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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…
Winning Canadian product development relies on dedication to data management
By Karen Majerly on February 9, 2015
When Ray Minato started Inertia Engineering + Design 11 years ago, he wanted to focus on speed, efficiency, and customer service. He had the desire and drive, but he needed the right tools for the…
Updated SOLIDWORKS PDM Warning for Folder Containing Hidden Files When Deleting
By Izaaz Sheikh on January 22, 2015
The warning “folder contains hidden files you may not delete”, may appear when deleting or destroying a folder. There are a number of reasons why this may occur. The user deleting or destroying the folder,…
EPDM: Resolve the “Attached: Missing Information” Error.
By Jay Khajuriwala on January 15, 2015
When creating a new vault view in SOLIDWORKS PDM, you may encounter the confusing message: Attached; Missing Information This typically indicates leftover or corrupt registry entries, or incomplete vault view files from a prior installation….
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…
20 SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Ideas to Vote for! (in case you are too busy to read all 972 submissions)
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on January 6, 2015
It must be very easy being a SOLIDWORKS Product Development Manager nowadays. The users are pretty much doing your job. 🙂 It is that time of the year again, when all SOLIDWORKS users are invited…
What makes a good SOLIDWORKS PDM Admin person?
By Dewayne May 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: Have a working knowledge of the…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
Using Copy & Paste to Create Similar States & Transitions in SOLIDWORKS EPDM Workflow
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 2, 2014
States and transitions, have a large number of settings, which include permissions, conditions, actions and notifications. Having to manually duplicate settings between states and transitions can be time consuming, and there is always the chance…
Transition Action Order in SOLIDWORKS EPDM
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on November 28, 2014
While the order in which the transition actions are executed should not impact the behavior of the action, my experiences has shown this is not the case. In a transition where the revision is to…
SOLIDWORKS EPDM 2015 Licensing
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on November 17, 2014
SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM 2015 has moved to activation based licensing, similar to what has been used by SOLIDWORKS since 2010. This activation based licensing eliminates the need to get a license file, with each major release….
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