- [Instructor] When you run into problems
with your SolidWorks PDM installations
that you simply can't overcome,
it's always a good idea to take a look at your log file
in the SolidWorks administrative tool.
This is going to have some information
which might point out what's going on and it will
show you the things that have changed most recently.
So, let's take a look at our tool.
I'm going to go ahead and log in here.
And we can check really quick, if we right click,
just what our system history is.
This is good place to start.
It shows us how we've modified things,
when it's been modified, and who made the changes.
You can print this out.
You can also go down to the log file right here.
And this gives you a more complete list
of all the things that happen.
Basically, this is the kind of log
that you would see coming out
of your Windows management tool.
So, it's very closely watching every single motion
that's being made inside of the SolidWorks PDM.
So, if you have a bunch of issues,
you may want to take this file,
copy it, send it out
to your value-added reseller or the application engineer
you're working with, or your IT support.
And this is going to give them all
the information that they need
to make sure that you're trouble shooting it correctly.
You can see here, it gives you every
single login, every single movement.
Just a very complete list of what's happening inside of PDM.
Now, looking at it, it can be a little bit confusing,
but, when you get it in the right hands,
it's a very powerful tool if something obvious is going on.
So, don't forget about your log file here.