5 Replies Latest reply on Aug 9, 2016 10:44 AM by Joy Garon

How does SolidWorks ePDM manages physical files in Archive server ?

Nilesh Khaire Aug 8, 2016 7:50 AM

For one of assembly, we are having total 8 versions in SolidWorks EPDM . Let's say the name of Assembly is Abc.sldasm and this file is having version 1 to 8 . Version 8 is latest version .

I checked in Archive server folder structure only some physical files are present .

00000001.SLDASM.gz (file for version 1st)

00000002.SLDASM.gz (file for version 2nd)

00000003.SLDASM.gz (file for version 3rd)

00000006.SLDASM (file for version 6th)

So it means files only for version 1 , 2, 3 and 6th is present then where are the files for version 4th , 5th ,7th , 8th are stored ? Is it default behaviour ?

At list for latest version 8th Physical files should be there. If it is not there from where EPDM will open the file ?

Thanks in advance .

Re: How does SolidWorks ePDM manages physical files in Archive server ?

Lee CS Young Aug 8, 2016 9:51 AM (in response to Nilesh Khaire)

Have a look at the index.xml file. You'll see that some versions will reference older versions, meaning the only change to those files were with the metadata of the file, not the file itself. When you request version 8, PDM will pull version 6 if they're identical.
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  Joy Garon Aug 8, 2016 10:03 AM (in response to Lee CS Young)
  
  Hi Nilesh, To add to what Lee said, have a look at the Knowledge Base solution S-049533 - there is a PDF available that details the contents of the Index.xml file. Regards, Joy
  
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    Nilesh Khaire Aug 9, 2016 7:19 AM (in response to Joy Garon)
    
    Can you please share link. Where is knowledge base located ?
    
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      Joy Garon Aug 9, 2016 10:44 AM (in response to Nilesh Khaire)
      
      Hi Nilesh - http://www.solidworks.com/sw/2109_ENU_HTML.htm You need to login to the Customer portal using your credentials. Joy
      
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  Nilesh Khaire Aug 9, 2016 7:19 AM (in response to Lee CS Young)
  
  Thanks Lee. I understand now.
  
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