The behavior of the SOLIDWORKS PDM client is controlled by user settings.
User can have different settings for each vault they have access to. The
settings apply regardless of which system the user logs in to.
To change settings, you must be logged in as a user with Can administrate users permission; the Admin user has this
permission by default.
You can modify settings from either Users or Groups. However, because users
can be members of multiple groups, settings are always stored as part of the individual users'
database records.
Modify settings using one of these methods:
- To administer the settings for a specific user, expand Users, right-click the user name, and select Settings.
- To define the same settings for all users, right-click Users and select Settings.
- To define same the user settings for all current group members,
right-click a group name and select Settings.
When you add users to a group, they retain the user settings they
currently have. If you want all members of a group to have the same settings, reapply
the settings when you add new group members.
When a user logs in, the settings are retrieved from the database and
cached in the user's registry on a client machine. Changes to the user
settings
might not be effective immediately. If you want to confirm this change on a client machine,
exit the application, and then browse back into the vault view.
Even without administrative permissions, users can view their settings by
opening the SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration tool, expanding
Users, right-clicking their user name, and selecting
Settings. To modify their settings, users must have
Can administrate users permission.