sharing sw files

[madrac SW]

Hello
use solidworks 2010
I need to work with projects on my pc (parts and assemblies) although these are in use, with another pc connected on the net, where there is always solidworks.
in short I should be able to edit/work on an open set on pc1, using pc2.
I tried with pdmworks but I failed in my intent

Thank you.
Greetings:

 

[michele81]

if a file is already open on a pc, when you ask to open it on another asks you to do it in copy... .
Recently we tried to work in two on the same product (each on different parts but interconnected in a strong way) and I assure you that you need to be very careful about who and how you save. we do not use a pdm, but I think it is generally not possible to edit an open file. ..but we expect more certain opinions...
greetings

 

[Poly]

in short I should be able to edit/work on an open set on pc1, using pc2.
I tried with pdmworks but I failed in my intent
:

pdm aims to maintain work integrity and manage file versions. you can not change the same file at the same time unless you go to manage later the conflict of versions. the thing that is possible to do is to open in two the same together and to lock it taking control of some components. in this way it is possible to work on the same open set but changing different components.

pdmworks workgroup which is included in the premium (I think) offers basic functions but for a small work team can be enough.

in any case in my opinion if you are in few and you do not have the pdm it is better to work separately on smaller assemblies and then find yourself briefly together to check the results on the complete axieme, assess the changes and new things to do and then return to work separately.


send.

ps: a madrac curiosity from the name of the biscia?

 

[re_solidworks]

it is not very practical but it is also necessary to do with the base by activating some options. first you need to open the options, go to the "colaboration" tab and check all 3 options (active multi-user environment, add elements. ..., check if the files...), then you should go into the external references tab and flag the first two voices (open in read-only, do not save....).

with these options when you open a set only occupy the open axieme and to operate on the parts you have to click them with the dx and select "get writing permission". when you finish the change you save the part and then you can click it with the dx and select "make read-only". In this way, you are physically concerned only with what you are working on.
if a colleague is working on atre parts with the command "reload" it is possible to have the last modification of the modified parts directly in the axieme in real time. the only flaw is that it blocks / unlocks only one file at a time (until 2009, 2010 I don't know).

 

[madrac SW]

thanks to all for the answers.. .
at the start of the next project we will try to do as re_solidworks said.. .
for us (in the office we are in two) is a serious handicap not to be able to work on the same assembly because although we divide the projects but we always need the flexibility to be able to help us when one has more urgency than the other.
we will go to the bottom of the thing and then we will let you know...if someone cmq has some other suggestion it is okI accept. . .

Hi:

 

[cacciatorino]

I use solid edge but the concepts are the same:


1) you should put all files in a shared disk, better if on an external pc to the two workstations (so, avoid that one saves a set with files pointing to the disk d:\progetti\etcetc and the other to the \\pc_del_link\disco_d\progetti\etc )

2) you should as much as possible divide the general aid into many subgroups, so you work on subgroup_1 and your colleague on subgroup_2, this will leave you free to access each of its subassistances. The assieme father will then be automatically updated with the modified subaxis when it opens again.

 

[re_solidworks]

thanks to all for the answers.. .
at the start of the next project we will try to do as re_solidworks said.. .
for us (in the office we are in two) is a serious handicap not to be able to work on the same assembly because although we divide the projects but we always need the flexibility to be able to help us when one has more urgency than the other.
we will go to the bottom of the thing and then we will let you know...if someone cmq has some other suggestion it is okI accept. . .

Hi:

it is not necessary to set up at the start of the project, in essence when you open the reference documents in read-only occupy the axieme that you have opened, if you want you can read also that.
the real handicap of this mechanism is realized working in topdown. in fact if you have a part tied to another and change the "father" part the son part undergoes geometric changes but not of "information".
at this point you have to understand that it has changed and you have to change it by hand, otherwise if you open it without having opened the axieme will have the old geometry.
Every now and then I use this mode, but only if you can't do without it...