We going to go over one of my favorite additions to SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020\u2026Quick<\/strong> Search Tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You now have a search box right at your fingertips while navigating within the vault.\u00a0 You can search right in the folder you are in, or search the folder you are in and the sub folders.\u00a0 To get to the quick search you can mouse over and click in the box to start typing your search.\u00a0 Or simply press the Ctrl<\/strong> + F<\/strong> keys to access the quick search and you can type your search right away without using the mouse.\u00a0 By default, the Quick Search will just search by File\/Folder Name, but you can expand that to additional variables.\u00a0 To start, we\u2019ll go over the Quick Search Variable Lists.<\/p>\n To enhance the search we can expand the search criteria from just File\/Folder Names to 5 additional variables per list.\u00a0 With this ability of Lists we can also make different lists and assign those to different users\/groups. To get to the \u201cQuick Search Variable Lists\u201d, open up the PDM Administration Tool, and expand \u201cLists\u201d.\u00a0 Right click on the \u201cQuick Search Variable Lists\u201d and select \u201cNew List\u201d<\/p>\n In the New List, you can customize it to up to any 5 additional variables you want.\u00a0 In my example, I am using these 5 additional variables and assigning them to the user\u2019s I have available in the vault.<\/p>\n Now I will have will have the additional variables I can search.\u00a0 If you are testing this and already logged in to the vault and you do not see them right away.\u00a0 Just log out, by exiting from the SOLIDWORKS PDM tray icon and log back in.\u00a0 They will then be available right away for you.<\/p>\n Now to go a bit further, we now have available operators we can use, AND<\/strong>, OR<\/strong>, and NOT<\/strong>.\u00a0 These operators we\u2019ll go over are also available in any search card, Web2 search, the SOLIDWORKS PDM Search Tool and Quick Search.\u00a0 \u00a0Also note that these operators must be capitalized as they are case-sensitive or alternatively, you can use their corresponding symbols.\u00a0 \u00a0The operators are:<\/p>\n Below we\u2019ll go over a few search and what results we will retrieve back:<\/p>\n First example, I want to find all the parts and drawings in the folder.\u00a0 This operator I will use is \u201cOR\u201d and it will show me all results with prt and dwg in the name and\/or variables that I h<\/p>\n This example we\u2019ll be using the AND operator.\u00a0 I wanted to find any files that included speaker and prt in the filename:<\/p>\n Third example, we are using the NOT operator.\u00a0 I choose to look in the variable \u201cAuthor\u201d and I wanted to find any files in this folder that were not Authored by Admin:<\/p>\n Lastly we\u2019ll show a greater than operator (>) using the Revision field.\u00a0 We are looking for revisions that are greater than A using our defined revision scheme.\u00a0 Here you can see it brought back the files that had a revision greater than A:<\/p>\n With these few examples you can start to see how great this quick search can be.\u00a0 And the many ways you can use it.\u00a0 There are so many abilities with these operators you can do in the search.\u00a0 With the bonus of the performance of finding the files you need much more quickly with quick search.\u00a0 I encourage you to check out the new quick search and all the other great enhancements with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020!\u00a0 If you want to check out the help documentation on these and many other features, check out the online help here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That\u2019s it for this month. Thanks for reading this edition of SOLIDWORKS Support News.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Quick-Search-Variable-Lists-1.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nNoteworthy Solutions from the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base<\/h2>\n
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In the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae 2020 software, why does hiding or showing components in a lightweight or large assembly mode (LAM) assembly cause a crash?<\/b>
\nFor more information, see Solution Id: S-077709<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/SOLIDWORKS-Electrical-Icon.png\"){kind=icon}
In the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Electrical software, is it possible to change the default snap and grid settings when I create a new symbol?<\/b>
\nFor more information on this, see Solution Id: S-077605<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Icon](\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Screen-capture1.png\")
What can cause Windows\u00ae File Explorer to hang or crash when selecting the \u2018Preview\u2019, \u2018Data Card\u2019, \u2018Version\u2019, \u2018BOM\u2019, \u2018Contains\u2019 or \u2018Where Used\u2019 tabs in the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae PDM 2020 SP2 file vault view?<\/b>
\nFor more information, see Solution Id: S-077678<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Screen-capture4.png\")
In the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Plastics 2019 and earlier software, how do I assign two different \u2018Insert\u2019 materials to two different \u2018Cavity\u2019 > \u2018Insert\u2019 domains?
\n<\/b>For more information on this, see Solution Id: S-077516<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Flow-Simulation-icon.png\"){kind=icon}
In the SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Flow Simulation software, is there a way to plot temperature gradients across a solid body?<\/b>
\nFor more information, check out Solution Id: S-077643<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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