I am setting up our PDM (standard) system and I have another of many questions...
My only experience is with PDM workgroups about 6 or 7 years ago and Standard is very different. I set up a work flow and created a part and it's drawing and moved them through the workflow process (with a couple of hiccups, but it worked). After completing that process, I attempted to delete the files. and got a message that said I didn't have the permissions to do that. after attempting to delete the files, the drawing file now says that it is a "local file" and I am unable to load it back into the vault. or delete or find it anywhere. is that normal or did I do something catastrophically wrong? as someone with admin permissions I would assume that I would be able to delete files.
apologies if this has been asked and answered. ( I may have even asked this question myself, with all of my confusion with this I can't remember)
Hi!
you can right click on the file and choose: add to the vault.
The second thing is: are you destroy the file or delete the file? Right click on the folder with this files, go to properties and you can see the tab 'deleted items'. From this tab you can restore your files.
The other thing - in PDM Administration right click on a group/specific user/'Users' Branch, thank go to 'Explorer' tab and you can check which files you want to see (all files, just added to the vault or just local files). You can also check the option: 'Automatically delete local flles....'.
Moreover, you can read Administration Guide: C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS PDM\Lang\GB\
Let me know if you have another questions.
Regards
Alek