Just as the title says I would like to enable the get command within windows explorer so users can cache specific versions of files they would like to view. Unfortunately our IT department has some tight reins on the EPDM admin tool and I cannot just explore for this so if you know the answer and can post a screenshot of the page that has this option in it that would be extra awesome! Thanks!
Hi Aaron, in the Administration Tool, right click on the user or Group you need this for, and click Settings.
Then in the Settings dialog, click Menus, make sure the right hand side is set to File Right Click and add the Get version command as in the pic attached.
Hope it helps
Prasad Bhonsule
Thank you Prasad! I will mark this as correct if it all works - I'll have to wait for our IT department to make the change.
Hey Aaron Torberg ,
Consider also that if your vault admins have set the setting "Always work with latest version files" enabled for users, it is not possible to open/view other versions of the files in the explorer window, even if you enable the get version -shortcut.
2017 SOLIDWORKS PDM Help - Defining Defaults for Retrieving References During Check Out
2017 SOLIDWORKS PDM Help - Setting the Latest Version Option
Select Auto select reference files to get latest when checking out, Always work with latest version of files and Enable the get version command in SOLIDWORKS Add-in.
The software automatically retrieves the latest version of all references if the latest version is not in the local cache.
However, users who want to work with an earlier version of a reference can use the Get command in the SOLIDWORKS add-in to open a dialog box where they can choose the version of the file to get.
In my opinion, and that's all that it is, working without the "Always work with latest version" checked is asking for trouble. If someone has an older version cached and they double click a file to open it, then it opens that older version, even though a new version is available. It requires the users to always pay attention to the version they have cached.
They need to add an option to Windows Explorer that is similar to the SolidWorks plug-in where you always get the latest version but you can select a previous version still manually. In the Windows Explorer integration you don't get that option.
Even with "Always work with latest" checked, you can right click a file, select history, and view previous versions with the built in viewer. You can also save the version to your hard drive and open it in the native application. It would just be nice to right click and open the version directly while still having the default file open/double click grab the latest. But our enhancement request has fallen on deaf ears for several years now, but hey, we can change thumbnail sizes now for previews.
I agree with you about the importance of this option. One less thing to worry about, when you don't need to track & update versions.
Having the possibility to preview and open different versions at PDM explorer would be great feature to have in the future for sure.
I wish there was an option to open a file using the referenced version of the components, so the model opens in the "as built" state.
Hey Aaron Torberg ,
Consider also that if your vault admins have set the setting "Always work with latest version files" enabled for users, it is not possible to open/view other versions of the files in the explorer window, even if you enable the get version -shortcut.
2017 SOLIDWORKS PDM Help - Defining Defaults for Retrieving References During Check Out
2017 SOLIDWORKS PDM Help - Setting the Latest Version Option
Select Auto select reference files to get latest when checking out, Always work with latest version of files and Enable the get version command in SOLIDWORKS Add-in.
The software automatically retrieves the latest version of all references if the latest version is not in the local cache.
However, users who want to work with an earlier version of a reference can use the Get command in the SOLIDWORKS add-in to open a dialog box where they can choose the version of the file to get.