Changing Ownership

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Another engineer on the design team, Bob, is assigned to make changes to a part. Before Bob can check the part out of the Vault, Lin must release ownership because a document must have no owner to be checked out of the Vault.

A closer look at ownership

  1. In the vault view:

    1. Right-click speaker_frame.sldprt and select Release Ownership.

The icon changes from (part owned) to (part, not owned).

    1. Right-click in the vault view and select Log out.

    2. Right-click in the vault view and select PDMWorks Login. Log in with user name bob and password bob.

  1. In the graphics area, close the speaker assembly. If a message appears asking whether to save the model, click Yes.

  2. Click Open (Standard toolbar).

  3. In the Open dialog box:

    1. Click PDMWorks Workgroup Vault on the left.

    2. Expand the Speaker Design project.

    3. Select speaker_frame.sldprt.

    4. Click Check Out Advanced.

    5. In the dialog box, under Save in Folder, browse to Bobs Work Area.

    6. Click Open / Check Out.

The speaker frame opens in SolidWorks and is checked out of the Vault by Bob. The icon changes to (part owned).

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