Open View Only through PDM/Works
Open View Only through PDM/Works
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Is it possible to open a file View Only through PDM/Works?
I know you can go File - Open - Browse to PDM Vault and open that way, but it would be useful if you could open it from the PDM menu.
Thanking you in advance.
Regards
I know you can go File - Open - Browse to PDM Vault and open that way, but it would be useful if you could open it from the PDM menu.
Thanking you in advance.
Regards






RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
Now click Tools, in the SolidWorks main menu, then click “PDMWorks…” in the pull down. You find your file here in the lower left window “My Vault( server name ) / Your name.
Right mouse, search and open here.
I hope this helps.
Bradley
RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
I know how to do it from within SolidWork (FILE - OPEN then select the file and click "View Only" - but you don't seem to get that option through PDM/Works.
Thanks
RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
If you are not the owner the document opens read only, if you take ownership, you can modify and save it again.
I am pretty new at this myself, but the above seems to work for me.
Phil
RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
I don't believe you can open a file "view only" through the PDM/Works interface. Can anyone advise otherwise?
Regards,
RE: Open View Only through PDM/Works
If not, you can also right click on the document, select Document Information and select the View tab. Or select the View with E-drawings icon. This is an E-drawings interface.
Hope that's what you were looking for.