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SSA® Product Data Management 8.0 SP4

SolidWorks® Integration Release Notes

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Publication Information

Document code: P3610A US

Release: SSA® Product Data Management 8.0 SP4

Publication date: November 2006

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 System Requirements......................................................................................................1-1 Hardware and software requirements ..........................................................................................1-1 SolidWorks versions ....................................................................................................................1-1 Software component build tracking table .....................................................................................1-2

Chapter 2 SSA PDM - SolidWorks Integration Enhancements ......................................................2-1 SolidWorks Converter ..................................................................................................................2-1

Limitation.................................................................................................................................2-1 Graphical user interface ..........................................................................................................2-1 The browse button ..................................................................................................................2-4 About SSA SolidWorks Converter...........................................................................................2-5 Display results.........................................................................................................................2-5 Start ........................................................................................................................................2-8 Resume (from previous)..........................................................................................................2-9 Transfer files to PDM ............................................................................................................2-10 Conversion status .................................................................................................................2-10 Stopping the process ............................................................................................................2-12 Developer log........................................................................................................................2-12 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................2-12

Exclude from BOM.....................................................................................................................2-23

Chapter 3 SSA PDM - SolidWorks Integration Issues ....................................................................3-1 Closed issues ..............................................................................................................................3-1

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Limitations....................................................................................................................................3-4

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About this Guide

These release notes provide the following information about the SSA PDM 8.0 SP4 SolidWorks 2006 and 2007 integration:

Software component builds

A summary list of known defects and limitations.

Further information

For general release information about the SSA PLM 8.0 SP4 release, please refer to the SSA PDM 8.0 SP4 Release Notes (P3604A US).

For an overview of the functionality provided by this release of the SSA PDM SolidWorks integration, please refer to the relevant user documentation.

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1Chapter 1 System Requirements

Hardware and software requirements

For details of hardware and software requirements, please refer to the SSA PDM 8.0 Sizing and Prerequisites Guide.

SolidWorks versions

The integration has been tested with the following SolidWorks service packs:

SP4.1 for SolidWorks 2006

SP0.0 for SolidWorks 2007

If you are working with a different service pack, please contact the SSA PLM support group for information about support for the service pack that you are using.

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Software component build tracking table

Software component Build/service pack number

SSA PLM SolidWorks® 2006 and 2007 integration

SSA PLM Development Toolkit Build_124

SolidWorks Converter

The SSA PDM 8.0 SP4 Integration for SolidWorks 2006 and 2007 includes a new utility that enables users to convert RELEASED SolidWorks files from previous SolidWorks versions to SolidWorks 2006 and 2007.

Limitation

Due to technical issues with SolidWorks, the SolidWorks converter does not process drawing files.

Graphical user interface

The SSA SolidWorks Converter is used to convert RELEASED files including their associated documents and items. To access the SSA SolidWorks Converter dialog box, double-click SolidWorks Converter.exe in the following directory:

\...\CFE_CLIENT_HOME\SolidWorks2006\SSA PDM.

After you double-click SolidWorks Converter.exe, the following dialog box appears:

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UI element UI type Description

Local Path for conversion directories

Entry field Used to specify the local conversion directory. Users can manually specify the folder name including the full path or use the browse button to select the directory. This is the directory in which the files from PDM vault area will be downloaded for conversion.

Button Browse button used to show the Browse for Folder dialog box. For further information, see “The browse button.”

Stop time Check box If this check box is selected, a stop time for the conversion process is set. This check box is selected by default. You can use the date/time fields to set a limit for the duration of the conversion process. At stopping time, the converter will not stop in mid-

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process, but after completing the file it was processing. Consequently, the actual stopping time can be later than the specified stop time.

Transfer converted files to PDM (in Parallel)

Check box If this check box is selected, after conversion files are uploaded back to the SSA PDM vault. If this check box is cleared, the converted files stay in the local conversion directory after conversion. To upload converted files in a batch process, you can click Transfer files to PDM. For further information, see “Transfer files to PDM.” By default, this check box is cleared.

Conversion Status Group box Group box that lists the conversion status fields. These fields display the conversion status when the conversion process is running.

Total files (.prt, .sldprt, .asm, .sldasm)

Static text This field indicates the total number of SolidWorks RELEASED files in the PDM vault area.

