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mdebower18-Opal
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August 13, 2009
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Clearing the Pro/E - Windchill Server cache

  • August 13, 2009
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Hey there,

Looking for more information on what exactly clearing the Server Cache in Pro/E does.

Are new and modified parts that have not been uploaded or checked in safe?

How often should it be cleared?

Any best practices concerning the cache that you use?

From the help files:

<h1>To Clear the Cache</h1>

  1. Click Tools > Server Registry. The Server Registry dialog box opens.

  2. Click the Cache tab. The Cache tabbed page opens.

  3. Click Clear. The cache for all of your workspaces is deleted.

(See attached screenshot for what I am referring to)

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    Chris321-Topaz I
    21-Topaz I
    August 13, 2009
    Clearing the cache removes any unmodified parts from your local
    workspace. When you go to open up an assembly that uses those files,
    they will have to be re-downloaded.

    This can help in a couple of ways:

    1. If you have a small dm_cache_limit set then Pro/E writes over older
    files when it reaches that limit. This has been known to cause workspace
    corruption. Clearing the cache makes sure you have room to write to.

    2. If you have a corrupted workspace than sometimes clearing it like
    this can help because any corrupted files can be re-downloaded.

    Note that re-downloading files can take time especially for large
    assemblies.

    I have my dm_cache_limit set to 0 which makes it limited only by the
    space available on my entire hard drive and haven't looked back.

    Chris
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