You can open any version or revision of a file to recover it exactly as it was at that earlier stage. You can read the file version notes, roll back to this earlier version, and make it the latest version, deleting all subsequent changes.
You can document a file's history by providing check in comments. These comments appear in the
History dialog box and in the file list when you use the
Get Version command.
If comments have not been added for a file, you can add them using the History dialog box.
To view versions and revisions of files:
- Select the file.
- Do one of the following:
- Click . Select the version or revision and click Get.
-
Click
. You can choose to work only with the latest versions of files by setting the
Always work with latest version option.
- Click to view any previous version or revision.
SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM copies the master file from the vault to your local working folder (cache), overwriting the version in your cache. The Versions tab shows the version status on your local cache.