Files downloaded Static text This field shows the number of files downloaded from the PDM vault area.

Files checked for conversion

Static text This field shows the number of files that are checked if they must be converted the latest version of SolidWorks.

Files converted Static text This field shows the number of files successfully converted. Files checked for conversion + files converted = files downloaded.

Files transferred Static Text This field shows the number of files successfully transferred back to the PDM vault areas after conversion.

Start Button Clicking this button starts the conversion process.


For further information, see “Start,” in the current chapter.

Stop Button This command is used to stop the active process. The active process, that is, converting or uploading, is stopped after processing the current file is completed.

Resume (from previous)

Button This command is used to resume a process run that was stopped before completion. For further information, see “Resume (from previous),” in the current chapter.

Transfer files to PDM Button This command is used to transfer converted files back to the vault. This command becomes available if the Transfer converted files to PDM (in Parallel) check box is cleared. For further information, see “Transfer files to PDM,” in the current chapter.

Display Results Button This command is used to show the results of the conversion or uploading process. For further details, see”Display results,” in the current chapter.

Close Button This command is used to close the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box.

Process info: Static text This field shows whether the process is running.

About SSA SolidWorks Converter …

System menu option

This command is used to show information about the SolidWorks Converter utility.

The browse button

If the user clicks , the following dialog box appears:


In this dialog box, the user can select the directory in which the files to be converted must be downloaded.

About SSA SolidWorks Converter

If the user selects About SSA SolidWorks Converter from the System menu, the following dialog box is displayed:

Display results

If the user clicks Display Results in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box, a report based on the latest process run is displayed, as shown in the following picture. If no run has been performed during the current SolidWorks Converter session, the results of previous runs based on the


status log files are displayed. The status log files include the results of all previous runs.

For example, during a particular run the converter finds 37 RELEASED files in the PDM vault. Of these RELEASED files, only two files were converted and then the process was stopped. In the next run, two more files are converted. Consequently, the results report shows that in total, four files are converted.

The entries shown in the previous picture mean:

Status report entry Description

Total Files The total number of RELEASED SolidWorks files in SSA PDM.

Files successfully downloaded

The number of files that are downloaded successfully.

Files of current version

The number of files of the latest version, which means, that for these files, conversion is not required.

Files successfully converted

The number of files for which conversion is successful.

Files successfully transferred

The number of files that are successfully transferred to the SSA PDM vault.


Download failed for files

The number of files that could not be downloaded.

Files with conversion check errors

The number of files for which technical problems occurred during conversion.

Conversion failed for files

The number of files that could not be converted.

Transfer failed for files

The number of files that could not be transferred to the SSA PDM vault.

Note

If the status report results from a transfer or a resume process, the status report also includes results of previous runs.

If the number f files for which technical problems occurred during conversion is more than zero, notify the SSA PLM support group.

After you run a file conversion or upload process, you must check the contents of the conversion error log file conv_err_log.txt, which is located in the following directory:

%CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\\temp\\swconv\\.

If the number of files with conversion check errors is more than zero, notify the PLM support group.

If you complete a conversion or upload process and then click Display Results without closing the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box first, the information of the conversion status report is retrieved from the system memory and provides a full overview of the conversion/upload run, involving all RELEASED SolidWorks files that the converter found in SSA PDM.

If you close the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box after performing a conversion or upload run, the conversion status information is stored in a status log file, but the status log file only contains information about the files that were processed during the run. Therefore, if you reopen the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box and then click Display Results, you will view the information of the status log file of the previous run, which may be incomplete if the previous run stopped before all RELEASED files were processed.


Start

The Start command is used to start the conversion process. If the user clicks Start, the converter:

Makes all commands unavailable, except for the Stop command.

Checks if a local download directory is specified and if yes, the converter checks if this is a valid directory. If this directory is not specified or if it is not a valid directory, it displays an error message and stops the process. For further information about download directories, see “Troubleshooting.”

Checks if there is enough disk space. If the available disk space is less than 100 MB, it displays an error message and stops the process.

Checks if SolidWorks is installed. If SolidWorks is not installed or the installed SolidWorks version is not supported by the converter, it displays an error message and stops the process.

