About Lock and Unlock

You can Lock a file so that only you can modify the contents in that file. Using Unlock you can allow other users to modify that file.

Locking a revision helps in avoiding concurrent changes to the same revision by other users. Lock and unlock operations are subject to access and permissions.

You can right-click a design in the MySession widget, to access the Lock and Unlock. You can also access them through the Lifecycle section of the action bar in the MySession widget.

To lock a revision through the MySession widget, you must have the latest file from that revision in your local folder. If the file available locally is not up-to-date file, then you cannot lock it till you retrieve the latest one from the revision.

Case File Status Solution
Local file is up-to-date with the server. You can lock a local file.
Another user modifies the Local unlocked file You cannot lock a local file. Download the latest version of the file and use Lock.
Local file is not up-to-date with the server.
Server file is locked and modified.

Note: When you retrieve a design from the server, its lock status remains unchanged.

After performing modifications to the files and saving them to the 3DEXPERIENCE server, you can unlock a revision from the MySession widget to enable other users to update it. When you unlock a family, the family and all its configurations are unlocked.