Janet Grove from John Deere came up with some Very Useful tips for me
Thank you Janet!! I'm passing these on!
you can find objects that need to be synched using another custom view
based on Compare status
You may have unintentionally modified & saved some objects; this can
prevent updating. Before PDMLink 10.2, you couldn’t upload these. I used
this filter:
I could select all these objects, and “Add to workspace”, unchecking “reuse
modified objects in workspace” in the dialog and I was good to go.
Now, on PDMLink 10.2, I go through 2 steps:
1. look for non-new, non-checked-out, uploaded changes
Once I know what these objects are, I can search for them in commonspace
and add them to my workspace; this “un-uploads” them
2. then look for locally modified, non-new, non-checked out objects
You can select these “Add to workspace” (don’t reuse modified objects)
Personally, I like to keep everything locked in my workspace that I’m not
intentionally modifying. Select all objects in the workspace, then File >
Lock. It won’t lock new or checked out objects. Now, even if you do
something Creo would like to save (via some regeneration), it won’t save
them if they’re locked. You can lock and unlock objects via the model tree
(select and right-click), or File > Manage File > Lock File, or in the
workspace. You can dink with something, but if you make sure to lock it
again before anything gets saved, you’ll have saved yourself some grief.
Hope that makes sense. -- So lock is the same as "read only"
More things to keep in mind:
Always refresh your workspace before doing anything; you may have saved
since you last refreshed (or information on the server may have changed),
and you may not be looking at the latest information.
Many times you need to upload changes to the server before you can rename
or remove items.
I created a custom view for myself that shows only out of date objects.
(See the Windchill PDMLink online help for “Creating and Editing New Table
Views” for details on how to do this.)
I made sure to show all the status columns:
When I show this “out of date” view, I can choose all the objects displayed
and update them all at once. Works like a charm for me.
I don’t know if you’re aware that you can sort on multiple columns. Sort
on one column (click the header), then hold the shift key while selecting
other column headers. The table will be sorted in the order of column
selection.
“Where Used” is still there, they just hid it. (Of course.) Go to the
“Related Objects” tab.
Tom Uminn answered my assembly import question. Thanks Tom he suggested
a saved start part set to the required accuracy. I'm thinking I would have
several in folders each one with an adjusted accuracy. (when you import an
assembly it asks you the location for the start part)
Thanks Everyone!!
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