The drawings page is going to change a lot. It was very difficult to maintain and organize. Each time a drawing changed all the links and information needed to change. It was prone to errors.
The new method is database driven. Each time a drawing changes, I upload the new files and add a new record for the revision. All links stay the same and the system finds the latest revision. This allows me to add links all over the place and not worry about maintaining them. It also allows the BOM to have links. It can determine if drawings exist on its own and add the links. I prefer to use the BOM to access drawings now.
Here is the format for the URL if you ever want to reference one in a post etc. (in a code tag so the forum does not truncate it)
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This gets a PDF
http://www.buildlog.net/cnc_laser/erp/get_doc.php?docNumber=C17010
PDF is the default. If you want another form, add the type parameter (not all drawings have all formats)
http://www.buildlog.net/cnc_laser/erp/get_doc.php?docNumber=C17010&type=dxf
http://www.buildlog.net/cnc_laser/erp/get_doc.php?docNumber=C17010&type=step
Adding the parameter rev=x will get you an older rev (if one is entered in the database)
http://www.buildlog.net/cnc_laser/erp/get_doc.php?docNumber=D30025&rev=7
Some of the older drawings do not have database records yet. I am working on that. The "group of parts" drawings don't fit well with this system. There is no way to link that to the BOM. The other problem is that drawing quickly goes obsolete due to the number of items that can role its revision. I do not cut parts that way so that drawing is already obsolete.
Many people do like the drawings page, so I hope to keep that. It also will be a self generating page and sort by part number.
I am added drawings a few a day until I am caught up. In the mean time I tried to address all the issues mentioned in the post.
I did not see an email from you. The only thing I saw was the new user approval (which I obviously approved)
D30043 fixed
C30032 fixed
D30014 fixed
B17011 fixed
B17035 Added
B17016 Part not used
B17041 Added