PTC Navigation Pane (SOLIDWORKS)
The PTC navigation pane provides access to PTC Windchill and workspace status. This navigation pane is available as part of the SolidWorks resources tab options. The windchill navigation pane displays the Windchill structure status in a table. The navigation pane is enabled by default and for headless CAD worker this feature is disabled by default. The navigation pane appears when you open the SolidWorks CAD file in Windchill.
The status displays the following information:
• File Name
• Status
• Version
• State
You can right-click in the PTC navigation pane to perform PDM actions. In the following table, see the tabs or actions that appear in the navigation pane:
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Status of Object
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Available PDM Actions
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Open from outside Windchill
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No actions available
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New and not saved to workspace
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Auto Check-in
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New and saved to workspace
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• Auto Check-in
• View Information
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Checked-in Document
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• Check-out
• Lock
• Update
• View Information
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Checked-out Document
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• Auto Check-in
• Undo Checkout
• Update
• View Information
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Locked Documents
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• Checkout
• Unlock
• Update
• View Information
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• The navigation only displays the family table generic or instance used in the assembly opened in Solidworks
• The navigation pane only displays the most recently updated structures in the assembly
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