Multi-user Environment
Starting at PDMWorks 2005, ownership in SolidWorks Workgroup PDM is bound
to read/write access in SolidWorks.
VaultAdmin Vault
Settings options:
When Bind ownership to SolidWorks read-write/read-only
access is selected:
Ownership and read/write access are bound as follows.
If you:
Take ownership in Workgroup PDM, you
have read/write access in SolidWorks.
Take write access in SolidWorks, you have
ownership in Workgroup PDM. (If another user has ownership, you are
not allowed to take write access.)
Release ownership in Workgroup PDM, you
have read-only access in SolidWorks.
Make a document read-only in SolidWorks, ownership
is released in Workgroup PDM.
Set
filesystem read-only attribute if not owner cannot set the system
read-only attribute for SolidWorks files because doing so would interfere
with binding ownership.
Options
become visible in SolidWorks Tools,
Options, System
Options, Collaboration:
Don't prompt to save read-only top level documents
(discard changes).
Don't prompt to save read-only referenced documents
(discard changes). This option is also available under Tools,
Options, System
Options, External References.
A setting in one place is reflected in the other.
A message appears offering
to set the options when you log in if Bind
ownership is selected and the two options are not selected.
When Bind ownership to SolidWorks read-write/read-only
access is cleared: