SOLIDWORKS Manage
Learn how to manage project timelines, resources, and processes with SOLIDWORKS Manage
When setting up a new process in SOLIDWORKS Manage, for instance, an Engineering Change Process to be used by a certain object type, it is common to see the screen below when trying to send your record to the new process. The drop-down is empty and you simply cannot select a process? In order to…
Once the SOLIDWORKS Manage Client has been installed, both Users and Administrators, can access the same Manage interface. This is done by launching SOLIDWORKS Manage from a Shortcut, entering SOLIDWORKS Manage in Windows Start or the SOLIDWORKS Program Group. When SOLIDWORKS Manage is launched for the first time, it may take a few minutes for…
During the process of restoring a SOLIDWORKS Manage database, you could receive the error “Could not Authenticate!” if you try to test the Sites Properties. Reason for this error The reason for this error is an incomplete procedure for restoring the SOLIDWORKS Manage database and this can cause a miss authentication on the File Server….
A delimiter can be added, to the display of a Number (Part Number, Project Number, Document Number etc.) created by Auto Number. This will not change value in the system, but only how the Number is displayed. Splitting of an Auto Number, is accomplished through SOLIDWORKS Manage Administration Options. Select Numbering Schemes from the Advanced…
If there is a period of time where no work is being done on a SOLIDWORKS Manage Project, the Project can be Split, so that time is not included in the percentage completion of Project. To do this, after creating or editing a Project, select the Planning tab. Right-click a Stage and select Split Stage….
When editing or creating an Object Memo Field, within the Administration Options. From Options tab, the SOLIDWORKS Manage Administrator can enable Use Rich Text Format. Once enabled, a user can copy an image file or rich text into a Memo Field.
To help determine the total time available to complete a project stage, a SOLIDWORKS Manage Administrator can define the company default working days and hours. A user can then refine these hours based on their availability. In this way a total amount of available hours for a project can be determined. The default hours for working days is set…
For situations where instances of an item contain variants, such as colour or finish, Duplicate Line Items can be added to a SOLIDWORKS Manage BOM. Before thus can be done though, the Duplicate Line Item functionality must first be enabled by the SOLIDWORKS Manage Administrator. This is done from Administrative Options. Next edit an Object, by…
The SOLIDWORKS Manage Configuration File Utility can be used to test the connection to the SolidNetWork License Manager and resetting the SOLIDWORKS Manage Admin Password. During the installation SOLIDWORKS Manage Server, the *.swmc file is created and its location is noted in the SOLIDWORKS Manage Log-in screen, by expanding Options. In the this same folder as the …
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