and the shop are all working from the same one.

In custom manufacturing the drawing is the product. When a revision changes and the quote, the order, and the shop floor are each holding a different copy, the mistake has already been made; it just has not been built yet. Modustra IQ keeps revisions on the part itself, so everything that refers to the part refers to a specific revision of it.

Each part carries a part number, a revision, and a description, and any earlier revision can be opened to see what it looked like and what it cost. Every save records a price snapshot, so the pricing history sits beside the revision history, and a notes field holds what changed at that revision: the assumptions behind it, the sourcing, and any special terms.

Drawings and customer-facing documents attach to a revision and to nothing else. PDFs, drawings, and STEP models each carry a description and can be downloaded or removed from the revision. STEP files open in the built-in 3D viewer, so a full assembly can be turned around on screen without leaving the quote or opening a CAD seat. It is a viewer for checking what you are looking at, not a measuring tool, and it says so.

A look at it

The built-in STEP viewer in Modustra IQ showing FULL ASSEMBLY.STEP, a 54 MB model of a 3D printer frame with 274 parts and 605,474 triangles, over a dimmed margin calculator page, with Close and Download buttons. — The built-in STEP viewer — a 274-part assembly attached to a revision, turned on screen without leaving the quote.

The lower part of a margin calculator revision in Modustra IQ: a historical pricing table recorded on each save, a notes field for assumptions, sourcing, special terms and what changed at this revision, and a Drawings and Documents list with FULL ASSEMBLY.STEP attached, each file with a description, view, download and delete actions, and an Add files button. — Pricing history, revision notes, and the drawings and documents attached to this revision.

What's inside

Revisions on the part

Part number, revision, and description on every part, with earlier revisions a click away.

Price snapshots

Every save records a price snapshot, so the cost and price history of each revision is kept with it.

Revision notes

What changed, the assumptions, sourcing, and special terms, recorded against the revision they apply to.

Drawings & documents

PDFs, drawings, and customer-facing documents attach to one revision and to nothing else.

STEP viewer

Open STEP models in the browser: turn, zoom, and pan a full assembly without a CAD seat.

Quote to shop

Quotes are built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.

Frequently asked questions

Can I view STEP files without CAD software?: Yes. STEP models open in the built-in 3D viewer in the browser: turn, zoom, and pan a full assembly without a CAD seat. It is a viewer for checking, not a measuring tool.
What file types attach to a revision?: PDFs, drawings, STEP models, and customer-facing documents, each with a description, and each downloadable from or removable from the revision.
What happens when a part is revised?: The part carries a new revision; earlier revisions stay open to view with what they cost, and a quote is built from a specific revision, so what was priced is what gets built.
Is this a PDM or PLM system?: No. It does not replace a CAD vault; it keeps the revision, the drawings, and the price history that quotes and orders depend on in one place.

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