To access the PDMProperties options, click on


Variables:

  • Specify the configurations from which the variables will be retrieved and to which they will be applied.


  


For example, you can retrieve values from the '@' configuration to calculate concatenations and apply them to all configurations.


If you select "From all configurations," the variables will be automatically applied: "To all configurations"


 

The values for each configuration will therefore be calculated independently.


Treatment:



Two types of treatment are available

  • Change with version control


If you are not using only free variables, the documents will be extracted and then archived for processing.

If the files have already been extracted to the vault, they will remain there.


    • Only the following extensions:

You can specify the file extensions that should be archived. To specify multiple extensions, use the semicolon as a separator;

    • Do not archive if the file needs to be regenerated in the CAD program:

Some documents need to be rebuilt, such as assembly files that have not been rebuilt since changes were made to their child files. To avoid archiving these documents, check this box.

    • Force archiving if file formats are not recognized by SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

If this option is not checked, files with extensions not specified in PDM will not be archived

    • Force files to be archived if their references are checked out by another user

If this option is not checked, documents with extracted references will not be archived

    • Force files to be archived if the references cannot be found

When referenced files cannot be found in the SOLIDWORKS PDM vault, the parent files are not archived if the option is not checked

    • Keep the extracted file after checking out a version

When this option is checked, the document will be archived to create a version, and then checked out again

    • Delete the local copy

If this option is checked, the local copy will be deleted when the process is complete

    • Replace the most recent version of the file when archiving

This option is available only in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 and later; it allows you to overwrite the latest version of the file when archiving.



  • Change without a version number


With this type of processing, documents are modified without being checked out, so no version is created.

    • This task is performed using an SQL username and password.


- Restrictions on use via SQL:

If you use attributes mapped to SOLIDWORKS properties, the SOLIDWORKS properties must not exist in the file, because the file's properties take precedence when populating the cards.

If the properties exist when the file is archived, the values you entered will be overwritten with PDMProperties.