{"id":1607,"date":"2010-09-02T05:03:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2010-08-28T06:11:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T14:11:14","slug":"new-menu-in-enterprise-pdm-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=1607","title":{"rendered":"New menu in Enterprise PDM 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1608\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 menu row\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20111.jpg?resize=300%2C145\" alt=\"SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 menu row\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20111.jpg?resize=300%2C145 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20111.jpg?w=385 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The user interface in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 is getting some much needed, though incremental, improvement.<\/p>\n<p>All Enterprise PDM commands are now grouped into four menus that appear just above the file view pane in SolidWorks and Windows Explorer.\u00a0 The advantage of this change is that the shortcut menu (RMB click) is now somewhat shorter.\u00a0 The most frequently used commands are still available in the shortcut menu.\u00a0 Hopefully, this menu reorganization will help clean up the notoriously lengthy shortcut menu of previous Enterprise PDM versions.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1609\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"SolidWorks Enterprise PDM pulldown menus\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20112.jpg?resize=300%2C145\" alt=\"SolidWorks Enterprise PDM pulldown menus\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20112.jpg?resize=300%2C145 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/epdm20112.jpg?w=385 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>For example, Check in and Check out functions are now available within  the Actions pulldown menu, yet are still also available in the shortcut  menu.\u00a0 Take your pick!<\/p>\n<p>The new pulldown menus and the shortcut menus are still context sensitive, in that the commands which are available still depend on user selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The user interface in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 is getting some much needed, though incremental, improvement. 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