Settings Dialog Box - Automatic Login

Use the Automatic Login tab to configure SOLIDWORKS PDM to log you into the client or Administration tool using a particular name or the name of the current Windows profile.

To display the Settings dialog box:

Double-click Settings or right-click Settings and select Open.

The following options are available under the Client Login and Administration Login sections. You may enter the details in both or only in the section that you want to configure.

If you do not configure automatic login, the standard login dialog box appears when you access the selected vault.

Vault Select the vault to modify.

For a vault to be listed, you must set up a local view.

Use server default Uses the default login setting defined on the archive server.

This option activates automatic login only for vaults that are configured to use Windows login. Use the Archive Server Configuration tool to define the default login type on the archive server.

This option is available only for Client Login.
Use automatic login for this vault
Login as the following user

Logs you in using the specified user name and password.

Log in as the currently logged in user in Windows

Logs you in using the user name and password of the current Windows profile. Select this option if the vault login type is defined as Windows login on the archive server.

This option is available only for vaults that are configured to use Windows login.