Why is the ‘Get’ button inoperable in SOLIDWORKS PDM?
Article by Justin Williams updated August 22, 2017
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I have all the appropriate folder and state permissions, and I can view and save a file via the history dialog, so why is the SOLIDWORKS PDM Get disabled?
This is due to a user setting within the vault; ‘Always work with latest version of files’. Which forces the latest version to always be cached.
To remove this option;
- Administration Tool > Users > [Username] Right-Click > Settings
- Reference Dialog > ‘Always work with latest version of file‘
- Clear this if you’d like to Get previous versions via the history dialog (Explorer > Select file > Right-click > History)
As the above image shows; there is an option ‘Enable the get version command in SOLIDWORKS Add-in‘ and with this enabled means that even with the setting ‘Always work with latest version of file’ on, we can Get a previous version via the add-in;
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