part collaboration
part collaboration
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A co-worker and I are trying to work on different parts in the same assembly. Only problem is whoever opens the assembly first locks-down all the parts, and the send can't modify any of the parts in that assembly.
I read the "Help" thing about collaboration, and it talks about changing some system options.
Under Tools/Options/System Options/Collaboration, I'm suppposed to "enable multi-user environment", and "make read-only", and "get write-access".
Only problem is my options settings don't have the last two options (make read-only and get write-access).
I'm running SW2005 SP5.0, but the vesion without PDM (it was the middle installation option in the install menu). Is this what is missing? Are there ways around this, other than manually opening parts before we open the assembly?
Thanks!
I read the "Help" thing about collaboration, and it talks about changing some system options.
Under Tools/Options/System Options/Collaboration, I'm suppposed to "enable multi-user environment", and "make read-only", and "get write-access".
Only problem is my options settings don't have the last two options (make read-only and get write-access).
I'm running SW2005 SP5.0, but the vesion without PDM (it was the middle installation option in the install menu). Is this what is missing? Are there ways around this, other than manually opening parts before we open the assembly?
Thanks!






RE: part collaboration
Do you have admin rights on your computer? I'm not sure, but I suspect you need to be an administrator of the system to be able to enable/disable the multi-user environment.
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: part collaboration
RE: part collaboration
I am still on SW2003, so I am not sure of the latest features. I have activated the "Don't prompt to save read-only referenced documents" button on my machine so that I can share files with co-workers. Beyond this, there is not much you can do about the problem, within SolidWorks.
Your problem is that your co-worker has write access to all the files you want to use, and if he gets there first, he writes to them and locks them up. Your work-arounds are outside SolidWorks. There are a couple of possibilities.
If he is working on the main assembly, he exits while you load and take control of your stuff. He reloads his assembly once you are up and running.
You both work in your own directories in which you have exclusive write access. Now, he can link your stuff without locking it up. He will not have write access, ever.
You each work in your own directories which may or may not be locked up. Periodically, you make zip files of your design, and pass them back and forth.
The zip file approach will take some debugging. I would unpack the zip file into a sub-directory so that I can delete everything before I unpack the next zip file, and so that I can keep the two design tasks separate. Unpacking an archive into a busy directory is very messy. Since SolidWorks searches the current directory for files, then it searches the file tree, you are going to have to unlink the original working files somehow.
JHG
RE: part collaboration
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: part collaboration
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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See also http
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: part collaboration
RE: part collaboration
From the URL in my last post:-
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: part collaboration
Its combersome, but it works. Hope this helps.