Solid Edge Data Management – Automatically Obsolete Old Revisions

To replicate Insight functionality for users that are moving to Solid Edge Data Management we added a new option to move old revisions to obsolete starting with SE2019 MP4 and ST10 MP12. This document will explain the configuration and workflow.

Solution

Configuration

Define a document controller.

Add the Obsolete location to the vault.

Enable "Automatically obsolete previous revisions while releasing a file".

Please Note:

Two options (listed below) have been backported starting with SE2019 MP4 & ST10 MP12.
For SE2019 MP4 and later use the following registry keys to set the value/option…

For "Automatically obsolete previous revisions while releasing a file" use below registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version 219\Global\SetOtherRevsToObsolete
Type: DWORD (32 Bit) Values
Possible values: 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON)
Default value: 0 (OFF)

For "Automatically set the draft status to match the status of the part placed in the drawing" use below registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version 219\Global\AutoSetDraftStatusAsPlacedPart
Type: DWORD (32 Bit) Values
Possible values: 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON)
Default value: 1 (ON)

For ST10 M12 and please use the following equivalent registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Unigraphics Solutions\Solid Edge\Version 110\Global\SetOtherRevsToObsolete

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Unigraphics Solutions\Solid Edge\Version 110\Global\AutoSetDraftStatusAsPlacedPart



Workflow Example

Have a Solid Edge Part and Draft in the vault.

Release files in Design Manager; files are now moved to the Release folder.

Open the Released part and create a new Revision, this will create a new revision of the Part and Draft.