Connection

 

 

 

This command allows you to connect to the PDM by identifying yourself.

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

Click the Connection icon or select PDM > Connection... from the TopSolid button.

 

  1. Select the PDM server from the drop-down list. It can be local or remote.

  2. Enter the user name known by the PDM. Doing so is not possible if the PDM server is local.

  3. Enter the password, the letter case is case sensitive.

  4. Validate.

 

Available Options:

 

 

Click this link to create a new connection to another PDM server.

 

 

Click this link to modify an existing connection to a PDM server.

 

 

Check or uncheck this option. If an identification is requested with a password, this dialog will appear upon connecting, even if the option is not checked.

 

 

Check this option to allow a same user to be connected to several TopSolid (by in read-only mode = only to consult).

 

 

  • Declare New Connection to Existing Server and Configure Server Connections are only used during the first use of TopSolid or in case of change of the Pdm server address.

  • If an authentication is requested with a password, this connection dialog will appear, even if the option is not checked.

 

 

  • During the first connection, it is asked to import libraries. If you answer YES, import time can take several tenth of minutes .If you answer No, only needed libraries like TopSolid Mechanical (for TopSolid'Design) will be imported. This library contains some templates, main matters, threading standards, ... The same type of libraries exists for other TopSolid modules (TopSolid'Cam, ...).

  • If you have answered NO or after an update of the application, during next connections, it will be proposed again a list of non-imported libraries. In this case, check the libraries to import and select one of these 3 options:

    • Always ask to install available libraries:As soon as a new library or a library's update is available, it will be proposed.

    • Ask to install only updates of installed libraries:If, during an update, new libraries are available, they will not be proposed in the list. Only updates for installed libraries will be proposed.

    • Never ask to install available libraries:New libraries and libraries updates will not be proposed.