Recommendations and FAQs
The best practices with regard to the use of the PLM integration for SolidWorks are addressed in the form of a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet.
The FAQ includes the following:
- How to Improve Performance
- Saving files to PLM - best practices
- How do I introduce a new product to PLM?
- Can other people in my group perform changes to the same assembly I work with?
- When I work with large assemblies and save them to PLM it takes a long time to complete the operation.
- What happens if I have unlocked a component and then realize I must change it?
- After saving to PLM, how can I verify the results in PLM?
- Can I perform PLM operations on the components of my assembly or only on the root?
- Which procedures do you recommend for concurrent engineering?
- When I work in a concurrent engineering environment, how can I get the components that other users have changed and that are used in my assembly without closing any files?
- How can I operate the download manager without opening the files in SolidWorks?
- Why does the Resolve File Identity dialog box appear when I save a file to PLM?
- How can I find PLM information for files that exist locally on my computer?
- When I modify a complex assembly, which components must be checked out?
- How does the integration manage the link between drawings and items?