Purpose

Manage FreeCAD model sharing and linear versioning. This app shows the framework capabilities. Very few line of code describe the user interface and manage persistent data. We can view this application as a small PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) for FreeCAD.

Roles

  • ROLE_ADMIN

  • ROLE_PLM_USER

See configure roles in Crew to add the role into your Intranet

Server Installation

Configure the PLM Server

If you want just an overview, you can download the demo server, with default configuration, go directly in Launch Server Binaries.

Here are the step by step commands:

Clone the Intranet repository
git clone https://github.com/Taack/intranet.git
OR
git clone git@github.com:Taack/intranet.git
Go to app folder
cd intranet/app
Clone the PLM repository
git clone https://github.com/Taack/plm.git
OR
git clone git@github.com:Taack/plm.git

From here, you can build the server or run it. Change current directory to the intranet folder and either:

Build the server binaries (for production environment)
./gradlew bootJar
Launch the server (for development environment)
./gradlew bootRun

Launch Server Binaries

Demo version is available here: Taack PLM releases, download server-0.6.jar

If you choose to build the server binaries, go to :

Launch the server
java -jar server/build/libs/server-0.6.jar

Server Arguments

See server/grails-app/conf/application.yml for a list of available options

Options to the server can be passed this way:

Combining Options
java -DOption1=Value1 -DOption2=Value2 ... -jar server-0.3.jar
Options

  • Path the Intranet store its files: -Dintranet.root=/home/test/someDir

  • Server port: -Dserver.port=9444

  • Database url: -DdataSource.url='jdbc:h2./prodDb2;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE'

  • Dot exe path: -Dexe.dot.path=/somePath…​

FreeCAD Workbench Installation

Go into Tools > Addon Manager then refresh local cache and search for Taack.

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Click on installation button.

Usage

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Figure 1. Select Taack PLM Workbench
1 Taack PLM Workbench
2 Main Action
3 Enter server URL (with a trailing '/')
4 Enter User Credentials
5 Enter Password Credentials
6 Connect to the server
7 Choose Duplicate Mode
8 Duplicate History

Clicking on OK button will upload the file into your Intranet. The Intranet will create a preview, this process might take time.

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Figure 2. Details View of Parts …​
1 File Preview
2 Links Hierarchy
3 Tags
If you have many links, import them from the same computer. From other computers, download the zip file from your intranet.

That’s it; I will record some videos demonstrating this app capabilities.