Unwanted Saves

[tmalinski]

Is there a setting that forces Solidworks to save even if I close the part without saving, if so I need to turn it off?
Here is my dilema, I open a complex part that has many configurations and I experiment with supressing and unsupressing features and generaly just poking around the configurations. Then I close the file without saving because I was just experimenting. Later when I open the file back up it's changed to whatever I last did when I was experimenting. How can I stop this? When I tell Solidworks "do not save", I don't want any surprises
Tom

Tom Malinski

http://www.okayind.com/

Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks

 

[rgrayclamps]

Hi, tmalinski:

If your documents are secured, you can poke anything you want.

Alex

 

[tmalinski]

Yes my documents are in the vault and they are secured, but this also happens while in the middle of designing a new component that has not been checked in yet. If I cose the file without saving why does it save?


Tom Malinski

http://www.okayind.com/

Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Check the first 2 options in Tools > Options > System Options > External References

Or use Windows to set the Read Only permission.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Ignore my last post. Your last post changes the scenario.

Check out the Help files for reload.
Changes to SW model parts are dynamic in any open assy docs they are being referenced in. To avoid a 'save', the part model has to be reloaded into the referencing assy. A PITA, but that's the way it is.

 

[tmalinski]

CBL, this is interesting. Are you saying that if I open and edit a part that is part of an assembly I also have open, and then I close the part without saving my edits, that SolidWorks will save anyway because the part is dynamically linked to other parts?
Tom

Tom Malinski

http://www.okayind.com/

Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Yes and no!

The part will only be saved (with unwanted edits) if you subsequently save the assy without first reloading (not re-inserting) the original part in the assy.

To test it, create a simple two part assy, open and modify one of the parts, but close it without saving, then return to the assy. The part will still show the mod as it was immediately before the part was closed. If the assy is saved at this point, the unwanted mod will be propagated and saved to the part.

When you closed the part without saving, you should have been shown a warning message explaining this .

 

[tmalinski]

Thanks CBL, I will do some testing to see if this is what has been happening.
have a nice weekend
Tom

Tom Malinski

http://www.okayind.com/

Dell Prec T5400, dual Xeon 3.16,
4GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 5600
SWorks Premium 2009 SP2.1 PDMWorks

 

[TheTick]

Look into "Collaboration Mode". There is a setting to open references as read-only.

I open references as read-only and take write access only when I need it.

As was said before, reload the part before closing it. If an assembly or drawing has the part referenced, closing the window does not close the part.

 

[Theophilus]

And, of course, make sure you don't have any Autosave options active in your Options--since that will also do this beyond all this network trash.



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