Checks if SolidWorks is running. If yes, the converter stops the process and displays an error message.

Prompts user to log on to SSA PDM if the user is not logged on to SSA PDM already.

Looks for RELEASED files in all projects in the SSA PDM vault. If no RELEASED SolidWorks files are present in SSA PDM, the converter displays an error message and stops the process.

Prepares a list of RELEASED files and writes this list to the following file: %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\temp\swconv\prev_run_conv_dir.txt. The converter uses this information when the user clicks Resume (from previous) or Transfer files to PDM. For further information, see “Resume (from previous),” and “Transfer files to PDM.”

Opens the conversion status error log file from the following location: %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\temp\swconv\conv_err_log.txt. To this file, the converter adds a time stamp before the run is performed and adds further information during the run. This file contains information about every run that is performed. Users are advised to check the contents of this file after the process is finished. See the Appendix for an example of the error log file.

Downloads the RELEASED files from the SSAPDM vault area to the specified directory.

Converts the downloaded files and transfer the converted files to SSA PDM, provided that the Transfer converted files to PDM (in parallel) check box is selected.


The files are downloaded one by one. The Conversion Status group box of the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box shows the progress of the download, conversion and transfer processes.

Files that have been downloaded successfully are converted in parallel, that is, while downloading is still in process, files already downloaded are converted. To convert a file, the converter opens the file in SolidWorks, converts it and closes the file. If the Transfer converted files to PDM (in parallel) check box is selected, the file that is converted is transferred immediately to PDM.

The conversion process can stop before it is completed. For further information, see “Stopping the process.”

Resume (from previous)

This command is used to resume a previous run that was stopped before completion. This command is similar to the Start command, but it has the following differences:

The converter checks if the specified directory name is the same as the directory name of the previous run. If it differs, the user is asked to use the directory of the previous run and continue or to stop the process.

After generating the list of RELEASED files from SSA PDM, the converter reads the status of the previous run from status log files and takes the following steps, except for transferring if the Transfer files to PDM check box is cleared:

Files that are already transferred in previous runs will not be transferred again.

Files for which transfer failed in previous runs will be transferred again.

Files that are converted (but not transferred) in previous runs will only be transferred.

Files for which conversion failed in previous runs will be downloaded again.

Files that are already downloaded in previous runs will not be downloaded again.

Files of the latest version, that is, files that do not require conversion found in the previous runs, will be skipped.

Files for which download failed will be downloaded.


The resume process can stop before it is completed. For further information, see “Stopping the process.”

Transfer files to PDM

The purpose of this command is to transfer files that were converted but not transferred to the SSA PDM vault in previous runs.

If the user clicks Transfer files to PDM the converter:

Makes all commands unavailable, except for the Stop command.

Checks if a local download directory is specified and if this is a valid directory. If not, an error message is displayed and the process stops. Likewise, if the specified directory is not identical to the directory of the previous run, the process stops. For further information on download directories, see “Troubleshooting.”

Prompts the user to log on to SSA PDM if he was not logged on already.

Generates a list of all SolidWorks RELEASED files from all projects in the SSA PDM vault. If no RELEASED SolidWorks files are present in SSA PDM, an error message is displayed and the process stops.

Opens the conversion status error log file conv_err_log.txt, and adds process data to this file.

Transfers the file that were converted but not transferred during the previous runs. The converter obtains this information from the conversion status log files. After completing the transfer process, the converter writes the latest updates in the history log file. For further information on the status log files and the history log files involved, see “Start” and “Conversion status.”

The transfer process can stop before it is completed. For further information, see “Stopping the process.”

Conversion status

The following picture shows the progress of a conversion run being performed.


During the conversion process, the converter writes conversion status information into following files:

%CFE_CLIENT_HOME\temp\swconv\conv_download.txt

%CFE_CLIENT_HOME\temp\swconv\conv_conversion.txt

%CFE_CLIENT_HOME\temp\swconv\conv_transfer.txt

The converter reads these files if the user:

Resumes a process by clicking Resume (from previous)

Transfers converted files back to the SSA PDM vault by clicking Transfer files to PDM

Displays conversion status details by clicking Display Results

Users are strongly recommended not to delete or modify these files.

