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Diaval

There are two places in the archive server registry where PDM stores the login information for vaults on the server. This is because the Login type can be set to use the setting from the server or set to override the server settings to use different settings on a specific vault. Using vault level se...

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I checked with DS about my "fix", just got a generic reply about the perils of DB edits. I ended up just copying the problem files with a suffix, checking those in, then deleting the originals. I realised they haven't been visible to anyone but Admin anyway, since no users have permission...

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Once the Get Log has been enabled, you can RMB on the vault in the Admin tool and select Show Get Log to see the log. You can also search the log contents, save the log as a txt, csv, or json file, and clear the log from the Admin tool UI.

Diaval

I would strongly recommend that you get the VAR to open a ticket with DS that the feature is interfering with the PDM task operation. The behavior that PDM can't write to the PDF file when it is open might be expected but they should be able to do something. Maybe they can look at getting the PDM ta...

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this is what i hoped for, but does it works as advertised or the DB will be littered with broken references? do you know which db table I shoud check to be sure? Yes this does work correctly. :) All file to file reference relations are stored in the XRefs table. The parent file would be the Documen...

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What is the best way to delete permanently a document that is pasted as reference on a 3d file (e.g. pdf over a sldprt) and not included In boms, but only referenced? to add the reference the cad file must be checkout, but if I permanently delete the document from the archive are all the records in...

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It's not just about latency to the archive server. The latency to the SQL server, the SNL server, and the Domain Controller can all play a role in how long PDM operations may take. VPNs themselves can also actively interfere with file transfer operations, and in some cases can even cause data corrup...

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Solidworks PDM hits no where near the upload/download speeds that business internet service is capable of. It's a curious thing that it is so stubbornly slow when we can transfer packets to the server much faster when it doesn't involve PDM. In my experience the slow transfer speeds do matter. 1 MB...

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Version free variables cannot be mapped to file properties and will not update the file when changed. These values are only stored in the PDM database. When file references are moved or renamed, PDM will use the document manager to write that information into the file so that SolidWorks will know wh...

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PDM is setup to handle vault views that are in different paths or drives on different client machines. When PDM does a Get operation it will automatically update the reference file paths in the cached files to the correct path for the location of the vault view on the client. Users should not see an...

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I would love to use the SWX Standard, but the situation does not support it. We are all working on separate computers and not on any network, nor do we have one we can VPN into. We are looking at a cloud-based PDM that has been giving free use to students in the FIRST robotics program. Bild https:/...

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As long as you don't need remote access or internet, you could easily set up your own wifi network inside the school with a basic PC running the PDM. All you would need is a router. This kind of a setup with SWPDM Standard would work just fine for your needs. Students would be limited to checking o...

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It was confusing in the SWYM. Does the Cloud SW use same file format as Desktop SW? Could the Cloud save file to Desktop format? Or just STEP, ParaSolid? Or Maker is the one with different file format? 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS (cloud), Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS (Desktop with cloud add-in...

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Yes, the existing desktop and cloud SOLIDWORKS are exactly same in usage, even the cloud Solidworks is installed in a local machine, yet connected to cloud. The cloud SOLIDWORKS is always on the latest version, so yes, the new user will be able to open existing SW files in cloud SW - Will that chan...

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Were the parts from a parts supplier called CADENAS? Back in December they had an issue where a lot of their parts were corrupted with no xml stream data that would cause these check in errors in PDM.
See SPR 1245529

Diaval

At the moment I'm also chasing a problem where 'Get Latest Version' causes 'File Modified' dates to jump 4 hours into the future, but only in the search results window: SPR 1105056 - 'Modified' column in search result shows date and time in UTC format (not the local format) if the search columns in...

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I have been adding the acronym (NLE) to the users that have left the company. It stands for No Longer Employed. I added it at the end of their name in the "Full name:" value of their User properties form. It keeps the user in the system, but helps me sort the list of users. I also make su...

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There is a 2022 SP5 hotfix for this SPR. This one addresses an issue where the PDF output file has annotations from the title block moved outside the drawing paper space. Please contact your VAR to get this hotfix.

Diaval

Got some more 3DX success stories for y'all... I'm on Day 4 with no cloud save capability, and the application engineer from my VAR admits to being stumped. The path we're going down now involves me creating an entirely new SolidWorks ID and 3DX user profile because, and I'm quoting here, "I t...

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I think there is a registry setting that can be used to spit out the query used from the search tool but I don't have details about it. You could ask your VAR and see if they are able to get it from SW support.

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I have started looking into using a virtual as a PDM task host to perform our file conversions to .pdf, etc. when we issue our Solidworks files with a revision. Now, this process works fine on a desktop PC that I've left connected to the network that is always on and logged in, but that's not an id...

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... Maybe @Diaval knows? I think the KB must be wrong. I don't know of any way to update a file Label from a Dispatch script. I also have not been able to find any enhancement request asking for this feature. You should create a new enhancement request for this. Sounds like a useful feature for dis...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:40 pm Just voted for that ER with note explaining why adding function to the PDM Search Tool would be great. Hopefully someone at PDM dev will see it and consider. Even if it's not possible, a reply explaining that would be nice.

SPR 915332

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If anyone is testing it, I'm curious if this has been resolved. image.png https://customerportal.solidworks.com/siebel/app/customerportal/enu?SWECmd=GotoView&SWEView=SW+OUI+All+Defects+List+customerportal+-+Search&SWERF=1&SWEHo=&SWEBU=1&SWEApplet0=SW+OUI+Smart+Script+Player+Appl...

