Tasks

Contents

• Adding Tasks to a Vault
  

  Enterprise PDM includes the Convert, Design Checker, and Print, tasks for use with SOLIDWORKS files. To provide access to these tasks, you must add them to a vault.

• Permitting Task Execution
  

  To execute tasks on a computer, you must configure the computer to be a task host. You grant task execution permission for each vault where tasks will be run.

• Creating a New Task
  

  If you use the Enterprise PDM API to create a task add-in, you add the task to the Tasks node by creating a new task.

• Configuring the Convert Task
  

  You configure the Convert task provided by the SOLIDWORKS Task Add-in to specify the output type, map data card variables, and set the naming convention and destination for converted files.

• Configuring the Print Task
  

  You configure the Print task provided by the SOLIDWORKS Task Add-in to specify the computer, printer, and print settings to use.

• Configuring the Design Checker Task
  

  You configure the Design Checker task to specify the input card and computer to use.

• Creating a Task Variant
  

  You can copy an existing task to make a variant of it.

• Executing Tasks
  

  The task infrastructure provides multiple ways to initiate tasks.

• Monitoring Tasks
  

  Use the Task List dialog box to monitor tasks and view information about completed tasks.

• Troubleshooting Task Problems
  

  When a task fails, you can view information about the problem by displaying the details of the failed task in the Task Details dialog box or accessing the task's error log through a link in an error notification.

• Customized Tasks
  

  If the tasks provided with the SOLIDWORKS Task Add-in do not meet your needs, you can modify them or create your own task add-in.

• Upgrading the SOLIDWORKS Task Add-in
  

  To ensure that the latest, updated version of an add-in such as the SOLIDWORKS Task Add-in is running, you must manually upgrade the add-in.