Collaboration Options
Specify options for a multi-user environment.
To set collaboration options:
Click Options
on the Standard toolbar, or click Tools,
Options.
Select Collaboration.
Specify the options described below, then click
OK.
Reset All returns
all
system options, not only those on the active page, to the system defaults.
Enable multi-user environment.
Enables the other options.
Add shortcut menu items for multi-user
environment. Menu items Make Read-Only
and Get Write Access are available
on the File menu for assembly
and part documents and when you right-click assembly components in the
FeatureManager design tree or in the graphics area.
Check if files opened read-only have
been modified by other users. Checks files you have opened as read-only
at the interval specified in Check files
every X minutes to see if the files have been modified in one of
the following ways:
Another user saves a file that you have open in
SolidWorks, making your file out of date.
Another user relinquishes write access to a file
that you have open in SolidWorks by making the file read-only, allowing
you to take write access.
Lightweight components are not checked.
If the system detects a change, a tooltip
in the lower right of the graphics area points to an icon 
on the status bar. Click the icon to access the Reload dialog box.
To check file status manually,
click Check Read-Only Files
on the Standard toolbar.
Don't prompt to save read-only top
level documents (discard changes). When selected, if you save a
top level document you have open in read-only mode, you are not prompted
to save changes.
Don't prompt to save read-only referenced
documents (discard changes). When selected, if you save a referenced
document you have open in read-only mode, you are not prompted to save
changes.
These last two options are available only when you are running
Workgroup PDM and are connected to a Workgroup PDM vault.