- [Instructor] In the other videos we touched
on the where used tool just slightly,
but at this point I want to jump back
into Windows Explorer and SolidWorks
and see how we can leverage all the available options
and the where used tool on SolidWorks PDM.
So let's start an Explorer here.
I've selected a part in one of my assemblies
that's just a flange, a custom flange
for a pressure vessel.
So you can see when I go to the where used tab,
this is used in a drawing and used
in a couple other assemblies and other drawings.
As I go across all of these categories,
I can see if it has any warnings or
if the other parts have warnings,
what configurations they're set in, or quantity, version,
and you notice I can sort by all of these.
Who's got it checked out, where it's checked out.
So this'll give me the physical location.
What folder it's found in,
and then last what state it's also in.
So if we go back to the other side here,
we can see that we can also change versions.
So if you have multiple versions of your part,
you can look at where it's used in all versions
or just in the first primary version.
You can also do the same for configurations
if you've got inserted by specific configurations
in other assemblies or drawings or things like that.
So a lot of knowledge here,
you can also sort it like you would the other thing.
Show all levels, top level only, show latest attachment,
or show all, you can also export this as a text file,
which you can save out.
You can also open it as a CSV file and then save that out
or here you can change some
of the custom references for the file.
So let's say that this part file is being used
by this drawing and this assembly,
maybe you want to replace this file.
You can use this custom references tool
to reroute and edit the internal references
of the parts in the assemblies.
So let's take another look now at this tool
inside of the SolidWorks task pane.
So I'm going to switch over to SolidWorks.
I'm going to go find my part.
Actually it'd just probably be easier
to open it right from the window I'm already in.
Let's double click on that.
Now again I'm going to go over to the task pane,
click on the item,
and then click the little where used icon.
Now this time instead of it being inside of Explorer,
it pops out a whole new window
and this window will just stay here until you're done.
So if you hit where used a few different times
it'll just keep generating new windows
to give you outputs as a result.
So if you're lookin' at a bunch of different files,
you can put these all up, see where they're all used.
Especially if you're trying to clean up legacy data
that's got some confusion inside of it,
this can be a really useful tool.
You can see here we've got a couple more options.
You can edit, change properties, see how you view it,
and these are all the similar options
that you get inside of the Windows Explorer.
You can also check out the help if you're interested
and do a little search by version if necessary.
Again, all of the same options we just saw inside
of the Windows Explorer, it's just now in the small viewer.
So those are the locations of the where used tool
and how you can leverage them.