Hi,
Not able to check out assembly file,if other user has checkedout a part drawing?
I need to check out a assembly file, but other user has checkedout a drawing. the drawing is of a part which is used in the assembly.
I thought EPDM allows multiple user to use the data base at a same time. why EPDM is not allowing to use multiple files by multiple people?
or is ther an option to allow multiple users t work on multiple fies?
regards
vinay
Are you just checking out the assembly file or are you also checking out all the part files with the assembly file?
Well!,
Thanks for your probing questions!. I checked with my admin on this.
Actually i was getting a warning " xxx is checked out by yyyy " you need to resolve this......
Admin revisited the PDM user setting and allowed me to check out files even if other have checked out some other related part.
Glad that you got the issue resolved. I suspected that it was permissions that were too restrictive. It's always a good idea to check first with your PDM admin on issues like these.
Cheers.
It was a combination of setting. First, his check out dialog box was set to also check out all referenced files.
That in combination with the warning File is checked out to block the check out function.
So when checking out the assembly, the check out dialog box automatically marked all the reference files to also be checked out. The person that had the part drawing checked out also had the part file checked out. With the warning set to block the check out, it blocks the check out for all the files.
I'm having the same problem. I'm trying to check out a drawing, but someone else has the assembly checked out. We are having many similar problems, where one person can't check out an assembly because someone else has a part in it checked out. Any idea what the problem is? Thanks.
Message was edited by: John Kimmel It turns out I can check out the drawing as admin, but not as a user.
Perhaps you could give more details about your situation. What exact error or other message are you getting when you try to check out the assembly?
Are you sure you have the permissions set correctly?
There are warnings listed in the PDM users and groups dialogs that can be set to block certain operations under certain conditions. Check to see that these are not set too restrictively.