I would appreciate any suggestions regarding the setup of mySolidWorks installation for remote use.
I do most of my work at my home office on a desktop and some workat remote (client) locations on my mobile workstation. I haveSolidWorks installed on both machines and use PDM Workgroup andToolbox extensively. When I get back to the office after workingremotely, I dock my laptop which is then networked to the desktopvia a wired LAN.
Initial setup:
For the last several weeks (since purchasing the desktop) I havekept the Vault and Toolbox on the laptop. That way I always havethe files with me when I travel and when I am at the office. Thedesktop is my primary machine when I'm in the office and so it hasto pull files over the LAN from the laptop when accessing the vaultor toolbox. My VAR seems to think that this may be the source ofsome reliablility issues I have been experiencing, as SolidWorks onthe Dell M90 has been a nightmare of reliability problems for ages.
Proposed setup:
I am thinking that for the best reliablility on the desktop, I willput the vault and the toolbox on it. The desktop has Raid1 harddrives which reduce the possibility of lost data and I do not haveto pull data across the network when accessing the toolbox. Forworking remotely, I am thinking of trying to synchronize both thevault and the toolbox folders on the laptop using Offline files.
Has anyone tried this and had success or am I wasting my time? Arethere better ways of doing this? My VAR is suggesting usingPack-and-go each time I leave the office but this is simply not apractical way to operate as I lose the toolbox references and haveto manually fix the assemblies when I return.
I'm using SolidWorks 2009 SP3, XP Pro 32 bit on the M90 and VisaUltimate x64 on the desktop.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Martin KestleSolidworksToolbox
I do most of my work at my home office on a desktop and some workat remote (client) locations on my mobile workstation. I haveSolidWorks installed on both machines and use PDM Workgroup andToolbox extensively. When I get back to the office after workingremotely, I dock my laptop which is then networked to the desktopvia a wired LAN.
Initial setup:
For the last several weeks (since purchasing the desktop) I havekept the Vault and Toolbox on the laptop. That way I always havethe files with me when I travel and when I am at the office. Thedesktop is my primary machine when I'm in the office and so it hasto pull files over the LAN from the laptop when accessing the vaultor toolbox. My VAR seems to think that this may be the source ofsome reliablility issues I have been experiencing, as SolidWorks onthe Dell M90 has been a nightmare of reliability problems for ages.
Proposed setup:
I am thinking that for the best reliablility on the desktop, I willput the vault and the toolbox on it. The desktop has Raid1 harddrives which reduce the possibility of lost data and I do not haveto pull data across the network when accessing the toolbox. Forworking remotely, I am thinking of trying to synchronize both thevault and the toolbox folders on the laptop using Offline files.
Has anyone tried this and had success or am I wasting my time? Arethere better ways of doing this? My VAR is suggesting usingPack-and-go each time I leave the office but this is simply not apractical way to operate as I lose the toolbox references and haveto manually fix the assemblies when I return.
I'm using SolidWorks 2009 SP3, XP Pro 32 bit on the M90 and VisaUltimate x64 on the desktop.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Martin KestleSolidworksToolbox
