SmarTeam - SolidWorks Integration


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Performance It takes a long time to open SolidWorks Parts that contain many in-context relations.
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.
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.
General When a simplified extension character appears in a configuration name multiple times, the simplified configuration may be saved to SmarTeam more than once.
Simplified Configurations In some cases, when using simplified configurations, the master configuration is not updated in SmarTeam when you rename the configuration. Therefore, it is recommended that you update the master configuration in SmarTeam.
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.

Open Issues

Lifecycle A SolidWorks document (part/assembly/drawing) from an older version is not identified in the Data Manager Tree when using the Replace previous revision lifecycle option.
  Workaround:
  None
Insert Component When you use the 'Insert component' command on an assembly, and the SW option 'Save new component to external files' is selected', an error message appears. The component is inserted into the assembly, but the SolidWorks Save option appears instead of the SmarTeam Save option.
  Workaround:
  None
Links A link is not created between a split body and the original part when you perform a SmarTeam Save operation on the split body.
  Workaround:
  None
Lifecycle When separate checkout operations are performed on objects in a single structure, Microsoft .NET framework error messages may be displayed while clicking on object nodes in the Data Manager Tree (DMT).
  Workaround:
  None
Configurations User cannot add a configuration to a vaulted object.
  Workaround:
  To add a configuration, the object should be checked out.
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.
Insert Component Insert Component operation
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.
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
Save Operation A Save operation cannot be performed if the same part appears in different levels in the structure with a virtual component.
  Workaround:
  None
Open Dialog The "Do not load hidden" option in the Open Dialog is ignored if the "Open for edit" check box is marked.
  Workaround:
  When using the "Open for" option, everything works correctly.
General Mass properties for an assembly are not mapped to the Profile Card.
Note: Mapping of mass properties for parts is successful.
Simplified Configurations 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.
General 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.
General An unhandled exception error is displayed when using the Data Manager Tree > Go To option for an unsaved document.
  Workaround:
  None

Documentation

None