After the conversion process is completed, the converter writes the time stamp and the latest status details into the history log file conv_history.txt and displays the results to the user. The history log file is located in:

%CFE_CLIENT_HOME\temp\swconv\Conv_History.txt


The history log file contains data and time stamps of all previous process runs.

Stopping the process

The process runs started by means of the Start, Resume (from previous), or Transfer files to PDM commands can stop before completion if:

The user clicks Stop.

The specified stop time is reached.

The available disk space becomes less than 100 MB.

Connecting to SSA PDM fails during the conversion process.

Opening SolidWorks fails.

Any exception occurs.

Developer log

To facilitate investigating possible causes of problems that may occur when running the converter, you can create a developer log file. To create a developer log file, create environment variable SW_CONV_LOG, with value ON. As a result, the log file %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\temp\swconv\ssaswconvert.log is created.

To undo the creation of this file, either change the value to OFF or delete the environment variable.

Troubleshooting

This section lists the error messages that appear if particular problems using the converter occur.

Integration kit not installed

The following error message appears if the SolidWorks 2006 integration kit is not installed. To solve this problem, install the integration kit.


Logon to SSA PDM failed

The following error message appears if during logon to SSA PDM the user entered an incorrect user name and/or password or clicked Cancel in the logon dialog box.

General administrator authorization level required

If an unauthorized user tries to use the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter, the following message appears:

To use the converter, users must have General Administrator authorization.

No RELEASED SolidWorks files found

The following message appears if the converter could not find any RELEASED SolidWorks files in the SSA PDM vault. This must be reported to the support group.


More than one SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter instance running

If the user starts the converter while one or more instances of this utility are running, the following error message appears. Only one instance can run at a time.

Local path for conversion folder not valid

If the local folder specified is not a valid folder, either of the following error messages appears:


A folder is valid if it exists and if it is not corrupted. In addition, the folder must be identical to the folder specified for the previous run if the previous run was not completed and/or did not include file transfer.

Insufficient disk space

If the disk space on the specified drive is less than 100 MB, the following error message appears:

Could not calculate disk space

The following message refers to a technical error. If this message appears, please notify the support group.

Directory name of previous run not present

The following error message appears, if the user clicks Resume (from previous) or Transfer files to PDM while running the converter for the first time. You cannot use these commands when running the converter for the first time, because both the Resume (from previous) and the Transfer files to PDM commands use the download folder of the previous run, while there is no (download folder of the) previous run. In this situation, users must click Start to run the converter.


No directory name in file prev_run_conv_dir.txt

The following error message appears, if the user clicks Resume (from previous) or Transfer files to PDM and no directory name is present in file %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\\temp\\swconv\\prev_run_conv_dir.txt, whereas for every run, the converter replaces the download directory name in this file.

Directory name of previous run not present or not accessible

The following error message appears, if the user clicks Resume (from previous) or Transfer files to PDM and the directory name specified in file %CFE_CLIENT_HOME%\\temp\\swconv\\prev_run_conv_dir.txt does not exist. This can happen if the user has deleted the folder used for the previous run.

Specified directory differs

The following message appears, if the user clicks Resume (from previous) and the previous run directory name does not match the local directory name specified in the Local path for conversion folders field in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box.

The following message appears, if the user clicks Transfer files to PDM and the previous run directory name does not match the local directory name


specified in the Local path for conversion folders field in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box.

Local directory path not specified

The following error message appears if no download directory is specified in the Local path for conversion folders field in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box.

No RELEASED files supported by converter found

The following error message appears if no RELEASED SolidWorks files of a type supported by the converter are found in SSA PDM. Please note that due to technical issues with SolidWorks, drawing files are not supported.

Process stopped because of low disk space

If the available disk space becomes less than 100 MB while a download, conversion, or transfer process is running, the following message appears and the process stops.


Exception in converter thread

The following message refers to a technical error. If it appears, notify the support group.

Exceptions in the download and converter threads


Exception in download thread



Threads could not log on to SSA PDM


SolidWorks could not be opened


Path for local folder exceeds 520 characters

This error message appears if the local folder path specified in the Local path for conversion folders field in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog box is more than 520 characters.


