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Increment Revision Dialog Box

You can assign a revision number to a file manually using the Increment Revision dialog box.

To display this dialog box:

Select a file and click Modify > Increment Revision.

Toolbar Buttons

Some commands accessed from toolbar buttons are also available on the shortcut menu.

EPDM_next_warning EPDM_previous_warning Next Warning / Previous Warning Only shown when warnings are present in the Warnings column.

In the file list, changes the focus to the next file with a warning or the previous file with a warning.

Clicking a warning icon expands the hierarchy if it is collapsed and the warning is on a referenced file.
Contains_show_one_or_all_levels Levels Displays file references for the entire file hierarchy (Show All Levels) or just the top level of the file hierarchy (Top Level Only).

The setting defaults to the most recent setting you used.

You can also expand or collapse the hierarchy using the EPDM_expanded_arrow and EPDM_collapsed_arrow controls in the File name column.
SLW_select_files.gif Select Files Opens the Select Files dialog box, where you can specify a wildcard pattern to select files.
SLW_open_file_list.gif Open File List Opens a list of files in Microsoft Excel.
SLW_save_files.gif Save File List Saves the file list as a comma-separated .txt file.
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Referenced Version Uses the attached version of the references.
Latest Version Uses the latest version of the references.

File List

To change the columns that are displayed, right-click any column heading and select columns to display them or clear columns to hide them.

File name

Selected files and files referenced by them. For assemblies, the list can include drawings, parts, subassemblies, and SOLIDWORKS Simulation files.

The related drawings can be in the current folder or in a folder elsewhere in the vault. By default, Enterprise PDM checks the entire vault for related drawings. The scope of the search depends on administrative settings.
Warnings

Result of validation, either blank, a warning, or an error.

This column is blank if the validation is successful.

To quickly locate files with warnings, use the Next Warning EPDM_next_warning and Previous Warning EPDM_previous_warning toolbar buttons or Ctrl + the up-arrow or down-arrow on the numeric keypad.
Inc. Rev. Lets you select files to increment.
Version File version to increment.
Checked out by User who has the file checked out, or blank if not checked out.

If you hover over a user name, a pop-up window displays user information such as log in status, number of files checked out, and a link to email the user.
Found in Vault folder containing the file.
Revision Current revision.
Next revision Next revision.
State Workflow state of the file, for example, Approved.
Comment Stores a comment within the file history about the increment revision operation.

Shortcut Menu Options

Right-click in the file list to access these menu options:

Columns Lets you add or remove columns.
Select All Selects all files, so that you can check or clear the Get column.
Select Files Displays a dialog box where you can specify wildcards to select a group of files. You can then use a single keystroke to check or clear the files in the Inc. Rev. column.
Show Tree Lines Adds tree lines to the File Name column.
Increase Revision on All Files Selects all files in the Inc. Rev. column.
Open File List Opens a list of the files in Microsoft Excel.
Save File List Saves the file list as a comma-separated .txt file.


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