Item Folders

Item folders organize items into groups. You can use

  • Item folders item folders to make browsing for items easier and to set folder-level permissions. item folders to make browsing for items easier and to set folder-level appear only in the navigation pane of Item Explorer. The main pane shows items and item structure only.
  • Item folders can contain items and subfolders. Item folders cannot contain files.
  • Operate on item folder content by right-clicking a folder and selecting a command. For example, to check out all items in a folder and any subfolders, right-click the folder and select Check Out.
  • An administrator can make an item folder accessible to particular users and groups, and not accessible to others.
  • Item folders exist only in the vault database. They do not exist on your local file system and are therefore not visible from SOLIDWORKS PDM File Explorer.