No run performed

The following message appears if the user clicks Display Results without having run a process by means of the Start, Resume (from previous), or Transfer files to PDM commands in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog. In such cases, the converter displays the results of previous runs based on information from the status files.

No status files present

If no status files are present and the user clicked Display Results, the following message appears.

Could not reopen status files

This is a technical error. To solve this problem, you can close and reopen the converter or reboot your computer. Please notify the support group if this problem occurs frequently.


SolidWorks is running locally

When the user starts a download, conversion, or transfer process, SolidWorks must not be running on the local computer. This error message appears if any instance of SolidWorks is running on the local computer.

SolidWorks is not installed

The following error message can appear if SolidWorks is not installed on the local computer.

Could not extract major version values



This utility is compatible with CAD version 14

The following error message appears if the converter is not compatible with the installed SolidWorks version.

Could not close SolidWorks properly

Before starting the download and conversion processes, the converter performs various basic checks. One of these checks is to find out if SolidWorks is installed. The best way to find out is to open and close SolidWorks.

The following message appears if the converter could not close SolidWorks while performing this check.

Could not open SolidWorks

The following error message can appear if SolidWorks is not installed on the local computer.


Failed to advise for the SolidWorks application notification


Exclude from BOM

The SSA PDM 8.0 SP4 Integration for SolidWorks 2006 and 2007 takes the SolidWorks Exclude from Bill of Materials check box into account. This check box is one of the Component Properties of an assembly. Assembly parts for which the Exclude from Bill of Materials check box is selected are saved to SSA PDM but not as part of the part list.

The behavior of these items is exactly the same as the behavior of suppressed files.

This chapter lists details of known issues for the SSA PDM 8.0 SP4 Integration for SolidWorks 2006 and 2007.

Closed issues

Functional Area SSA Support System/ Internal ID

Description

Exclude parts from BOM

Inquiry: 271773

Request: PLM-00000-00053

Assembly parts for which the Exclude from Bill of Materials check box is selected are saved to SSA PDM but not as part of the part list.

The behavior of these items is exactly the same as the behavior of suppressed files.

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Description

Design variant Inquiry: 390865


When saving design variants of an assembly, only the originating item and the last saved variant have a part list. If the next variant is saved, the part list from the other variants (except the originating item) is lost.

This problem is now resolved.

Mapping Inquiry: 345075


Some of the attributes are shown on the SolidWorks drawing only after the second Save to SSA PDM.


Edit File in Integration

Inquiries: 382738, 316521, 299045


If the user opens a part in SSA PDM by means of the Edit File in Integration command and SSA PDM finds identical parts in the user’s local folders, SSA PDM asks the user whether or not to overwrite the local parts. The user is now enabled to select No to All, so that none of the local files are overwritten.

Supporting Special Characters

Inquiries: 355727, 342649

Requests: PLM-00000-00283, PLM-00000-00203

The specific characters µ and ß caused problems when used in SolidWorks file names. These problems are now resolved.

View Files from PDM

Inquiry: 240874


When viewing SolidWorks drawings, the viewing window could not be expanded.


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Description

Manual ID for design variants

Inquiry: 271787


If the user selects the Manual ID option for an item in the Capture Design Variant dialog box, and the user forgets to assign an ID to the design variant, SSA PDM used to automatically insert an ID for this item.

SSA PDM now forces the user to enter a value in the Capture Design Variant dialog box and displays the following error message: “You must supply manual Item ID.”

Support legacy data migration

Inquiries: 286104, 376047

Requests: PLM-00000-00079, PLM-00000-00285

After performing legacy data migration, the information about SolidWorks files is present in the database but not in the file headers.

The integration is adjusted to support this partial information.

Mapping Inquiry: 274273


Mapping the File Name attribute from the SolidWorks Specific group did not populate the proper value into the SSA PDM field.

Mapping this attribute now saves the name of the file without its extension and full path.

PDF file creation Inquiry: 345474


After selecting monochrome for PDF saves in SolidWorks, the integration saves the first page in color.


Log file Internal The Toolkit log file did not support unicode characters. It is now changed in order to use the binary unicode format. As a result, all characters are supported.



Description

Save to PDM Inquiry: 352260


Memory leaks caused the application to crash when saving files to SSA PDM.

