Using SOLIDWORKS PDM on a Terminal Server 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. Parent topicCreating Local Vault Views Creating Views with the Administration Tool Creating Views with the View Setup Wizard Using a Shared Vault View with Multiple User Profiles Scripting Vault View Setup Creating the View Setup (.cvs) File You can attach clients to a vault by running a view setup file (.cvs), without running the View Setup wizard. You can create a .cvs file from any existing SOLIDWORKS PDM client. You can launch the .cvs file silently using triggers, as described in Scripting Vault View Setup. To create the .cvs file: Start the View Setup wizard using /a. From Windows Start, click Run, then type: "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS PDM\ViewSetup.exe" /a Step through the View Setup wizard as if creating local views. Remove any existing vault views before selecting those views in the View Setup wizard. On the Finish screen, the available action is Save to file. Click Finish and specify a path for the view setup file. Click Close. Scripting Vault View Setup Using the View Setup File To use the View Setup file: Copy the View Setup file (.cvs) to a client that you want to attach to the vault. Double-click the .cvs file.The View Setup wizard opens to the Finish screen, listing the vaults for which local views will be created. Click Finish.
Using SOLIDWORKS PDM on a Terminal Server 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. Parent topicCreating Local Vault Views Creating Views with the Administration Tool Creating Views with the View Setup Wizard Using a Shared Vault View with Multiple User Profiles Scripting Vault View Setup Creating the View Setup (.cvs) File You can attach clients to a vault by running a view setup file (.cvs), without running the View Setup wizard. You can create a .cvs file from any existing SOLIDWORKS PDM client. You can launch the .cvs file silently using triggers, as described in Scripting Vault View Setup. To create the .cvs file: Start the View Setup wizard using /a. From Windows Start, click Run, then type: "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS PDM\ViewSetup.exe" /a Step through the View Setup wizard as if creating local views. Remove any existing vault views before selecting those views in the View Setup wizard. On the Finish screen, the available action is Save to file. Click Finish and specify a path for the view setup file. Click Close. Scripting Vault View Setup Using the View Setup File To use the View Setup file: Copy the View Setup file (.cvs) to a client that you want to attach to the vault. Double-click the .cvs file.The View Setup wizard opens to the Finish screen, listing the vaults for which local views will be created. Click Finish.
Creating the View Setup (.cvs) File You can attach clients to a vault by running a view setup file (.cvs), without running the View Setup wizard. You can create a .cvs file from any existing SOLIDWORKS PDM client. You can launch the .cvs file silently using triggers, as described in Scripting Vault View Setup. To create the .cvs file: Start the View Setup wizard using /a. From Windows Start, click Run, then type: "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS PDM\ViewSetup.exe" /a Step through the View Setup wizard as if creating local views. Remove any existing vault views before selecting those views in the View Setup wizard. On the Finish screen, the available action is Save to file. Click Finish and specify a path for the view setup file. Click Close. Scripting Vault View Setup
Using the View Setup File To use the View Setup file: Copy the View Setup file (.cvs) to a client that you want to attach to the vault. Double-click the .cvs file.The View Setup wizard opens to the Finish screen, listing the vaults for which local views will be created. Click Finish.