SOLIDWORKS EPDM
The warning “folder contains hidden files you may not delete”, may appear when destroying a folder. There are a number of reasons why this may occur. The user destroying the folder, lacks read permissions to some files in that folder. Typically it would be because…
What does the SOLIDWORKS EPDM Message: “Attached: Missing information” mean?
The above message can occur in SOLIDWORKS EPDM when some registry keys were not removed at the time a local vault view was deleted. This is often the result of Windows User Account Control being active during the deletion of the vault view. In order…
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…
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…
EPDM – Preventing Users from Checking In files if References are Outside the Vault
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…
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
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…
Card control logic determines the display of a control through a condition. In the example below we will control the display of the approver, based on whether approval was given or rejected. In this example, we have a radio button to approve a document for production,…
Using Copy & Paste to Create Similar States & Transitions in SOLIDWORKS EPDM Workflow
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 of forgetting to recreate a setting. similar states and transitions…