- [Instructor] When working in SolidWorks PDM understanding
the Check In and Check Out file process is critical.
This is what gives you the ability to save updates.
Save different versions.
And create a history for the parts, assemblies, drawings
and other file types that you're working with.
So let's take a look at the different ways
that we can check in and check out files.
So I'm going to go ahead and open up a file.
So I've got this file open.
Just a standard brass valve.
You can see over here that it's checked out by the admin.
So here's the first spot that we
can control checking in and checking out.
We can select the part.
And check it in.
Add some notes.
And check that part in.
So now you see the version number has been updated.
To check it back out, we simply click on Check Out.
And we've taken control of the part again.
So let's say I make a simple change
like change this polished brass.
Edit Appearance.
Go to a brush brass.
Click on Save.
And now you'll see that we've changed our version.
So we can grab the part again.
And check it in.
And that's checking in and checking out
through the Task Pane.
Now we can also do the same operation
right here on the Feature Tree.
We can right click on the part.
Go to SolidWorks PDM.
And check it out.
Now you see we've got control of the part.
It's gone from Read Only.
You can verify it over here.
Checked out.
Then by right clicking on the part again.
We can do Check In.
There aren't any changes so we're
just going ahead and checking it in.
And you can see now it's checked back in without changes.
We don't have permission anymore.
Now we can also check the file out.
And let's say we've checked it out on accident.
We can right click, go down and do an Undo Check Out.
And that undoes the action of us ever checking it out
in case we took it out by accident.
So now we've done it here in the Feature Tree.
We've checked in, checked out in the Task Pane.
We can also go to Windows Explorer.
So I'm going to use the Opening Windows feature here.
To locate my part.
So we see the part here.
It's not checked out.
Again we have the option to go up to Actions here.
Check the part out.
Go back.
You can also right click.
To do a check out.
But because I've got it open.
Over here.
It's interfering with that action
so I'm going to go ahead and close that.
So we can check the file out.
Right click.
Check the file in.
You can do the same action up here.
Check the file out.
Check the file in.
And you can see it didn't change the version
because I didn't make any changes.
But it is tracking it.
So those are the many different ways
that you can check in and check out files
with the Windows Explorer feature.
As you could see, it's kind of a one or the other thing.
Sometimes if you have it open and then you're local Cash
in SolidWorks, it might not like that.
So you can close SolidWorks or
just close the Part File if you want to
do some checking in and checking out
from the Windows Explorer.
Maybe you're editing just your data card
and you want to do all the work from right here
cause it's a little bit easier.
You've got a bunch of options.