SmarTeam - Express


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Import Utility ECAD Import tool
The size of the ECAD package that is imported through the ECAD Import utility should not exceed 30 MB.

 

Attributes Autolink Attribute
When working in the PLMDB in a Japanese-language operating system, newly created folders are not linked when a user tries to initiate an ECR process. To ensure that newly created folders are linked properly, you must select the Autolink option in the system set. To do this, open the Default Values tool and redefine the default value for Attached Folders > Autolink by setting it to TRUE.
Note: As this attribute is defined in the behavior, you must perform this action each time the DMD is used to modify the database.

Open Issues

User Maintenance Running the SmarTeam Data Model Designer on V5R20 updates some of the definitions for SmarTeam - Express.
  Workaround:
  The following operations should be performed after running DMD:
  1. Open Admin Console and run User Maintenance.
  2. Enter the Authorization window and verify for all Express groups and users that the "Set Admin Authorization" box is not marked. If it is marked, clear the checkbox for all users except Admin group and users.
Engineering Change Request (ECR) The first time any user creates an Engineering Change Request (ECR), only the class name appears in the workflow window.
  Workaround:
  Click Close and repeat the operation.

 

Workflow Processes When a SmarTeam Express workflow process is terminated, the process status attribute indicates the process' last status prior to termination, but does not indicate that the process was terminated.
  Workaround:
  View the value for the "Process Status" attribute instead of the "Flow Process Status" attribute.

 

Running Engineering Express Tools from the BOM Editor When the BOM Editor is open, it is not possible to run any SmarTeam Engineering Express tools and an error message is displayed. However, no error message is displayed when you run the following tools from the BOM Editor:
  • ECAD Import
  • Display Drawings
  • Upload Documents
  Workaround:
  Run all SmarTeam Engineering Express tools from the Item tree.

 

Menu / Toolbar Browse desktop object and Top Down Tree icons
After adding SmarTeam Engineering Express (SNE) to a non-Express database, the menu icons for "Browse desktop object" and "Top Down Tree" are not defined and text is seen instead of the icon.
  Workaround:
  Define the icon for the command using Menu Editor.
Icons are located in the Icons folder (default path is Smarteam\Icons).
The Top Down Tree icon is PLMDB_TopDownTree.BMP and the Browse Desktop Objects icon is Desktop.ico.

 

User Authorization A user defined as Admin is not permitted to perform actions on a Locked structure.
  Workaround:
  Perform the following steps:
  1. Open the Admin Setting for the PLMDB_LockStructure hook (Section = "Locked Per ConfigView") in SmarTeam - Editor/Web Editor
  2. Change the first value in the "Admin" group to "admin" (i.e., change of case from "A" to "a")
Note:
If the Admin group appears twice in User Maintenance (as described in the User Maintenance: Admin issue, above), perform the following steps:
  • Change the GroupName+ExternalName of group Admin to Admin1
  • Change the GroupName+ExternalName of group Admin~1 to Admin

Documentation

None