Our own Mark Kelley has written this article. An excerpt:
Any engineer that has ever ushered a product from its conception through to its release for manufacturing is familiar with the necessity to maintain revision control of their CAD database files. Failure to perform this task can result in a cascading series of mistakes, ranging from discrepancies between part documentation and physical parts to outright failure of the product's functionality.
The ultimate method of CAD database management is to use a
software PLM system, such as PTC’s Intralink®,
However, this type of tool is often not available to design project teams.
