My boss asked me if it's possible make SW show/tell him what has changed from file to file. Meaning if I send him a file today where I change a radius, is there a way for him to know? I told him I could make the change part a different color but he's looking for something more automatic. Does anything like this exist in SW?
I know but my boss is trying to find a way to track them. His last attempt was Gitlab.
There's a few tools built in;
So Dave this would allow someone to compare 2 file? Would both parties have to have a SW seat?
Personally I've used comments (limited notes) and configurations (probably not the best way) to track a kind of design history for a part file. My guess is that something PDM-like would be more robust for tracking a full design history.
Depending on what features are changing, maybe a design table would make sense to use? I know for simpler modifications, they're fairly straight forward, but I don't have experience with using them beyond basic configurations for a simple part or assembly.
If you use SolidWorks PDM, you can enter comments at check-in/change state, and then you can view the history of a part/assembly/drawing:
Here we track the changes manually, meaning if you make a change then either mark the change in the dimension or a note.