Part Release

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Overview

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What Nexus can help with

• Pre-release checks — Confirm no rebuild errors or warnings, no suppressed features left unexplained, no in-context (external) references, and correct material and custom properties.
• BOM verification — Confirm the BOM structure matches the assembly as modelled, with no missing, duplicate, or mismatched-quantity items.
• Release packages — Generate the standard bundle for release: dimensioned PDF drawing, neutral-format model (STEP, IGES), and BOM, in your defined folder structure and naming convention.
• Revision and metadata updates — Bump the revision and update title-block and custom-property metadata across a part and everywhere it’s referenced in parent assemblies.
• PDM/PLM sync — Where connected, check in files and update state and metadata in SolidWorks PDM or Teamcenter as part of the release step.

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Example prompts

Run a pre-release check on C:/Projects/Pump/pump_asm_v2.SLDASM and every part it references. Confirm: no rebuild errors or warnings, no suppressed features without a design-table or configuration reason, no in-context references to other assemblies, and every part has material and part number custom properties set. List every blocker before I proceed.

Compare the BOM on the assembly drawing against the actual component structure in pump_asm_v2.SLDASM. Flag any component in the model missing from the BOM, any BOM line with no matching component, and any quantity mismatch.

Generate a release package for the bracket at C:/Projects/Bracket/bracket_v3.SLDPRT: a dimensioned PDF of the drawing, a STEP AP214 export of the model, and the BOM as a CSV. Name each file <part_number>_<rev>.<ext> and place them in C:/Releases/ECN-4471/.

Bump the revision from B to C on C:/Projects/Bracket/bracket_v3.SLDPRT and update every parent assembly drawing that references it. Add a revision table entry noting "Updated per ECN-4471" on each affected drawing.

Once the pre-release check passes, check in C:/Projects/Bracket/bracket_v3.SLDPRT to SolidWorks PDM, set its state to "Released", and update the revision and effective date custom properties to match the drawing.

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Tips for part release prompts

• State your release checklist explicitly — “no rebuild errors” means different things at different companies. If you have a house checklist, give it to Nexus once and reuse it as a skill for every release.
• Name your PDM/PLM system — if metadata needs to sync to SolidWorks PDM or Teamcenter, say so — the check-in and state-update steps are system-specific.
• Ask for blockers, not silent fixes — for release-critical items (missing material, in-context references), ask Nexus to report the issue rather than guess at a fix. Some decisions belong to you.
• Specify the package contents and naming convention — file formats, naming pattern, and destination folder should be explicit so the package matches what your downstream process expects.
• Run the pre-release check before generating the package — catching a blocker before the package is built avoids releasing files that need to be redone.