Right-Click PDM Actions for Assembly Dependents Available in Solidworks
To use PDM actions, you can right-click the object. The actions available when you right-click vary, based on the object that you select and the status of the object. Right-click PDM actions are not available for suppressed CAD documents.
The following table describes the actions available in Solidworks:
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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 Checkin
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New and saved to workspace
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• Auto Checkin
• View Information
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Open Checkedin Document
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• Checkout
• Lock
• Update
• View Information
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Open Checkedout Document
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• Auto Checkin
• Undo Checkout
• Update
• View Information
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Open Locked Documents
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• Checkout
• Unlock
• Update
• View Information
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• In Windchill, PDM actions are not available when you select multiple objects and right-click
• Use the View Information action to view the details of the CAD document in a separate web page. You should not perform PDM actions on this page.
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