When adding a local vault view to SOLIDWORKS PDM, users may run into a security measure known as Attach Access Permission. Effectively, this is meant to make it harder for users who do not have permission to create a local vault view and gain access to potentially sensitive vault data. This permission becomes more important when users from outside of the organization are invited to interact with files through the vault. When a PDM Archive Server is created, the server is prepopulated with a user and group permissions for Administration and attach access. We’ll discuss the default settings as well as how to change them below.
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional is filled with features to ease the burden of meticulous documentation and data entry. However, few tools are useful without proper understanding, configuration, and implementation. To that end, this article discusses the purpose, setup, and troubleshooting of XML import/export rules in PDM.
Business needs sometimes dictate that a specific replicated archive is no longer needed. It may be that you are changing the replicated location from one to another, that you are transferring the server between machines (physical or virtual) at the same location, or that you just no longer need replication. Whatever the reason, the process will be to remove the replicated archive server before decommissioning it. This will help prevent and limit errors and orphaned files. This article explains how to remove a replicated SOLIDWORKS PDM Archive Server. Let's get started.
Have you ever seen that the preview tab in SOLIDWORKS PDM doesn't match the model you just had open in SOLIDWORKS? Most of the time when you see the mismatch, you'll see a warning that the file needs to be rebuilt, even though you were just editing the file. It all comes down to how PDM recognizes when you update a file and when the preview updates. If you make sure to follow the proper workflow and rebuild all parent files, you should be able to avoid this confusing warning message.