Drag support from the browser grids

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Drag support from the browser grids

Drag support from the browser grids to both the CAD desktop or to the Project Tree

Options

Here are options that enable drag&drop behavior:

User Interface → Tree → images_ic_checkEnable drag-and-drop in Trees

User Interface → Tree → images_ic_checkEnable drag-and-drop on Assemblies

User Interface → Browser Behavior → images_ic_checkEnable drag from the Grid

To drag, select or multiple select a set of rows in the grids, then place the mouse near the borders of the cells until the cursor icon displays a small rectangle.

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Then, press the mouse down and drag the documents on CAD desktop (open) or to the Project Tree (add to project).

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Please note when dragging from Tree to Tree the mouse pointer will change accordingly to the action type:

drag from P1 to P2: makes the record beloging both to P1 and P2
In this case the mouse pointer is like this:images_mousepointercopy

 

CTRL + drag from P1 to P2: remove the record from P1 and makes it beloging to P2
In this case the mouse pointer is like this:images_mousepointerMove

 

On the other hand, when dragging from a Grid to Tree, the mouse pointer will have the [+] symbol for both cases.

Drag a record outside the PDM

When dragging a record outside the PDM/CAD environment (e.g. a windows explorer window), even if the SHIFT key is kept pressed (so allowing a move operation also to a network-to-local operation), the PDM avoids to execute a move action and shows a warning dialog suggesting to keep the CTRL key pressed, for executing a copy operation: images_drag3

How to mute the confirmation dialog

When dragging a not already registered file from outside the PDM to the browser (to a tree structure), you'll be asked about confirmation of the action:

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to avoid such dialog you can keep the ALT key pressed while dragging and dropping

Drag a document from DBWorks to SolidWorks

This action reproduces the behaviour as if dragging from the Feature Palette to an assembly. If the option Open/Save, Choose configuration when opening a document is unchecked, the configuration of the record is applied to the dropped component, else the standard configuration selection dialog is displayed.

Drag&Drop and OnAddDocument.LST

The OnAddDocument.LST, if enabled, is now invoked on a Drag&Drop from Windows Explorer into DBWorks, even if the Generic documents being dropped were outside the allowed folders.

This change allows the OnAddDocument.LST to properly move the Generic Documents into any allowed folder.

DBInventor Standalone support for documents registration

images_icons_INV16Inventor users only

Starting from R16, using the DBInventor Standalone Client, it is possible to drag & drop an Assembly / Drawing / Part from Windows Explorer to any Project for registering the documents into the MechWorks PDM Database (the same operation can also be executed using the RMB->Add document functionality)

Please note following limitations:

1.the DBInventor Standalone must be installed on the same workstation where Inventor is installed

2.Level of Details / iParts / iAssemblies / Configurations are not supported - they will be registered as normal Assemblies

DBSolidEdge Standalone support for documents registration

images_icons_SE16Solid Edge users only

Using the DBSolidEdge Standalone, it is possible to drag & drop an Assembly / Drawing / Part from Windows Explorer to any Project for registering the documents into the MechWorks PDM Database ( the same operation can also be executed using the RMB->Add document functionality )

Please note following limitations:

1.the DBSolidEdge Standalone must be installed on the same workstation where SolidEdge is installed

2.FOA Assemblies are not supported - they will be registered as normal Assemblies