How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
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I work in a company that has several seats of SW 2007. We all have access to the same files on a server. Is there a way to tell when a drawings has been modified and who modified it?? I think it is in the set up of templates but can't find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.






RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
There is no sure fire way to manually track when a drawing was updated, who did the update, etc. If you're thinking about trying to manually track changes to drawings though the MS Windows Explorer ... please don't do it.
Having worked with both a Manual tracking method and also a Product Data Management software (PDMWorks ... which is available if you purchased SolidWorks Office Professional) ... I can tell you from experience that the PDM software is by far the only way to go.
With a PDM software the system can track who did what, when and why automatically.
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But this is just my opinion.
Brian Mazejka, CSWP
Documentation Control Manager
Microline Pentax, Inc.
RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
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RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
Our assemblies use common components. If someone edits one of those components, many assemblies are affected. Does PDMworks offer a way to see what assemblies are affected, or better still, flag those assemblies somehow or provide a list of them that we can use to rev all the affected drawings??
RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
RE: How to tell when modifications were made to Solidworks Drawings
If it's a common component, does it go through an ECR/
ECO process? If so, that's when you'd need to know what assemblies the change will affect. Changing the whatchyamacallit by be good for assembly A, but could totally hose up assembly B. One would think you'd have a BOM program (AS/400, MAS90) that would be better suited to a "where used" prior to making a change.
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