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Joe Medeiros, CSWE
EPDM – Do not Show File References in BOM
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on June 20, 2015
Check-out the parent file that contains the references In the Local Vault View, click on the Contains tab. Click on the Custom References icon. Clear the file references you don’t want in the BOM.
SOLIDWORKS EPDM Serial Number will not increment when using Template
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on June 18, 2015
A template can update the value of variables including a variable that is set to use a EPDM serial number. In order to do this, a template variable is created and in the case of the type Serial Number, we associate it to a EPDM serial…
SOLIDWORKS EPDM Erroneous Duplicate File Warning?
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on June 15, 2015
When adding files to the vault, there can sometimes be warning that a file with the same name already exists in the vault. A search of the vault does not reveal any other files with the same name. How could this be? When a file is…
Setting Local Vault View to Display Columns in SOLIDWORKS EPDM
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on June 12, 2015
In order to view the columns correctly in the Windows Explorer View of the Local Vault of SOLIDWORKS EPDM. The View Menu for Windows must be set to Details as shown in the figure below. This can be done by clicking on the Windows More Options icon…
SOLIDWORKS EPDM Transition Conditions
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 27, 2015
SOLIDWORKS EPDM Transition Conditions can be added to a workflow transition to limit which files can pass through the transition. As an example, a file can only pass through a workflow if the variable ‘Checked By’ contains an associated value. A Transition Action In this example, in…
Manually Updating SOLIDWORKS Toolbox files to 2015
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 1, 2015
After manually updating an earlier version of Toolbox, as described in my blog article, Manually Updating SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Files, the swbrowser.mdb used by earlier versions, must be updated to the swbrowser.sldedb used by SOLIDWORKS 2015. In the Data Utilities folder, located in the SolidWorks installation directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\Toolbox\data…
Using Tree Display to De-clutter the SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on April 23, 2015
One pet peeve that I have with the SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager, is the need to scroll back in order to see long component names inside an assembly. The culprits behind this are Display and Configuration names of a component. I could expand the Feature Manager…
EPDM – What’s New 2015 – Predefined Transition Action Comments
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on March 25, 2015
A transition action comment can add a predefined comment when a file is transitioned. The notification can be defined in a Transition Action, for automatic transitions or transition actions that set a variable or increment a revision. These comments can be viewed from a files…
EPDM – Running a T-SQL Query
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on January 14, 2015
T-SQL queries can be useful in retrieving information on your vault. This information can be used to look for problems and to help resolve problems. T-SQL queries, as an example, can be used to find duplicate files, files owned by a particular user, or files that…
What makes a good SOLIDWORKS PDM Admin person?
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on January 6, 2015
The successful implementation, use and growth of SOLIDWORKS PDM, is largely dependent on the skill of the administrator(s). Below are some characteristics that make for a good SOLIDWORKS PDM Admin person: Ability to form concession: Individuals and groups can have differing goals and priorities. A good PDM…
Spanning an Archive over Multiple Drives using the SOLIDWORKS PDM Relocate Tool
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 30, 2014
PLEASE NOTE that this PDM Relocate Tool article has been updated to reflect the changes to PDM 2016. This article is still relevant for earlier versions of SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. The SOLIDWORKS PDM Archive can be spanned over multiple drives. This can be useful when a drive…
SOLIDWORKS and EPDM 2015 – List of Supported Virtual Environments
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 23, 2014
With the release of SolidWorks 2015 and SolidWorks Enterprise EPDM 2015, some virtual environments are now supported. Below is a list of which virtual environments are supported and which SolidWorks programs are supported in these environments. Notes: Virtual environments force SOLIDWORKS, eDrawings, and DraftSight to…
EPDM – Preventing Users from Checking In files if References are Outside the Vault
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 18, 2014
Some users get into bad habits of working with files both in outside of the vault. This will lead to issues, when other users open a document that references, files that were saved outside the vault. When another user attempts to open an assembly or drawing that…
EPDM – Permissions per Folder/Assigned Folder Permissions
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 12, 2014
I have found that there is some confusion about what the differences between Permissions per Folder and Assigned Folder Permissions. In Permissions per Folder, we see all the folders in the vault. Here we can assign permissions to folders, that users/groups currently have no permissions to. In…
Changing Login Type after Initial Installation of SOLIDWORKS EPDM
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 9, 2014
During the installation of SOLIDWORKS EPDM server components, the default login type is set to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, Windows or LDAP. After the installation, the login type can be changed for each vault . From Start > All Programs > SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, choose Archive Server…