About Change Action

It is an action that defines the main objective of the modifications that must be performed on objects related to that particular action. You can open data from Product Structure Editor in SOLIDWORKS, perform your modifications, and save it under the opened Change Action.

When you select a change action for an object, you can track the modifications performed on the object. You can view various objects that are associated with a change action under change management app.

Note: You must have CHG - Change management role to access the change action option.

When you are working in the change action that is not associated with the object or status of the change action is not In Work, you cannot use following options:

  • Insert
  • Delete
  • Replace
  • Reparent
  • Revise
  • New
  • Modify

If you exit SOLIDWORKS and restart it, you can work on the same action as before. If you want to stop working on the same action, you must deactivate that action.

You can select only one change action per SOLIDWORKS session.

You can use change action from Product Structure Editor web app.

You cannot use Evolution option under .

The change action is not affected, when you open SOLIDWORKS data that is in session, from Product Structure Editor.