These memory leaks have been removed.

Limitations

Functional Area ID Description

Edit file in integration

Inquiry: 392313


Sometimes, if you click Edit File in Integration, SolidWorks opens with the following question:

“The read-only file [file name] has changed. Do you want to save the changes to SSA PDM?”

To avoid this limitation, you must not select the Mold Tools option. This option is accessed as follows: View->Toolbars->Mold Tools.

Mapping of Effective To and Effective From attributes

You are recommended not to map the SSA PDM Effective To and Effective From attributes to other SSA PDM attributes.

SolidWorks Viewer

1987, 1995, 2425

You cannot use the SolidWorks default viewer in SSA PDM to view a file that is currently active in SolidWorks.

Retrieving a file that is open in SolidWorks

2407, 3815 You cannot view, open, or check out a file from SSA PDM while the file is open in SolidWorks.



Bitmap generation

4228 When saving a file to SSA PDM, a bitmap is generated only for the part of the model displayed in the window during the save.

Linking design variants to items with status UNDER_ CHANGE

13735 Users must not link the default design variant to the UNDER_CHANGE revision of an item. This results in the user receiving a message indicating that the related details in the design variant table will be removed the next time the design variant is checked out.

This message is incorrect, as the information is not removed.

However, when this action involves a design variant other that the default, the information is removed from the design variant table.

Balloon numbers on sub-assemblies

16027 You cannot map balloon numbers from sub-assemblies in SolidWorks to SSA PDM because of a SolidWorks limitation.

Balloon/find numbers and leading zeros

Doc#303 SSA PDM find numbers derived from SolidWorks balloon numbers are always saved without leading zeros.

If find numbers are also created in SSA PDM, where leading zeros are maintained, you can define find numbers that are different only because of leading zeros, for example 99 and 0099.

Working with Lightweight or View-only

16848, 16849

In the integration, there are various limitations if you work with Lightweight components or use the SolidWorks View-only mode. For further information, please contact the SSA PLM support group.



Configuration specific mapping reserved names

16932 Users should not define configuration-specific mapping for attributes named Item_ID, Revision, or Status, because these attributes are reserved for internal use by the application.

Top down load 17215 The top down load feature does not support adding a child item to another child item that was previously represented as a CAD part file. The part-file-item, to which a child is added, does not automatically convert to a CAD-assembly-file-item.

Mapping and template association

17677 Sometimes, the link between a file and the related mapping template can be lost. To resolve this problem, the association between the file and the template must be removed and then restored.

Top down load NA The top down load file contains the following error message: “#ERROR CAD API Init”. This error can be ignored.

Edit file in integration on assemblies

19560 If you use the Edit File in Integration command for an assembly in the SSA PDM client while SolidWorks is not connected to SSA PDM, each child component of the assembly is opened in a separate SolidWorks window.

SolidWorks closed and View/Edit file

18807 Due to a SolidWorks API limitation, you cannot use the View File in Integration, or Edit File in Integration commands if SolidWorks is closed. This applies to SolidWorks 2005.



Read-only files flagged as modified

2048746, 18146

2083519, 19217

In some cases SolidWorks flags read-only files as modified, for example, viewing the properties of the files causes this setting to be set. Because it is not possible to determine why the file has been set to modified, the integration asks the user how to handle such a file. You can either save the changes locally, or check out the file from SSA PDM, so that the change can be saved back to SSA PDM. If you choose the file to be saved locally, the file is set to read-write.

This means that subsequent changes, accidental or otherwise, to the now writable file, will not be saved to SSA PDM and no warning will appear if the changed part is a component in an assembly being saved to SSA PDM if the saved component file is saved directly to SSA PDM, a warning will appear.

Values for scale and paper size

Doc#426 If you implement the SSA PDM integration for SolidWorks 2006 and 2007, make sure that the values that you use in SolidWorks for scale and paper size are stored in the SSA PDM database. To save these values in the SSA PDM database, in the Administrative Console, select System Settings ->Lookup Tables -->SSA PLM Tables--><the relevant table>.

Documents

SolidWorks® Integration Release Notes PDM Product Data Managemen… · processing the current file is ... If the user clicks Display Results in the SSA PDM SolidWorks Converter dialog