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Hi Diaval, I followed your instructions and that worked great! Thank you so much.... I'm not sure why SW would make an inconsistent interface. Oh well, its working now.... :) Dan I believe that this is because the search cards were the first feature in SWPDM that could have column sets defined and ...

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I'm on 2021 SP5 and it works for me via the PDM add-in. Now, it doesn't always show derived part references in the PDM add-in tree but that may be yet another bug so who knows?! Edit: It only works if the part is already loaded into memory In 2021 the PDM add-in should now have the ability to show ...

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There is an enhancement SPR for adding the ability to sort the Deleted Items. SPR 1099065

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I have (2) "Search Result Column" sets, but my file explorer only sees the first one I made a couple years ago. Hey Dan, This one is an easy one to miss because the assignment of Search results column sets is done a bit differently than all other column set types. For Search results (but ...

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SPR 1075026 deals with a number of PDM commands that did not work when using them on derived or mirrored components in the add-in pane. This was fixed in PDM 2021. When you see the ? icon, that means that SolidWorks does not have the part loaded into memory. The PDM add-in can behave a little differ...

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There is no workaround. SW support has reported back to my VAR as follows: ======================================================= "I have confirmed with the SR owner that the new SPR 1239773 is different from the previous SPRs that have been raised by similar code. The SR owner also let me kn...

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I am well aware of CloseAndReopen2. It makes no difference. My example code uses it and still crashes. Latest word from my VAR is that SW dev is still looking in to the problem. The current cycle is: 1. VAR pings SW for update 2. SW says they are looking into it 3. Wait 1 week 4. Go to step 1 This ...

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... The addin then calls CloseAndReopen (line 43) to initiate the closing and reopening of the drawing. This is the reason you are still seeing the bug. The CloseAndReopen API has a new version for handling these issues called CloseAndReopen2. Can you check to see if this works correctly for you wh...

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You could look at using Branch and Merge for these cases. 1. Branch the files to a separate folder in PDM - ensure all files that should be modified and any references they rely on are branched 2. Pack and Go the branched files and give these to the outsource company. 3. When the files come back, ch...

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16MB to 200MB is kind of nuts.... Is the setting turn on by default from the installation? I do believe this is enabled by default. Not every file will have a drastic size increase. It will depend on how many and what kinds of views the drawing is using. The reason for the size increase is because ...

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After unchecking "Save model data" you will need to do a CTRL+Q rebuild of the drawing to get the file size back to closer to the original size. This should work on 2021 SP4.1 and later.

Diaval

1) SQL likes to gobble up most of the system memory. My lay understanding is SQL will cache the popular tables/functions/stuff in RAM to provide better performance. You can set the limit lower if you're sharing a system, otherwise it looks like SQL will consume about 80 - 85% of physical mem after ...

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If there is any discrepancy between the SW BOM and the PDM BOM, I would go with the one generated by SW. Although it would be very tedious and time consuming, if you wanted to try to get to the bottom of what might be causing the difference I would suggest starting at the lowest subasembly level and...

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So, if the folder ID is not specified, it would essentially return multiple rows when you look for a variable name on a file that's shared to multiple folders. This is not actually accurate. The VariablValues table holds variable data for both files and folders in the vault since both of these obje...

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The issue from SPR 1214934 has to do with assembly configuration properties Bill of Materials Options when an assembly is used as a subassembly. There was a problem when multiple levels of subassemblies were set to use the Promote option where the quantities for the promoted parts were not rolling u...

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I don't think it will email you that it activated. I believe this is the email address that the activation requires to be input in order to activate (manual activation requires the email address be entered). My guess is that to automate that you'd need to supply an email address for it to use.

Diaval

PDM version 2019 most everything at SP4 but IIRC there's some component that's at SP5, maybe the database server service. If possibly relevant I can get details. This is enough info. It shouldn't matter to have one component at SP5 with the rest at SP4. I set up the VM and I did not in stall any AV...

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What PDM version are you using? Does your system have an antivirus running? Trend Micro real-time monitoring has a tendency to grabbing the add-in as soon as it is downloaded to the client and causes a sharing violation when PDM tries to access the file. To investigate this, you can run Process Moni...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:48 pm you are like a Rolodex of SPRs!

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I like to keep tabs on enhancements that have been requested.

Diaval

I understand. Since we must manually get by referenced version every time we open an assembly it get's old. I was taught that the UI shouldn't pop up dialogs unless the user is off the normal, expected workflow. Users follow path of least resistance. If there are popups on the regular, expected pro...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:24 pm I'm really getting tired of this:

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This is just PDM saying that the selected PDM operation will be running a Get and will overwrite the modifications in memory on the file,

Diaval

So branching automagically only takes the latest released version? How does it behave, when two or more individual changes are made to the same assembly? Does the merge work fine in this case? @Diaval Edit: Is this SPR also connected: 532438 ? The branching dialog has the option to create the branc...

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The enhancement request you are looking for is SPR 808121

There is a more general enhancement request for customizable tooltips in more areas in SPR 442757

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MJuric wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:52 pm I actually think there should be DS or at least VAR employees there. Maybe they just don't know the answers

Or when they do go there they can't find the questions like everyone else.

Diaval

It's possible that it may not work to directly connect to an Office 365 server. Office 365 uses STARTTLS encryption for authentication and I don't think PDM is setup for that. You might check out KB article S-077192 that details how to use a third party tool called schannel to add TLS encryption (no...

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I noticed they are starting to resort to highlighting questions that haven't been answered yet in a new sticky post at the top since the questions have already scrolled off the cliff.

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