SmarTeam - SolidWorks Integration


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Virtual components

When copying files, virtual components are saved in lightweight mode in the temporary directory, although they should not be saved to SmarTeam at all.
 

Bulk Load

In some cases, after performing a Bulk Load operation on a SolidWorks assembly with multiple configurations, hierarchical links are not created and the assembly structure is incorrect. As a result, it is recommended that you open the assembly in SolidWorks and save it to SmarTeam.
 

Lifecycle

When a lifecycle operation on an open SolidWorks document fails due to connectivity problems in SmarTeam - SolidWorks integration, the active document becomes marked as Read-only.
 

Lifecycle

If SmarTeam services are restarted while you are working in a SolidWorks session, SmarTeam crashes when you perform Lifecycle operations.
 

Open Dialog If the Quick View checkbox is checked in the SmarTeam Open Dialog, the SolidWorks Selective Open dialog does not appear when you open an assembly.
 
Virtual components

While performing a SmarTeam Save on a first-level virtual component when the top assembly is opened as read-only, Error no. 00062 appears and the Data Manager Tree (DMT) is not refreshed.
 

Script Maintenance

After adding mappings in a current session, a SolidWorks drawing is not recognized by SmarTeam.
 

Refresh

The Refresh option does not work in the Profile Card and you must close and then re-open the profile card to update the display.
 

Preview

Conversion on the fly
The SolidWorks Conversion on the fly mechanism does not work properly when the user selects the 'No preview during open (faster)' option from the SolidWorks options > Performance section.
 

Menu

SmarTeam Menu and Toolbar

After running the Data Model Designer (DMD), minor changes may be presented in the SmarTeam menu and SmarTeam toolbar when working in the SmarTeam - SolidWorks Integration.
Note: The administrator may change the SolidWorks menus using the SmarTeam Menu Editor.

Open Issues

Save operation

When the user checks out a SolidWorks component and does not perform any modification, creates a drawing for this component and then saves the drawing, the component appears as New and is saved to SmarTeam as a new object.
 

  Workaround:
   1. Save the component before creating the drawing.
or
2. Check in the SolidWorks component and then create a drawing from the vaulted file.
 
Virtual
components

When saving an assembly in lightweight mode, some of its virtual components are saved in the temporary directory, although they should not be saved to SmarTeam at all.
 

  Workaround:
  Do not use lightweight mode if the assembly includes virtual components.
 
Lifecycle

After using a new Toolbox part, lifecycle operations are performed automatically without alerting the user.

  Workaround:
  Restart SolidWorks and SmarTeam core services.
 
Insert Component

When you perform an Insert Component operation from the SmarTeam menu on a read-only assembly in SolidWorks, the Check Out on the Fly notification is not displayed. As a result, the user may insert the component into the assembly, but a subsequent Save operation will fail because the assembly is read-only.

  Workaround:
  To save the changes made to the assembly, select the SmarTeam Overwrite Open Dialog option and use the SolidWorks Insert Component option.
 
Virtual components

SolidWorks assemblies that contain virtual components cannot be duplicated using Design Copy.

  Workaround:
  To perform a Design Copy operation, the user must externalize all virtual components prior to performing the Design Copy operation. Performing Design Copy with virtual components may cause broken links within the SolidWorks assembly.
 
Configurations

User cannot add a configuration to a vaulted object.

  Workaround:
  To add a configuration, the object should be checked out.
 
Toolbox

When you use the Toolbox in SolidWorks with SmarTeam and set the toolbox to Create Part, this may lead to deletion of files from the vault after you add a new part from the Toolbox to the SolidWorks assembly that was saved to SmarTeam.

  Workaround:
  Set System Configuration Key SolidWorks.AllowAddConfigToNonStdVaultedFiles=NO
 
Design Table

If you add Design Table to a checked in document in SolidWorks and check out the document [modification notification appears] and check in the document, the document loses the Design Table.

  Workaround:
  Check out the document and then add the Design Table.
 
BOM

When using SolidWorks 2009 and working in the SmarTeam - SolidWorks Integration, the BOM from CAD option does not work correctly.

  Workaround:
  Use the Create/Update BOM option from SmarTeam - Editor.
 
Save Operation

If a simplified extension appears more than once, the configuration name of a simplified configuration in SmarTeam will include the simplified extension.

  Workaround:
  Use a simplified extension only once.
 
Detached Drawing

When working in the SmarTeam - SolidWorks integration, the model is not found when you open a vaulted detached drawing using Load Model.

  Workaround:
  None

Documentation

None