Compass
The Compass
is the gateway to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. It lets you access
roles
and apps
in
the platform.
Role
A role lets you use a selected group of apps and services useful for
a specific job. You can have multiple roles and your administrator can create a
custom role for you.
As a user of the Design with
SOLIDWORKS app, you are assigned to the Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS role.
This role lets you:
- Search for, store, and manage files in collaborative spaces
on the platform
- Share files with team members and collaborate using product
lifecycle management features
- Access additional apps and services such as the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace
All SOLIDWORKS users working with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform are also assigned to the
Collaborative Business Innovator and
Collaborative Industry Innovator roles. These roles include access
to 3DSpace, 3DSearch, 3DDrive, and 3DPlay apps and other
apps that help you manage your workflow. 3DPlay is an
enhanced widget to substitute for eDrawings.
Collaborative Spaces
A collaborative space is a secure area on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform where you can store and manage files and use version
control features to collaborate with team members. Collaborative spaces can manage
files for projects and content libraries. You can have access to multiple
collaborative spaces.
Collaborative space owners and administrators can add members to
spaces and assign access roles that include permissions to perform actions such as
reading, evaluating, creating, and editing files.
Users with certain permissions can also create new collaborative spaces,
lock
files so other team members cannot modify them, and move files through maturity
states such as In Work, Frozen, or Released.
Physical Product
A physical product is a configuration of a part or assembly that can
be manufactured. When you save a .sldprt or
.sldasm file to a collaborative space,
each configuration becomes a physical product with a unique part number that you can
find in searches.
Representation
A representation is configuration that cannot be manufactured, such
as an exploded, flattened, or defeatured view of a part or assembly. Representations
have the same part number on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as
the physical product with which they are associated.
CAD
Family and CAD
Family
Objects
A CAD family is one or more configurations of a part or an assembly.
It can include multiple physical products (manufacturable configurations). A CAD
family object is the root or top-level configuration. You must save all the physical
products in a CAD family in the same collaborative space.