Unwanted Saves
Unwanted Saves
(OP)
Is there a setting that forces Solidworks to save even if I close the part without saving, if so I need to turn it off?
Here is my dilema, I open a complex part that has many configurations and I experiment with supressing and unsupressing features and generaly just poking around the configurations. Then I close the file without saving because I was just experimenting. Later when I open the file back up it's changed to whatever I last did when I was experimenting. How can I stop this? When I tell Solidworks "do not save", I don't want any surprises
Tom
Here is my dilema, I open a complex part that has many configurations and I experiment with supressing and unsupressing features and generaly just poking around the configurations. Then I close the file without saving because I was just experimenting. Later when I open the file back up it's changed to whatever I last did when I was experimenting. How can I stop this? When I tell Solidworks "do not save", I don't want any surprises
Tom
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks






RE: Unwanted Saves
If your documents are secured, you can poke anything you want.
Alex
RE: Unwanted Saves
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks
RE: Unwanted Saves
Or use Windows to set the Read Only permission.
RE: Unwanted Saves
Check out the Help files for reload.
Changes to SW model parts are dynamic in any open assy docs they are being referenced in. To avoid a 'save', the part model has to be reloaded into the referencing assy. A PITA, but that's the way it is.
RE: Unwanted Saves
Tom
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks
RE: Unwanted Saves
The part will only be saved (with unwanted edits) if you subsequently save the assy without first reloading (not re-inserting) the original part in the assy.
To test it, create a simple two part assy, open and modify one of the parts, but close it without saving, then return to the assy. The part will still show the mod as it was immediately before the part was closed. If the assy is saved at this point, the unwanted mod will be propagated and saved to the part.
When you closed the part without saving, you should have been shown a warning message explaining this .
RE: Unwanted Saves
have a nice weekend
Tom
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks
RE: Unwanted Saves
I open references as read-only and take write access only when I need it.
As was said before, reload the part before closing it. If an assembly or drawing has the part referenced, closing the window does not close the part.
RE: Unwanted Saves
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