Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
(OP)
This has only happened twice to two separate engineers over the last week and a half that we have had 06 up and running. I have not been able to recreate it even though I have been able to create my fair share of crash to desktops.
When saving their file two of my engineers experienced crashes and when they went to open the file they had been working on, it no longer existed in the working folder. That is the first problem.
Soon after those crashes there were assemblies opened that had file references to the Latest folder in the vault, potentially causing vaulted files to be overwritten. Is there a way to block personel access to the vault path without blocking PDM access.
I have yet to get a question answered here, but I'm gonna keep asking till I do. P.S. Our VAR could not help.
When saving their file two of my engineers experienced crashes and when they went to open the file they had been working on, it no longer existed in the working folder. That is the first problem.
Soon after those crashes there were assemblies opened that had file references to the Latest folder in the vault, potentially causing vaulted files to be overwritten. Is there a way to block personel access to the vault path without blocking PDM access.
I have yet to get a question answered here, but I'm gonna keep asking till I do. P.S. Our VAR could not help.
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0






RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
DO a search on the pc to see if it was saved somewhere else. I have seen this once.
I do not know how the vault was overwritten without a user telling it so. Have the PDMAdmin check settings.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
File/Open/assy, select references box in open window, is there a link to any folder linked to the vault? There shouldn't be.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
*this is me wishing we had waited for SP1*
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
A couple of things to check.
Open VaultAdmin, under Vault Settings tab uncheck “Allow latest revision overwrite” and “Allow users to rename documents in the Vault”.
Also using explore, check to see what your Vault Folder Properties on the server are set too. \\..\VaultData\(projects) should be set to Read-only. Your name of (projects) folder maybe different than ours.
Bradley
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
A questions for you, if the VaultData folder is Read Only, wouldn't that dissallow the Client to write (check-in) to the VaultData folders?
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
No, because it forces everyone to go through the PDM program to check in files. Windows property settings will prevents anyone from changing the files outside of PDM.
Thanks for the Star.
Bradley
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Do you have too or are you taking ownership of the file before checking in?
Bradley
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
To clarify in my post above I meant to say " If I choose to make only the Vaultdata/project folder read only"
Thanks
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
If you look in the PDM of a part that you believe you over wrote, do you see any history of that part?
Also if you open PDM Admin Vault tool and look in the tab “Revision Scheme, Working copy”, do you have anything in that dialog box?
Bradley
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
We do have a working copy symbol enabled.
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
I do not think this is what is happening, but I have to ask anyway. Is their a plus behind the file name in the PDM of the files you are over writing?
I am leaving for the day, time to go home. 3:30 P.M.
Bradley
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
No these are not working copies.
Thanks for trying,
It'll probably get fixed in '07
Clem
ME
SW/PDM 06 0.0
RE: Crashing causes loss of file and PDM prob. Anyone seen this?
Good Luck and if I think of anything I will post it.
Bradley