You can search the vault for files or folders from within Windows Explorer.
To search for users or items, you must use the SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM Search tool.
- In File Explorer, navigate to the folder you want to search.
- Do one of the following:
To open the most recently used search and results: |
Click Open Search (Enterprise PDM menu bar). |
To open a specific search form: |
Expand the Open Search flyout menu and select the search form. |
To open a favorite search and its results: |
Expand the Open Search flyout menu and select the Favorite search. |
The search opens in the right pane. Most searches contain one or more tabs.
- For each tab, specify search criteria.
For help selecting search criteria for the Complete Search form, see Searching in Data Cards.
- Click Start search (EPDM menu bar).
The results display in the center section of the right pane.
- Use the results list to do any of the following:
- Select a file and view information about it in the Preview, Data Card, Version, Bill of Materials, Contains, and Where Used tabs at the bottom of the right pane.
- Double-click a file or folder to open it.
- Right-click a file or folder to access Enterprise PDM commands.
- To save the search as a Favorite, expand the Favorite Searches flyout menu and click Add to Favorites.
- To search again with new search criteria, click Clear Search (EPDM menu bar).
- To close the search and return to File View, do one of the following:
- Click Close Search (EPDM menu bar).
- Click .