Favorite Searches (SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional only) |
Opens the favorite search you select in the SOLIDWORKS PDM Search tool. |
Search Cards (SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional only) |
Lets you open a search based on a search form in the SOLIDWORKS PDM Search tool. The search forms that are provided by SOLIDWORKS are:
- Complete Search. Displays tabs where you select attributes to search for files.
- Item Complete Search. Displays tabs where you select attributes to search for items.
- Item Property Search. Searches by item data card properties.
- Item Quick Search. Filters the search using common item fields.
- Show Users. Searches for Users. Specify users who are logged in or not.
You can also access file- or folder-based searches from within Windows Explorer. These include the Complete Search or other file- or folder-based search created by your administrator. Click Open Search SOLIDWORKS PDM menu bar).
The item-based searches are available only if Item Explorer is installed and items are enabled for the vault. Item-based searches are only available from the search tool.
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Notify |
Sets up notifications to:
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A Colleague. Immediately sends a message you write to the specified colleague.
- User who has checked out file. Immediately sends a message you write to the user who checked out the file.
- Me when checked out. Triggers a message to you when the selected file is checked out.
- Me when checked in. Triggers a message to you when the selected file is checked in.
- Me when state enters. Triggers a message to you when the selected file enters the specified state.
- Me when state leaves. Triggers a message to you when the selected file leaves the specified state.
- Me when. Opens the File or Folder Notification dialog box, so that you can specify a notification for the selected file or folder.
- My Notifications. Brings up the Notification Editor so that you can manage file and folder notifications.
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Inbox |
Opens the Inbox, from which you can view notifications. |
Administrate Actions (SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional only) |
Lets administrators automate SOLIDWORKS PDM tasks and processes by configuring SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Dispatch commands. Administrate Actions appears if Dispatch is installed and you are logged in as the Admin user created by the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installation. See
SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration Tool Help:Dispatch. |
Copy Tree |
Starts the Copy Tree function. Copy Tree lets you copy selected files, including all references, to create a second instance that is unrelated to the original.
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Clear Local Cache |
Removes cached files from the local vault view. |
Work Off-line |
Lets you work on files in your local cache off-line when you are not connected to a file vault. |
Report Generator (SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional only) |
Lets you create, save, and print detailed reports from file information. |
Administration |
Lets you manage all administrative tasks for SOLIDWORKS PDM vaults. |
Update References |
Lets you fix broken references in designs. |