About View for Files in Workspace Folders

When you expand a 3DEXPERIENCE workspace and click a folder, the files and documents that are contained in that folder are listed in the right pane.

This page discusses:

See Also
Customizing the File View Column Display
About Right Pane View Tabs

3DEXPERIENCE Menu Bar

Menus at the top of the right pane provide commands for working with the selected file.

Clicking the 3DEXPERIENCE icon takes you to the root of the 3DEXPERIENCE directory and displays your workspaces and My Work folder.

File List

The files you have permission to access are displayed in the right pane. The files are accessible in different views. To change your view, click the More options flyout from Change your view . Connector for SOLIDWORKS supports these views.

Large Icons Displays thumbnails of the file list.
Note: If a thumbnail is unavailable, Connector for SOLIDWORKS substitutes the appropriate file format icon.
Medium Icons Displays the medium sized icons for assembly, part, and drawing icons.
Small Icons Displays the file list with small assembly, part, and drawing icons
List Displays the file list without column detail.
Details Displays the file list with columns of detail.
Tiles Displays the file list in multiple rows

In the Details view, the following column headings are standard for the file list.

Name Name of the file or the folder.
Checked Out By The user who has checked out the file for editing. If blank, the file is available to all users with access rights.
Iteration File revision and iteration information.

In this example:



  • * indicates modification of the local, or cached, file after Connector for SOLIDWORKS retrieved the file from the database.
  • A.4 means that the 3DEXPERIENCE server file is revision A , iteration 4.

In this example:



  • indicates the local iteration is out-of-date; there is a newer iteration on the file on the 3DEXPERIENCE server.
  • A.0 is the local iteration.
  • A.0+ indicates the 3DEXPERIENCE server revision and iteration are the same (A.0) as the local file. The + indicates the file on the server has changes made on the server that make the local file out-of-date. If you request a Get, the system updates the local file with a copy of the up-to-date server file.

Size File size.
State The current state of the file as defined in the lifecycle.

For example, In Work, Frozen, Released and Obsolete.

Date Modified Date the file was created or last modified.
Checked Out In Path to the checked out file.
Computer Name Computer the file is checked out on.

You can change the columns that are displayed by right-clicking any column head.

Note: The Name column is the only column that must always be displayed.

You can drag column headers to change the order of the columns in the file list and click column headers to sort files.

Other Tabs

When you select a file, Preview, Properties, Contains , and Where Used tabs give you access to additional information about file.

The Preview Placement option on the Display menu lets you choose whether to display the tabs at the bottom of the right pane (the default) or to the right of the file list.