Local Checkout Mode Options
Enable the Local Checkout Mode
If checked, MechworksPDM enables the Local Checkout mode. Please refer to the topic Local Checkout Mode for a detailed description of this operational mode.
Before enabling Local Checkout Mode on Autodesk Inventor please read this topic
When the Local Checkout Mode is enabled, you have to enlist all released directories, where MechworksPDM gets and put released versions of the cad documents and you have to indicate a checkin directory that is shared across the designing team as common folder for work in progress, available for check out, documents.
Create New Files as Checked-out
This option avoids unnecessary file transfers for new documents when in Local Checkout Mode.
This option requires the options:
Automatic check-in after a DBW/DBI/DBS Save As...
Automatic check-out after the check-in
Avoid the rebuilding of the CAD search paths
By checking this option, MechworksPDM will avoid to rebuild the CAD search paths at every start-up.
The purpose is to avoid long delays at every start-up when the directory structure is deeply nested.
The management of the search paths is left to the DBWorks Administrator, that will assure that the search paths are in the correct order needed by the Local Checkout Mode.
The DBWorks Administrator can, however, always force a search paths rebuild by creating the special-named message file
!FORCELOCALCHECKOUTMODESEARCHPATHREBUILD.!!! in each USERS\<user id>\... directory.
Example
sub main
DBWInit(TRUE)
SendRebuildSearchPathsMessage("TELDER")
SendRebuildSearchPathsMessage("PAOLO_MAUTI")
end sub
Sub SendRebuildSearchPathsMessage(userName)
usersDir = DBWGetOption("USERS_DIR")
'write a special file (for command execution) in the temporary folder
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
rebuildFileName = usersDir & userName & "\!FORCELOCALCHECKOUTMODESEARCHPATHREBUILD.!!!"
Set a = fs.OpenTextFile( rebuildFileName, ForWriting, True )
a.WriteLine( "Dummy content" )
a.Close
End Sub
Enable read-only Local Copies
MechworksPDM creates a default folder named ReadOnlyLocalCopies under the default local folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\MechWorks.
A sub-folder named StandardParts is also created under the ReadOnlyLocalCopies folder, for managing the local copied of the standard parts.
See specific topic on Local Mode
Avoid Local Copies for Standard Parts
Self-explanatory. See further information on Standard Parts.