SOLIDWORKS PDM clients can be installed in
a terminal environment such as Microsoft Terminal Server or
Citrix.
The following recommendation applies to installing
SOLIDWORKS PDM clients in a Terminal Server environment::
- Client software is installed once on the
terminal server because all terminal profiles use the same core
system and program files. You cannot combine different client
license types on the same terminal system. The same license type is
used by all terminal client profiles.
- To create local vault views for terminal
clients, log in using the Windows profile that needs access to the view. Make the views private by using the Only for me attach type or Not available to everyone
option.
To facilitate administering views to multiple
terminal client profiles, use the SOLIDWORKS PDM policy or
create an administrative view setup file.
Only the Windows profile for which the view was
created can log in to the vault view. The view
information is stored in the current user section of the registry,
which is only available to the current profile.
- To create private views that are rooted to the same
location for all profiles, place them in the terminal users' home
folder. For example, use the environment variables %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%, which are likely to be defined identically for users.
- Do not create a shared view accessible by everyone on
a terminal server.
All terminal users work in the same
local cache. In a shared view, they may overwrite others' changes.