I am generally searching a network drive, and I thought leaving SW-Exp on all night would let it index the files on that drive. But it didn't seem to work, as it takes just as much time searching for where a part/assembly is used as before. Am I missing a step, or is there some way of forcing SW-Exp to index that drive?
Do not currently have a PDM tool.
I have found that SW Explorer being the most useless feature in the SW Folder - Good luck trying to find something really fast..
I agree that it's incredibly slow if you're doing a wide search, but it's really useful if you're renaming parts in a single or a small number of folders. It's indispensable to me for that. I use it almost daily.
explorer does not use any sort of index - it actually reads the references in the files each time the search is run to see if any reference the file you selected.
if you need fast, upgrade to 2016 and use PDM standard - it uses a SQL database to keep track of the file references along with all of the metadata. where used searches (or even finding a file) is incredibly fast.
There is a 'standard' add-on that comes with 2016? I'm not interested in buying a PDM at this time.
new to 2016, PDM standard is included in the pro or premium license. it has a subset of the features of PDM professional (formerly EPDM) and is the planned replacement for WPDM.
We are now running 2016 and have installed SQL lite and PDM standard. In talking to our VAR one day's training for one person and a quick start template to get us going with PDM Standard will cost around 1100, money that is going to be difficult to come up with.
As the existing data needs to be migrated to the SQL format I am questioning how involved this will be. Is there any online information or are there aids to help us get going if we are unable to get management to pony up for training?
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/113829
I'm working on a project that may help you.
By following the link you can download my program and try it.
explorer does not use any sort of index - it actually reads the references in the files each time the search is run to see if any reference the file you selected.
if you need fast, upgrade to 2016 and use PDM standard - it uses a SQL database to keep track of the file references along with all of the metadata. where used searches (or even finding a file) is incredibly fast.