The tool is built on a SQLite database that includes all your SOLIDWORKS documents.

These documents must be analyzed by the tool, for that you must specify your working location (folders containing your projects, your libraries, your models, etc.).

They can be local folders on your PC or folders on a server. In this case the database can be shared between several users:

 


  • When we add a folder to the database, its content must be analyzed so that all the documents contained in this folder are added to the database, for this you can click on the database update button . This update will be proposed to you when you close the window if you forget to click on the icon. Possibility to do periodic updates.


 


  • - This icon allows you to delete a selected folder from the SQLite database. It is also possible to delete this folder with the (Suppr) of the keyboard.
  • - This icon opens the selected SQLite database folder. By double-clicking on this folder, it is also possible to open it.
  • - This icon allows you to clean up the database, i.e. to remove from the database the files that have been deleted in the local directories.


Folders listed in this way have a display of the synchronization status:

  • - This icon indicates that the content of the folder is not synchronized in the database following file modifications (update, deletion,...). When you are about to quit FindDocuments ServiceA message will ask you to update the database or not.


 


  • - This icon indicates that the file is being analyzed.
  • - This icon indicates that the folder is well synchronized in the database.
  • - This icon indicates a folder on a network location.

These icons give a quick overview of the update status of the database, but they are not instantly visible as they need to be refreshed following an analysis which can take time depending on the size of your database.


As soon as a file is added or deleted, the database must be updated .


Password:


It is possible to protect the settings of the tool with a password. The password used will be the password set in myCADpassport :